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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)39final.
Brussels,30January1978<
DRAFTRESOLUTION OPTHECOUNCIL
CONCERNING THEINTRODUCTION OFFISHINGPLANS
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0K(78)39final.

DRAFT RESOLUTION 0?THE COUNCIL
CONCERNING THE INTRODUCTION OPPISHING PLANS
TheCouncil agrees that theobjectives ofCommunity fishing plans
.are ,according tocircumstances , .
–todistinguish andregulate theexercise ofthespecial
fishing rights referred toinArticles 100and101ofthe
Treaty ofAccession andtheexercise offishing activities
within themeaning ofparagraph 3ofArticle 100ofthat
Treaty
–tocontribute towards assuring respect ofconservation
measures
–topromote rational exploitation ofthebiological resources
bearing inmind thesocial andeconomic needs ofcertain .
categories offishermen inspecific regions oftheCommunity ,
and
–toassure ,inregard tothese regions ,theenjoyment ofthe
natural geographic advantage incatch possibilities within
afewhours steaming time from home ports soastofavour
balanced development inline with theprogressive improvement
offish stocks .
Insofar asitisnecessary ,inorder toachieve these objectives ,
Community fishing plans maybeintroduced forcertain areas beyond 12miles
from baselines .
2* TheCommunity fishing plan regime shall ,therefore ,beintroduced as
quickly aspossible ,butinanyevent notlater than ,inzones
upto12miles from baselines where thecoastal member State requests fishing
plans andinCommunity waters inICES zone ViaandinICES zones VIIa,b,g,
.hand j.Thefishing plans would normally relate toendangered stocks orstocks
whose exploitation isofspecial importance tocoastal populations .
Pishing plans maynotdiscriminate asbetween fishermen ofthemember
States oftheCommunity oraffect their right ofaccess .
4* Inorder toorganise fishing activity inthezones mentioned in
paragraph 2,thefishing plans may ,inparticular ,define thetotal fishing
effort compatible with theavailable quotas andtheareas where this effort
maybedeployed .
5» Thefishing plans must ensure that thequotas allocated canbefished
effectively bytheinterested fleets .
t Pishing plans .shall take intoaccount that vessels which ,duetotheirlimited range ofoperation ,canonly exercise their activities close tothecoast
should have priority inthecoastal areas .
7* _Theactivity ofother categories ofvessels must beharmoniously intro­
duced intotheglobal fishing activity ofallthevessels operating inthearea
andinparticular undue concentration oflong-range vessels inareas •closest to
thecoast should beprevented .

8. Without prejudice totherequirement toobserve therules applicable
toallfishing vessels ,vessels under 40feet between perpendiculars maybe
exempted from thefishing plans provided that ,when evaluating fishing plans ,
their catching capacity will betaken fully into account .
9. Theregime applicable tothefishing activity ofthird country vessels
inthezones covered by .fishing plans shall notbemore favourable than that
applied tofishermen ofthemember States .
10. Inpreparing fishing plans theinterested member State will inthe
first instance establish draft plans and submit them totheCommission .
11. The Commission will evaluate these draft plans inorder %oestablish
their conformity with thegeneral objectives oftheopening paragraph andwith the
specific criteria enumerated inparagraphs 3to8above .
12. Fishing plans mayclearly identify vessel categories ,fishing periods ,
types ofgear ,number ofboats ,species tobefished andother relevant data
while ensuring that there issufficient flexibility ,forexample ,toenable
replacement ofvessels andtoensure right ofpassage ;itbeing understood that
fishing plans maybetailored tosuit different circumstances .
13* Thefishing plan drafts will beapproved ,after modification ifnecessary
toensure their conformity with theabove-mentioned objectives andcriteria ,in
accordance with the procedure provided for inArticle 14oftheRegulation
introducing aCommunity fishing resources conservation andmanagement regime .
14. TheCommission will issue 'anauthorisation tothevessels concerned
inthefishing plans defining especially thespecies which maybecaught and
where these catches maybetaken inthe zones subject tofishing plans .The
authorisation maybecancelled inthecase ofinfringement oftherules ofthe
relevant fishing plans .
15« Pishing plans will normally beestablished onayearly basis but it
maybenecessary intheinitial period toallow alonger time scale .Pishing
plans maybeadjusted asExperience suggests andhaving regard tochanges inthe
state ofparticularly sensitive orendangered stocks .
16. While allmember States involved inafishing plan areresponsible for
itsobservance thecoastal member State towhose waters afishing plan relates
retains final responsibility forensuring respect forthe .fishing plan established
inthesame wayasithasresponsibility forensuring respect forallother
Community control measures .Itshall beentitled under thefishing plan to
receive theinformation necessary toassist itinthis function .