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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)130 final .
Brussels ,1stApril 1977 .
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
laying down certain interim measures for
theconservation andmanagement offishe­
ryresources applicable tocertain non-
member countries inthefishing zone off
thecoast ofthedepartment ofGuiana .
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
COM(77 )130final .

PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION -LAYING-DOWNCERTAININTERIM
MEASURES'FORTHE'CONSERVATION' '•AND'MANAGEMENT' -'op'-"FISHERY/"RESOURCES
APPLICABLE TOCERTAINNON-MEMBER COUNTRIES INTHEFISHINGZONEOFF
THEDEPARTMENT OFGUIANA..
1.On3November1976theCounciladoptedaResolution oncertainex­
ternalaspectsofthecreationofa200milefisheryzoneintheCommunity,
witheffectfrom1January1977.
UnderthatResolutionitisagreedthat,witheffectfromthatdate,
fishingbyvesselsfromnon-membercountriesofthefisheryresourcessitua­
tedinthatzoneswillbegovernedbyagreementsbetweentheCommunityandthe
non-member countriesconcerned.
2.AdecreeissuedbytheFrenchGovernmentextendedthefishingzoneof
thedepartmentofGuianato200nauticalmiles,witheffectfrom27February
1977.
3.Withaviewtoconcluding Communityagreementswitheachofthenon-
membercountrieswhichfishesinthatzone,exploratorytalksarebeingheld
betweentheCommunityandfivenon-membercountries;however,pendingthecon­
clusionofsuchagreements,measurestoconservefisheryresourcesmustbe
takenbytheCommunityassoonaspossible.
4.Consequently,theCommissionproposesthataccesstothatzonebynon-
membercountryvesselsshouldprovisionally berestrictedtovesselsduly
authorizedtofishquantitiescorresponding tocatchesbythosecountriesfor
thesameperiodof1975.
Tothatend,theCommissionproposesthatfishinginthatzonebesub­
jecttothegrantingoflicences.

PROPOSAL FOR
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
layingdowncertaininterimmeasuresfor
theconservation andmanagement offishe­
ryresourcesapplicable tocertainnon-
membercountriesinthefishingzoneoff
thecoastofthedepartment ofGuiana.
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
havingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
havingregardtotheActofAccession,
.havingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
whereas,theCounciladopted,on3November1976,asetofresolutions concerning
certainexternalandinternalaspectsofthecommonfisheriespolicy;
whereasstrictconservation measuresarenecessarytopreservethestateofstocks
inthefishingzonewhich,since27February1977,extendsupto200nautical
mitesfromthebaselinesoffthecoastoftheFrenchdepartment ofGuiana;whe­
reas,tothatend,strictcontrolshouldbeexercisedoverfishinginthatzone
andaccesstothatzoneshouldberestrictedtovesselsflyingtheflagofnon-
membercountriesdulyauthorizedtofishforspecifiedspeciesunderconditions
^previouslylaiddown,byvirtueofagreementstobeconcludedbetweentheCom­
munityandeachofthenon-member countriesconcerned;
whereas,pendingtheconclusionofsuchagreements,interimmeasuresforthecon­
servation andmanagementoffisheryresources,applicabletovesselsflyingthe
flagsofBrazil,Japan,Korea,SurinamortheUnitedStatesofAmerica,shouldbe
adopted,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :

Article 1
1.ThecatcheswhichBrazil,Japan,KoreaandSurinamareauthorizedto
kefrom1April1977until30June1977inthefishingzoneextendingupto
200nauticalmilesfromthebaselinesoffthecoastoftheFrenchdepartment
fGuianashall,pendingtheconclusionoffishingagreementsbetweenthose
countriesandtheCommunity,bethoserecordedforthesamespeciesaswere
cauqhtin1975,withthesamemonthlyspreadasrecordedin1975,subjectto
thefixingforthesespeciesofanymaximumauthorizedcatchesandofanycatch
quotas.
2.Article3ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No373/77of24February1977
laying'downcertaininterimmeasuresfortheconservationandmanagementof
fisheryresourcesapplicabletovesselsflyingtheflagofcertainnon-membercountries(1)shallapplytocatchesbytheUnitedStatesofAmericainthe
zonereferredtoinparagraph 1undertheconditionslaiddownArticles2to
5ofthisRegulation.
Article2
FishingwithinthefishingzonereferredtoinArticle1byvesselsof^the
non-membercountrieslistedthereinshallbesubjecttothegrantingofali­
cenceonbehalfoftheCommunitybytheCommission.
Article3
WhenanapplicationforalicenceissubmittedtotheCommission,thefol­
lowinginformationshallbesupplied:
(a)nameofthevessel;
Cb)registrationnumberandexternalidentificationlettersand
numbers;
(c)portofregistration ;
(d)>:,grosstonnageandoveralllength;
(e)callsign.
Article4
Eachlicenceshallbevalidforonevesselonlyforaperiod™^®sP°"din9totheapplicationofArticle1andforfishingwithinthequantitativeand
geographicallimitsreferredtoinArticle1.
(1)0JNoL53,25.2.1977,.P.1.

Article 5
TheFrenchRepublicshalltakemeasurestoensuretheenforcement of
Articles 1to4,includinginparticular regularinspectionofthevessels
ofnon-member countries.
Inthisconnection,theFrenchRepublicandtheCommissionshallcommu­
nicatetoeachothertheinformation requiredforcompliancewiththisRegu­
lation,withregardinparticulartothemonitoring ofthevolumeofcatches
takenbyvesseksfromthenon-member countriesconcerned.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil