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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
laying down certain interim measures for theconservation
andmanagement offishery resources off theWest Greenland coast
applicable tovessels flying theflag ofaMember State
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Consultations betweenCommunityandCanadiandelegations concerning
theirmutualfishingrightsinNAFOsub-areas 0+1werenotcompletedin
timetopermittheadoptionbefore31December1980ofaCouncilregulation
establishing definitivearrangements for1981fortheconservation -and
managementoffisheryresourcesofftheWestCoastofGreenlandapplicable
tovesselsflyingtheflagofaMemberState.
InordertoassurecontinuityinCommunityregulationoffishing
applicabletovesselsflyingtheflagofaMemberStateinthisarea,in
particularwihtregardtocatchreporting,itisnecessarytoadoptan
interimregulationapplicablefortheperiod1Januaryto3>M^y.1981
basedonArticle103oftheTreaty.

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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No
of
layingdowncertaininterimmeasuresfortheconservation and
management offisheryresourcesofftheWestGreenlandcoastapplicableto
vesselsflyingtheflagofaMemberState
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle103
thereof, i
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheCommunityandCanadahave
initialled along-termfisheries
agreementwhichistoenterinto
forcein1981;
Whereasdelegations fromthetwo
Partieshaveheldconsultation con­
cerningtheirmutualfishingalloca­
tionsfor1981inNAFOsub-areas
0+1;
Whereastheseconsultations were
notconcludedintimetopermitthe
adoption,before31December1980,of
definitivearrangements forthe
conservation andmanagementof
fisheryresourcesofftheWestCoast
ofGreenlandapplicabletovessels
flyingtheflagofaMemberState;Whereas,inordertoensurecontinuity
inCommunityregulationofthe
conservation andmanagementoffisheries
resourcesinthisarea,itisnecessary
toadopt,before1January1981,
interimarrangements applicableto
vesselsflyingtheflagofaMember
Statetoapplyuntiltheentryinto
forceofdefinitivearrangements for
1981;
Whereasinordertocomplywiththis
dateitisnecessarytoadoptethese
interimmeasuresonthebasisofArticle
103oftheTreaty.
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC-)^'
N°2166/80of11August1980laying
downfortheyear1980certainmeasures
fortheconservation andmanagementof
fisheryresourcesofftheWestGreen­
landCoastapplicabletovessels
flyingtheflagofaMemberState;
(1)J0LnoL212of15August1980

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fishfordeep-waterprawnwithin12milesofbaselines
inthefisheryzoneofDenmark.
Article2
1.VesselsfishinginthefisheryzoneofDenmark
forthequotasestablishedinArticle1shallcomply
withtheconservation andcontrolmeasureslaiddown
inthisRegulation.-
2.Vesselsreferredtoinparagraph 1shallkeepa.
log-bookinwhichatleasttheinformationgivenin
AnnexIIshallappear.
3.Vesselsreferredtoinparagraph 1over.80gross
registeredtonsshalltransmitbyradiototheauthori­
tiesoftheirflagState,in-accordancewiththerulesset
out.inAnnexIII,theinformationspecifiedinthat
Annex.
4.Theregistrationlettersandnumbersofthe
vesselsreferredtoi/i-paragraphPshallbeclearly
markedonbothsides,ofthebowofthevesselandon
thesuperstructure .-v ».
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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :t',
Article1
1.TheareatowhichthisRegulationappliesshall
bethatpartofthefisherieszonesofDenmarkandoi
Canadasituatedwithinsub-areas .0and1asdefined
bytheConventiononFutureMultilateralCooperation
intheNorth-West AtlanticFisheries.
2.Exceptasprovidedforir.paragraph3,the
catcheswhichvesselsflyingtheflagofaMember
Stateshallbeauthorizedtotakeintheperiod1
Januaryto-31may1981'n'heareadefinedin
paragraph 1shallbelimitedtorhequotaslaiddown
inAnnexI.
3.InadditiontothequotaslaiddowninAnnexI,
GreenlandcoastalfishermenshallbeauthorizedtoÀrticle•3''■
TheauthoritiesoftheMemberStates-shall»re-trarfsmit
theinformationreceived 1fromvesselsflyingtheirflag
totheCommission asfollows:-•'■
■*
1.forvesselsauthorizedtcrfishintheCanadian*and
Communityzones,entryand.departurereports
whichshallheretransmitted onthedayofreteipt
/ofthereport; ':
2.weeklycatchrepeatswhichsnailm£ntiortthe,
following:. •,
i
(a)forvesselsauthorizedtofishintheCanadian
andCommunityzones:'**»
–;thenameofthe-vessel,t;
–thedate,thetifneandthegeographical-posi -
tionofthevessel, *•*-"
–quantitiesofspeciessubject.to.Control
caughtsincethelasttransmission ;
(b)forvesselsauthorizedtofishsolelyinthe
Communityzone,asummaryreportofcatches
madebythesevessels.

Article4
TheCommission ,onthebasisoftheinformation
receivedfromMemberStatesinaccordance with
Article3,shallcalculatethedateatwhichthequotas
laiddowninAnnexIwillbefullyutilized,andshall
informMemberStatesthatfishingbytheirvessels
mustceasefromthatdate.
Article5
ThecompetentauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesshall
takeappropriatesteps,includingtheregularinspec­
tionofvessels,toensuretheenforcementofthisRegu­
lation.Article6
Whereaninfringementisdulyestablished,thecompe­
tentauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesshall,without
delay,informtheCommissionofthenameofthe
vesselinvolvedandofanyactionwhichtheyhave
taken.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels, !
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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ANNEXI
Quotas
Species.
1Partofthearea
referredtoinArticle1Quantities
(tonnes)
Greenlandhalibut
(Rheinhardtius hippoglossoides )Entirearea20,000'
•<
Roundnoscgrenadier .
(Coryphaenoidcs rupestris)Entirearea 6,400
Deep-waterprawn
(Pandalusborealis) NAFOsub-area 1outside12miles
frombase-lines 1
–northof68°Ν
–«»miliHÍfiS'M3000(')
23,Q0Q')
NAFOsub-area0 2500
(')TobefishedbyGreenlandinshorefishermen.
(2)MinusanycatchestakeninNAFOsub-area0.

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ANNEXII
Allvesselsshallhaveonboardalog-bookcomprisingthefollowinginformation :
–vesselname
–registration -number
–licencenumber(whereappropriate)
–date
–day
–month
–year
–timeandpositionatstartoftow
–depth
–latitude
–longitude
–-typeoffishinggearused
–numberofnetsorhookstowed
–meshorhooksize_ ,
–catchesbyspecies
–amountkept/discarded(inthecaseofshrimp-fishing only)
–totalforday
–totalforvoyage
–quantityprocessedtodayforhumanconsumption
–quantityprocessedtodayforreduction
–total
–remarks
–masterssignature
–-notetotheeffectthatforeachtowduringwhichthelimitseparatingthezonesofthetwoParties
wascrossedthecutchesareallocatedhalfforeachzone.
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ANNEXIII
1.TheinformationtobetransmittedbyradiototheflagStateofthevesselandthetimetablefor
itstransmission areasfollows:
1.1.OneachoccasionthevesselenterstheareadefinedinArticle1(1),hereafterreferredtoas'the
zone':
(a)theinformationspecifiedunderpoint1.4below;
(b)thequantity(')>ofeachspeciesoffishinthehold.
Intheeventthatthefishingoperationrequiresrepeateddailyentriesintothezone,asingle
communication onfirstenteringihezonewillsuffice.
ν ί "
1.2.1.Oneachoccasionthevesselleavesthezone:'
(a)theinformationspecifiedunderpoint1.4below;
(b)thequantityofeachspeciescaughtsincetheprevioustransmission ;
(c)thequantityofeachspeciestrans-shippedsincethevesselenteredthezoneand.theidenti­
ficationofthevesseloftrans-shipment ;
(d)thequantityofeachspecieslandedinaportoftheCommunitysincethevesselentered
thezone;
(e)thequantityofdiscardsspecifiedbyspeciessinceprevioustransmission (whenfishingfor
prawnsonly). * '
Intheeventthatthefishingoperationsrequirerepeateddailyexitsfromthezone,asingle
communication onthelastexitwillsuffice. t
1.2.2.Anoticeofleavingatleast43hourspriortothevessel'sscheduledexitfromthezonereferred
tounder1.1orthatpartofICESdivisionXIVunderthefisheriesjurisdictionoftheCoramu-
n'ty- i .
13.-Atweeklyintervals,commencingontheseventhdayafterthevesselfirstentersthezone:
(a)theinformationspecifiedunder1.4below;
(b)thequantityofeachspeciescaughtsincetheprevioustransmission ;
(c)thequantityofdiscardsspecifiedbyspeciessinceprevioustransmission .
1.4.(a)Thename,callsign,identificationnumbersandletters'ofthevessel,andthenameofthe
master; •. v
(b)thelicencenumberifthevesselislicensedtofish;
(c)theserialnumberofthemessage; _..
(d)identificationofthetypeofmessage;
(e)thedate,thetimeandthegeographicalpositionofthevessel.
2.Ifitisimpossible,forreasonsofforcemajeure,forthemessagetobetransmittedbythevessel,
itmaybetransmittedonthevessel'sbehalfbyanothervessel.
3.Formofcommunications :, -
Theinformationspecifiedunderpoint1shallcontainthefollowingparticulars,whichshallbe
giveninthefollowingorder:
–nameofvessel;'i
–callsign;
–externalidentification lettersandnumbers;
–serialnumberofthemessageforthevoyageinquestion;
(')ForpurposesofthisAnnex,quantitiesshallbeexpressedintonnesrouno-weight .

–indicationof(hetypeofmenageAccordingtothefollowingcode:
–message–whenenteringthezone:'IN,
–message–whenleavingthezone:"OUT,
–weeklymessage:*WKL';
–thegeographicalposition; •
–thedateonwhichfishingisexpectedtocommence;
–thequantityofeachspeciesoffishinthehold;
–thequantityofeachspeciesdiscardedsincetheprevioustransmission ;
–thequantityofeachspeciestrans-shippedsincetheprevioustransmission ;
–thequantityofeachspecieslandedinaportoftheCommunitysincetheprevioustrans­
mission,;
–thenameofthemaster.
4.Thecodetobeusedtoindicatethespeciesinthecommunications referredtoabove:
A:Deep-waterprawn(Pandalusborealis);
C:Greenlandhalibut(Rheinhardtius hippoglossoides );-
D:Cod(Gadusmorrhua); -
F:Halibut(Hippoglossushippoglossus );
I:Roundnosegrenadier(Coryphaenoides rupestrís);
U:Redfish(Sebastesmarinus)
R:Other.