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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)20 final
Brussels.28January1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
layingdowncertainmeasuresfortheconservation andmanagement
offisheryresourcesapplicable tovesselsflyingtheflagof
certainnon-member countries inthe200nautical-mile zoneoff
thecoastoftheFrenchDepartmentofGuyana
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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'•EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUMXX–.
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1.TheRegulationwhichist.>N;,ubjec;ofthisproposalisdesignedto
regulatefishingbyforeignvessels *i>+het^shingzoneoftheFrenchdepartment
ofGuyanaduringtheperiodfrom1April\Q81to31March1982..
2.TheproposedRegulationisinmostrespectsidet.t-.caltotheCommission's
proposalof (1).Whereitdiffers,thisistotakeaccount
interaliaofthesituationwithregardtothelargeststockcoveredbythis
Regulation,i.e.shrimps.Anotherreasonfordifferencesisthedevelopment
ofthelocalprocessingindustryintheoverseasdepartmentinquestion.
3.Asregardsthestockofshrimps,previoustextswerebasedimplicitly
onTACs.Butinviewoftherelativelyshortlifecycleofthespecies
inquestionandthegapsinscientificknowledgeaboutthestock,itmustbe
edgedthatitisinfactverydifficulttoestablishaTAC.Thepresent
proposalthereforeavoidsaquantitative restriction ontotalcatches.
Itisbasedontheassumptionthat,pendingtheacquisition ofmorereliable
scientificdata,useofthestockshouldbecontrolled byarestriction on
fishingtobedetermined onthebasisofthefiguresfordailycatches,-which,
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intheabsenceofmorecompletedata,maybeconsideredthebestindication
ofthestateofthestock.
4.Forpresentcatchespervesselperdayaresubstantially smallerthan
catchesmadebeforeshrimpfishingwasintensified,beginningin1970.
Althoughaveragecatcheshaveimprovedinrecentyears,thiswouldappearto
beattributable tothedecreaseinfishingresultingfromthemeasures
introduced byCommunityRegulations since1977andthereductioninthenumber
ofshrimpboatsoperatingintheBrazilianfishingzone.Inordertostabilize
thisimprovement,theCommissionisproposingthatfishingberestrictedto
thelevelprovidedforintheCommunityRegulationinforcein1980.■A
(1)DocC0M(80)

5.TheLocalshrimpprocessingindustryinthisFrenchdepartmenthasalso
increaseditsproductioncapacity.Tomeetthedemandofthisindustry/,which
isofprimeimportancefortheeconomyofFrenchGuyana,thisproposalprovides
foracorresponding increaseinthenumberoflicenceswhichmaybeissued
tovesselsundercontracttolandalltheirshrimpcatchesinGuyana.Under
previousRegulationsthenumberofvesselseligibleforalicenceonthegrounds
thattheyhadenteredintothecontractualobligationtolandcatchesinGuyana
wasdividedbetweentheUnitedStatesandJapan.TheCommissionproposesthatthis
distribution beabolishedandthatanyvesselflyingtheflagofanon-member
countryhavingtraditionally fishedin.thewatersinquestionshouldhave
thepossibility ofobtainingalicence,onthesoleconditionthatitbeparty
toavalidlandingcontract.Shouldthenumberofapplications exceedthenumber
oflicencesauthorized bytheRegulation,theCommissionwouldgivepriority
intheallocationoflicencestovesselswhichhavetraditionally fishedin
theregion,alsotakingintoaccount,whereappropriate,thegeneralinterests
oftheCommunity.
6.TheproposedRegulationalsoallocatesshrimpquotastovesselsflying
theflagsofStatesintheregion.Inthisitisfollowingtherulespreviously
inforcebygivingthevesselsofthesedevelopingcountriesmoreprivileged
treatmentthanothervesselswhichdonotlandtheircatchesintheFrench
departmentofGuyana.Therightsofthecountriesinquestionhadbeencurtailed
in1980becauseitbecame ,apparentthattheeligibleStateswerenotmaking
fulluseofthescheme.Thereasonforthis,accordingtotheinformation
availabletotheCommission,wastechnicalproblemsfacingtheshipownersin
question,whichtheynowseemtohaveovercome.TheCommissionthereforeproposes
thatquotasbeallocated'totheseStatesinaccordancewiththeneedsreported
bythem.
7.OnthebasisoftheprinciplementionedinpointAthattotalfishing
activityshouldnotbeincreasedandhavingregardtothefactthatthis
proposalaccordsmoreshrimpfishingrightstovesselslandingtheircatches
inFrenchGuyanaandtovesselsoriginating intheregion,thecorollaryis
thatfishingrightsmaynolongerbegrantedtovesselsflyingtheflagofthe
UnitedStates,JapanorKoreawhichdonotlandtheircatchesinFrenchGuyana.

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Vesselsofthesethreecountrieswhichhithertohavenotlandedtheir
catchesinthisFrenchdepartment nowhavethepossibilityofobtaining
alicenceonthebasisofalandingcontract.
8.Lastly,thisproposal •seekstomaintaintherestriction onfishing
inordertoconservetheshrimpstocks.Insodoingtheproposalalsoaims
toallowachievementofalevelofaveragecatchespervesselhighenough
toensureprofitableshrimpfishing,uponwhichthelocalprocessing
industryalsodepends. -
9.TheproposedRegulationalsocoversrequestsfromtheStatesinthe
regionconcerning "fishingrightsinrespectofspeciesotherthanshrimps.
Asthequantitiesinvolvedarefairlysmallcomparedwiththetotalfish
stocksinthisfishingzctherewasnoreasonunderthepresentcircumstances
torefusesuchrequests.
10.•Inthelightoftheforegoing,theCommissionrequeststheCouncil,
afterconsultingtheEuropeanParliament,toadopttheproposedRegulation
annexedhereto.

Proposalfora
CouncilRegulation (EEC)
layingdowncertainmeasuresfortheconservation andmanagement
offisheryresourcesapplicabletovesselsflyingtheflagof
certainnon-member countriesinths200nautical-mile zoneoff
thecoastoftheFrenchDepartment ofGuyana
ThECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,andinparticularArticle43thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
(1)HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
(1)0JNoC

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Whereassince1977theCommunityhasoperatedasystemofconservation .
andmanagement .offisheryresourcesapplicabletovesselsflyingtheflag
ofcertainnon-membercountriesinthe200-milezoneoffthecoastof
theFrenchDepartmentofGuyana,mostrecentlybytheadoptionofCouncil
1 ?Regulations (EEC)No3023/79'-and(EEC)No3450/80;whereasthelatter
expireson31March1981;
Whereas'thecontinuityofthesystembeyondthedatementionedshould
beassured,in<particularbymaintainingtherestriction onshrimpfishing
inthezone.inordertoconservethestockandensureadequateprofitability
forthefishermenconcerned;
WhereastheshrimpprocessingindustrybasedintheFrenchdepartmentofGuyana
dependsonlandingsfromvessels'ofnon-membercountriesoperatinginthe
fishingzoneoffthatdepartment;
Whereas,therefore,toensurethatthose,vesselswhichareundercontract ■
tolandtheircatchesintheFrenchdepartmentofGuyanacancontinue
tofish,thenumberofvesselsnotsubjecttothisobligationwhichareautho­
rizedtofishforshrimpsshouldbefurtherreduced;
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Whereas,inapplyingthisreduction,accountshouldbetakenoftheneeds
ofdevelopingcountriesintheregionwhichareendeavouring todevelop
theirownfishingindustries;
WhereastheothertechnicalandcontrolmeasuresapplicableunderRegulation
(EEC)No3450/80shouldbemaintained,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
,(1)0JNo.L340,31.12.1979,p.11
(2)0JNoL360>31.12.1980,p.7

Article 1
1.Vesselsflyingtheflagofoneofthecountrieslisted1nAnnexI
shallbeauthorizedduringtheperiodfrom1April1981to31March1982,,to
catchthespecieslistedinthesaidAnnexinthefishingzoneof200
nauticalmilesoffthecoastoftheFr?nchDepartmentofGuyana,in
conformitywiththeconditionslaiddowninthisRegulation.
2.By-catchesshallbeauthorizedprovidedtheyaretakenwhilst
fishingarsauthorized byalicenceasreferredtoinArticle2.
Article2
1.FishinginthefisheryzonereferredtoinArticle1shallbe
subjecttothepossession onboardofalicence,issuedbytheCommission
onbehalfoftheCommunity,andtotheobservanceoftheconditions
setoutinthatlicenceandthecontrolmeasuresandotherprovisions
regulatingfishingactivitiesinthatzone.
2.Suchlicencesshallbeissuedonrequesttotheauthoritiesof
thenon-membercountriesconcerned.
3.Theregistration lettersandnumbersofavesselinpossessionof
alicencemustbeclearlymarkedonbothsidesoftheprowandonboth
sidesofthesuperstructure atthemostvisiblepoint.Theletters
andnumbersmustbepaintedinacolourthatcontrastswiththecolour
ofthehullorsuperstructure andmustnotbeeffaced,altered,covered
ormaskedinanyotherway.
Article3
1.'.Licences..maybeissuedforshrimpfishingtovesselswhichflytheflag
ofoneof-thecountrieslistedinpoint1ofAnnexIandwhichareundercontract
tolandalltheircatchesintheFrenchDepartmentofGuyana.Themaximum
numberoflicencesisspecifiedinpoint1ofAnnexI.
2.Theselicencestehallceasetobevalidwhenthecontractconcernedcomes
toanend,andinanycasenotlaterthan31March1982.

Article4
1.Licencesmaybeissuedforshrimpfishingtovesselsotherthan
thosereferredtoinArticle3whichflythe-flagofoneofthecountrieslisted
inpoint2ofAnnexI.Themaximumnumberoflicencesandthemaximum'number
ofdaysatseaduringwhichsuchlicencesarevalidshallbeasspecified "
foreachcountryinpoint2ofAnnexI.
2.Thelicencesreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbeissuedonthe
basisofafishingplansubmittedbytheauthoritiesofthecountry
concerned,approvedbytheCommission andnotexceedingthemaximum
numberforthecountryconcernedspecifiedinpoint.2ofAnnexI.
3.Thevalidityofeachofthelicencesreferredtoinparagraph 1
shallbelimitedtothefishingperiodprovidedforinthefishingplan
onthebasisofwhichthelicencewasissued.
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Article5
' s.
Licencesmay,beissuedforspeciesotherthanshrimpstovesselsflyingthe
flagofoneofthecountrieslistedinpoint3ofAnnexI.Themaximumnumber
ofsuchlicencesforeachcountryshallbeasspecifiedinpoint3ofAnnexI.

Article6
1.Thefollowinginformationshallaccompanyapplications forlicences
submittedtotheCommission : **
a)nameofthevessel;
b)registration number;
c)externalidentification lettersandnumbers;
d)portofregistration ;
e)nameandaddressoftheownerorcharterer;
f)grosstonnageandoveralllength;
g)enginepower;
h)callsignandradiofrequency;
i)intendedmethodoffishing;
j)speciesintendedtobefished;
k)periodforwhichalicenceisrequested.
2.Eachlicenceshallbevalidforonevesselonly.Whereseveralvessels
aretakingpartinthesamefishingoperation,eachvesselshallbeinpossession
ofalicence.
Article7
2.ToobtainalicenceasreferredtoinArticle3,proofmustbeproduced,
inrespectofeachofthevesselsconcerned,thatavalidcontractexists
betweentheshipownerapplyingforthelicenceandashrimp-processing undertaking
intheFrenchDepartmentofGuyanaandthatitincludesanobligationtoland
allcatchesofshrimpsfromthevesselconcernedinthatDepartmentsothat
theymaybeprocessedbythatundertaking .
2..Thecontractreferredtointhepreviousparagraphmustbeendorsedby
theFrenchauthorities whichshallensurethatitisconsistent withtheactual
capacityofthecontracting processingundertaking andwiththeobjectivesof
thedevelopment planapplicabletotheFrenchDepartmentofGuyana.
3.Wheretheendorsementreferredtointhepreviousparagraphisrefused,the
Frenchauthoritiesshall.givenotification ofthisrefusalandstatetheir
reasonsforittothepartyconcernedandtheCommission.

Articleg
1.Alicenceapplication shallbesubmittedatleastonemonthbefore
thedesireddateofcommencement ofvalidity.
2.Licencesmaybecancelledwithaviewtotheissuingofnewlicences.
Suchcancellation shalltakeeffectonthefirstdayofthemonthfollowing
thatinwhichthelicencesarereturnedtotheCommission .
Newlicencesshallbeissuedinaccordance withparagraph 1.
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Article9
1.ShrimpfishinginthefishingzonereferredtoinArticle 1shall
beprohibited from1Mayto31October1981inwaterslessthan30
metresdeep.
2.Onlyvesselsusinglonglinesshallbepermittedtofishfor
speciesotherthanshrimp.

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ArtieLe1.0
1.ALogbookshallbekeptinwhichthefollowinginformationshall
beenteredaftereachfishingoperation :
(a)sizeofcatchbyspecies(liveweight,inkg);
(b)thedateandtimeofthebeginningandendofthefishingoperation;
(c)thepositionatseaatthetimeofthefishingoperations.
2.Acopyofeachpageofthelogbookreferredtoinparagraph 1
containingtheinformation specifiedthereinshallbeforwardedtothe
Commissionwithin30daysofthelastdayofeachfishingtrip.
Article ,1J
1.Themasterofeachvesselinpossessionofalicencereferredto
'inArticles4and5shallobservethespecialconditionssetoutin
AnnexII,inparticulartheobligationtoforwardtheinformationspecified
intheAnnexviatheradiostationindicatedtherein.Theseconditionsshall
formanintegralpartofthelicence.
2.Themasterofeachvesselinpossessionofalicenceasreferred
toinArticle3shallonlandingthecatchaftereachtripsubmitto
theFrenchauthorities adeclaration forwhoseaccuracythemasteralone
isresponsible,statingthequantitiesofshrimpcaughtandkeptonboardsincethe
lastdeclaration .ThisdeclarationshalIbemadeusingtheformamodelof
whichappearsinAnnexIII.
Article .1.2
1.TheFrench^authoritiesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
verifytheaccuracyofthedeclarations referredtoinArticle11(2),
bycheckingtheminparticularagainstthelogbookreferredtoin
Article10.Thedeclarationshallbesignedbythecompetentofficial
afterithasbeenverified.
2.TheFrenchauthorities shallensurethatalllandingsofshrimpsin
theFrenchDepartmentofGuyanabyvesselsinpossessionofalicenceas
referredtoinArticle3shallbethesubjectofadeclaration as
referredtoinArticle11(2).

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3.Beforethe15thofeachmonth,"theFrenchauthoritiesshallnotify
theCommissionofthequantitiesofshrimpslandedintheFrenchdepartment
ofGuyanainthepreviousmonth.
4.TheFrenchauthoritiesshalltelextotheCommission aweeklysummary
ofthedeclarations referredtoinArticle11(2).
Article13
1.TheFrenchauthorities,shalItakeappropriate measurestoensure
implementation ofthisRegulation,includingtheregularinspectionof
vessels.• •'
2._Whereaninfringement isformallyascertained,the'Frenchauthorities
shall,withoutdelay,informtheCommissionofthenameofthevessel
concernedandofanyactiontheymayhavetaken. v
Article1.4
1.Licencesforvesselswhichhavenotcompliedwiththeobligations
providedforinthisRegulationorthelandingobligationlaiddownin*v
acontractasreferredtoinArticle3maybewithdrawn.
2.Whereavesselfisheswithoutavalidlicenceinthezonereferred
toinArticle 1,andwherethatvesselbelongstoashipownerwhohasoneormore
othervesselstowhichlicenceshavebeenissued,oneoftheselicences
maybewithdrawn.
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3.Avesselwhichhasfailedtocomplywiththeobligations provided ^
forinthisRegulation,inRegulation (EEC)No3023/79orRegulation (EEC)
No3450/80orwiththelandingobligationlaiddowninacontract
asreferredtoinArticle3shallnotbegrantedalicenceforaperiod
offromfourto12monthsfromthedatewhentheinfringement was
committed.
4.Nolicenceshallheissuedduringtheperiodreferredtointheprevious
paragraphtoavesselbelongingtoashipownerwhoalsoownsavesslewhose
licencehasbeenwithdrawn,underthisArticleorwhichhasfishedwithout
alicenceinthezonereferredtoinArticle1.

Article15
1.If,foraperiodofonemonththeCommissionreceivesnocommunication
asreferredtoinArticle11.,(1)concerningavesselinpossessionofa
licencereferredtoinArticles4and5,thelicenceofsuchvesselshall
bewithdrawn.
2.If'foraperiodofonemonth,avesselinpossessionofalicence
asreferredto.inArticle3hasmadenouseofit,thelicenceofsuch
vesselshallbewithdrawn.
Article16
Licencesvalidon31March1981pursuanttoarticle3ofRegulation
(EEC)No3450/80maybeprolonged,attherequestoftheauthorities
ofthecountryconcerned,until15May1981.Licensesthusprolongedare
tobecounted,againstthenumberofcorrespondinglicensesfixedinAnnex1,
forthedurationoftheprolongation .
Article'17
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1981."
Itshall .applyuntil31March1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
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DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil,
ThePresident,•

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ANNEXI
1.LicencesreferredtoinArticle3:
Vesselsflyingtheflagof"Maximumnumberoflicences
US,A- ·',
Japan
Korèa) .. ·
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2.LicencesreferredtoinArticle4
J/esselsflying^'
theflagof:■■MaximumnumberoflicencesMaximumnumberofdaysatses·
-Barbados18 1,500
Guyana_18 1,500·
Surname, ■■18■*' 1r500'
_Trinidadand
•Tobago181^500
3.LicencesreferredtoinArticle5:
Species..Vesselsflying
theflagofMaximumnumberoflicences
a)tunny *Japan ..■ 5...
Korea . 10
b).Others Venezuela 6
/Barbados ''5'
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ANNEXII
.VesselsinpossessionofaLicencereferredtoinArticles4
and5mustcommunicate information totheCommissionofthe
EuropeanCommunities inBrussels (address:telex24189FISRU-B)
viatheCayenneradiostation(callsignFFI)atthefollowing
(a)oneachentryintozonesextendingupto200nauticalmilesoffthecoastoftheFrench
departmentofGuyana,hereinaftercalledthe"zone";
(b)Whenever leavingthezone; / .
.(c)wheneverenteringaportofaMemberState;'.-
(d)whenever *leavingaportofaMemberState;
(e)ever-weekinrespectofthepreviousweekfromthedateof-ntryintothezonereferredtoin
1(a)orfromthedateofleavingtheportreferredtoin*>1(d)•
Communications transmitted inaccordancewith'theconditionsofthelicenceatthetimes
specifiedin,1aboveshouldincludethefollowingparticulars,whereappropriate,andshouldbe
transmittedinthefollowingorder:' ,
–nameofvessel;
–radiocallsign; '
–licencenumber; '7
–chronologicalnumberofthetransmissionforthetripinquestion;
–indicationofwhichofthetypesoftransmission,assetoutinparagraph2,isinvolved;
–date; x l■ ■ '
+ •- 1–time;
–geographicalposition; 1'
–quantityofeachspeciescaughtduringthefishingoperation(inkg);
–quantityofeachspeciescaughtsincetheprevioustransmissionofinformation(inkg); ..
–thegeographicalcoordinatesofthepositionwherethecatchesweremade;
\–quantitiesofcatches,byspecies,transferredtoothervessels(inkg)sincethepreviousinfor­
mation; x
•.–thename,callsignand,whereapplicable,licencenumberofthevesseltowhichthecatch
wastransferred ;- ,*
–themaster'sname.
Thefollowingcodemustbeusedinreportingspeciescaughtinaccordancewithparagraph2I
<S:Brownshrimp(Penaeidae),R:Other,Z:Tunny.
kIncaseswhere,forreasonsofforcemajeure,thecommunication cannotbetransmittedby
thevesselinpossessionofalicence,themessagemaybetransmittedbyanothervesselr
onbehalfoftheformer.

ANNEXIII
1
.Declaration pursuanttoArtide10-paragraph 2•
LANDINGDECLARATION (1)
NAMEofvessel: Registration No.:S
NAMEofmaster; NameofAgent:·
Signatures : '
Voyagemadefromthe//tothe:It
Portof•
·■■ν
Landing:
Quantityofshrimps
Landed(inLiveweight)
Signatureof
ControLOfficer
(1)Onecopy-js'-keptbythemas'^gponecopyiskeptbytheControl
Officer,andonecopyistobesenttotheCommissionoftheEuropean
Communities' .