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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)243final.
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Brussels,29MayI978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
layingdowncertaininterimmeasuresfortheconservation
andmanagementoffisheryresourcesinthe200nautical
milezoneoffthecoastoftheFrenchdepartmentofGuyana
fortheperiod1Juneto31December1978
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(78)243final

CouncilRegulation(EEC)tf°•••layingdowncertaininterimconservation and
managementmeasuresapplioabletothewatersoftheFrenchDepartmentofGuyana
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On31January1978theCommunityadoptedcertainconservation measuresforthe
periodupto31May1978,inordertoallowafartherperiodinwhichthe
Commissioncouldexplorethepossibilityofbilateralnegotiations withneigh­
bouringcoastalstatesfishinginthesewaters*
Inconsideringarrangementsfortherestof1978,theCommissionhasbeenguided
bythreeprincipleconsiderations ,namely,thecontinuingneedforcautionin
themanagementoftheFrenchGuyanashrimpstock,thenecessityofguaranteeing
suppliestothelocalprocessingplant,andtheneedtoallocateinanequitable
mannertheresourcesremainingaftertheneedsofthelocalplanthavebeen
mettovesselswhichdonotlandtheircatchesinFrenchGuyana*
Asfarasthetotalallowablelevelofshrimpfishinginthesewatersis
concerned,theCommissionconsidersthatpendingfurtherscientificfield-work
andanalysis,aTACfortheyear1978of3*300tons,whichamountsapproximately
to20<f0ofrecenttotalcatchesintheGuyanas-Brazil shrimpfishery,seemstobe
appropriate *
IfactivityintheFrenchGuyananshrimp-processing industryistobekeptat
lastyear'slevel,landingsatCayennewillhavetobe2*400tonsin1978*In
ordertoattainthisgoal,andgiventhatlandingsfrom1Januaryto31May
areestimatedtoreach85Otons,itwillbenecessaryforthevessels(73)
currentlyundercontracttolandatCayennetooperateattheirfullcapacity
fortherestoftheyear,and,takingintoaccountthefactthatthesevessels
cannolongerfishinBrazilianwaters,theymustbepermittedto
fishfreelyinFrenchGuyananwaters*1*500tonshavethereforebeenallocated
tothevesselsconoerned,whiohistheirestimatedcatchcapacityintheperiod
concerned * ~-
••/•••

T&'<■(*sc.-.;-ri!'".ea'ocstiontovsrselslandinginCayennementioned
in7?:-cVTi'ip'"-4rtn.cther--t;;ni,tca.l-veloftotnlcatchesfromFrenchGuyanan
watersinthe/ivstfiver-nrthBoftheyear(1.200t),aTAGfor1978of
3.300twillmean-that"J-loca^ionatovesselsnotlandinginCayennewill,be
reducedincomparisonwithallocations madeinthefirstpartoftheyear.
Theresultantquantityhaa'beendividedbetweeninterestedflagstatesonthe
"bacisofpreviousfishingactivityinthesewaters,asreflectedinvessel
numbers.
Asforfishingforotherspecies,theCommissionproposesthatfishingfor
tunashouldbelimitedtolong-liners ,inordertoavoidtheriskofunautho­
rizedfishingforshrimp.Furthermore ,inresponsetoarecentrequestfrom
Venezuela ,theCommissionproposesthat20Venezuelanvesselsshouldbelicensed
toconductanartisanalfisheryforfishspeciesotherthantuna*(Mostof
thesecatchesareinfactlandedinFrenchGuyana.)
TheCommissionholdstheview thatthisRegulationshouldinprin­
ciplebeadoptedonthebasisofArticle43oftheTreaty,Inviewofthe
urgencyresultingfromtheexpirydateofthecurrentRegulation,however,
theCommissionproposesthatthesemeasuresbeadoptedbyaninterimRegulation
underArticle103,pendingadoptionfollowingthenormalproceduresofa
secondRegulationbasedonArticle43»

1
PROPOSAL
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)IT0
of
layingdowncertaininterimmeasuresforthe
conservation andmanagementoffisheryresour­
cesinthe200nauticalmilezoneoffthecoast
oftheFrenchdepartmentofGuyanafortheperiod
1Juneto31December1978.
THECOUNCILOPTHE)EUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticulartoArticle103thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCounciladoptedon3November1976asetofresolutionsconcerning
certainexternalandinternalaspectsofthecommonfisheriespolicy;
WhereasinRegulation(EEC)N°1014/77(1)>theCouncillaiddowncertain
interimmeasuresfortheconservation andmanagementoffisheryresources
applicabletovesselsflyingtheflagofcertainthirdcountriesinthe200
milezonesituatedoffthecoastoftheFrenchdepartmentofGuyana,these
measureshavingbeenextendedseveraltimes;
WhereasinRegulation(EEC)N°205/78(2)theCounciladoptedrevisedinterim
measuresapplicabletothesewaters,andinparticularlaiddownspecificlimi­
tationsonthefishingactivityofvesselsnotlandingtheircatchesinFrench
Guyana;
WhereastheaboveRegulations wereadoptedinordertoestablishinterim
measurespendingexaminationofthefeasibilityofconcludingfisheryagree­
mentsbetweentheCommunityandthecountriesconcerned;
Whereaspendingtheconclusionofthisexaminationfartherinterimmeasures
shouldbeestablished ;
Whereasthedependenceoffishingvesselssupplyingtheprocessingindustry
installedwithintheterritoryoftheFrenchdepartmentofGuyanaonthe
resourcesofthewatersofFrenchGuyanahasbeenincreasedbyrestrictions
recentlyimposedinotherwaters,andareadjustment ofquotaallocationsis
thereforenecessary;
Whereasthisprocessingindustrydependsuponthelandingsofforeignvessels
fishinginFrenchGuyananwaters;whereascontinuedfishingbythesevessels
shouldthereforebeensured;
Whereasthesemeasuresmustbetakenwithoutdelay,anditistherefore
necessarytoadoptthemasinterimmeasures,onthebasisofArticle103of
theTreaty,subjecttotheirbeingreplacedlaterbyidenticalmeasures
adoptedTinderArticle43oftheTreaty,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION s
u;OJN°L123,17.5.1977,p.1
(2)OJFL29,1.2.1978,p.6

Article1
1#Theonlycatcheswhichvesselsflyingtheflagofathirdcountryshall
"beauthorizedtotakeduringtheperiodfrom1Juneto31December1978inthe
fishingzoneextending200nauticalmilesofftheFrenchdepartmentofGuyana
andcovered "byCommunityrulesonfisheriesarelaiddownintheAnnex.
2.Thefishingquotasshall "begrantedsubjectIDcompliancewiththe
conservation andsurveillance measuresandallotherprovisionsgoverningfishing
inthezonesreferredtoinparagraph 1®
Article2
1*PishingwithinthefishingzonereferredtoinArticle1shallbe
subjecttothepossessionofalicenceissuedbytheCommissiononbehalf
oftheCommunity,andtoobservanceoftheconditionssetoutinthelicence.
Theselicencesareissuedtotheauthorities ofthethirdcountries
concernedondemandwithinthelimitsindicatedinparagraphs 2and3.
2*Forfishingspeciesotherthanshrimp,licencesshallbeissuedfor
vesselsfishingwithlonglinesinaccordancewiththenumberlaiddownby
countryinparagraph2oftheAnnex.
3«Forshrimpfishing,licencesmaybeissued:
(a)tothevesselswhichareundercontracttolandtheircatchesin
theFrenchDepartmentofGuyana,thenumberofwhichislaiddownby
countryinparagraph3oftheAnnex.Theselicencesshallbevalid
fromthedateofissueuntil31December1978;
(b)tovesselsotherthanthosereferredtoinsubparagraph (a),onthe
basisofafishingplanpresentedbytheauthoritiesofthecountry
concernedandapprovedbytheCommissionwhichmaynotprovidefora
totalnumberoffishingdaysforallofthevesselscoveredbythe
fishingplanwhichexceedsthelimitindicatedinparagraph4ofthe
Annex.Thevalidityofeachofthelicencesissuedonthebasisof
afishingplanshallbelimitedtothefishingperiodprovidedforin
theplan.
4*Notwithstanding paragraph3,alllicencesissuedtothevesselsofa
thirdcountryshallceasetobevalidassoonasitisestablishedthatthe
quotareferredtoinArticle1isexhausted.
TheCommissionshallinformtheauthoritiesofthecountryconcerned
thereof.
r
5.Vesselslicensedtofish shallkeepalogbookin
whichthefollowinginformationistobeenteredaftereachhaul:
(a)thequantity(inlbs.)ofeachspeciescaught;
Cb)thedateandthetimeofthehaul;
(c)thegeographicalpositioninwhichthecatchesweremade.

Article3
WhenanapplicationforalicenceissubmittedtotheCommission,the
followinginformationshallbesupplied:
•(a)nameofthevessel:
(b)registration number;
(c)externalidentificationlettersandnumbers:
(d)portofregistration;
{e)nameandaddressoftheownerorcharterer;
(f)grosstonnageandoveralllength;
(g)enginepower;
(h)callsignandradiofrequency; •-
(i)intendedmethodoffishing;
{j)intendedareaoffishing;
(k)specieswhichitisintendedtofish;
(l)periodforwhichalicenceisrequested#
Article4
Eachlicenceshallbevalidforonevesselonly#Whenseveralvessels
axetakingpartinthesamefishingoperation,eachvesselmustbeinpossession
ofalicence.
Article5
1.Thelicenceholdershallcomplywiththeconditionsofthelicenceand
comnunicatetoCayenneradiostation(callsignFFJ)theinformationspecified
therein.
2«TheFrenchauthoritiesshallimmediately anddirectlycommunicateto
theCommissiontheinformationreferredtoinparagraph1.
Article6
TheFrenchauthoritiesshalltakeappropriate measurestoensurethe
implementation ofArticle1,includingtheregularinspectionofvessels*
Article7
1.TheFrenchauthoritiesshallinformtheCommissionofanyinfringement
orirregularity within24hoursofitsdetection,aswellasthenameofthe
vesselinvolvedanddetailsofanyactiontaken#
2.Intheeventofitbeingdulyestablishedthattherehasbeennon­
compliance ,thelicenceshallbewithdrawnbytheissuingauthority#
Article8
ThevalidityofthelicencesissuedbytheCommissionunderparagraph3(a)
ofArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)F°205/78isherebyextendeduntil30June197oc
Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonlJune1978*

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ThisRegulation ehai'JLbebindinginits?entiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberSta^tu
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil,
ThePresident.

ANNEX
1.Pishingpossibilities fortheperiod1Juneto31December1978
(a)Species:Shrimps:
CountryQuantity(tons)
Barbados :65
Guyana !:65
Japan !:285
Korea !:140
Surinam :î65
Trinidad&Tobago !!65
UnitedStatesofAmerica ::.1465
(b)Species:tuna-likespecies:
CountryîJapan
Korea
(c)Speciessfishotherthantuna-likespecies
Country:Venezuela.
2.NumberofvesselsreferredtoinArticle2(2)s
Japan 5
Korea 23
Venezuela 20
3.VesselsreferredtoinArticle2(3)(a):
UnitedStates:68
Japan î10
4.MaximumnumberoffishingdaysreferredtoinArticle2(3)(b)
Barbados !î735
Guyana !:735
Japan 'ï905
Korea '<!1585
Surinam i:735
TrinidadandTobago ::735
UnitedStatesofAmerica !:790