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concerningthemaintenanceuntil31December1980ofcertainfishing
rightsofCommunityfishermenintheterritorialwatersofYugoslavia
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.UndertheAgreementsignedbetweenYugoslaviaandItalyon15June1973,
fishermen whoareItaliannationalswereauthorized tofishincertain
areasofYugoslavterritorial waters,subjecttofinancialcounter-
concessions fromtheItalianState.TheAgreementexpiredon^
31December1976.
2.ToensurethatItalianfishermencouldcontinuetofishinYugoslavwaters,
theCouncilauthorizedItalybyitsDecisionof13December1976,toagree
withYugoslaviaonaninterpretation wherebythesaidAgreementcouldbe
reneweduntilafisheriesagreementwasconcludedbetweentheCommunity
andYugoslaviaoruntil31December1977at"thelatest.
3.Authorization wasgrantedtoextendthesearrangements during1978and1979
On20December1979"theYugoslavauthorities informedtheCommunitythat.
theydidnotintendtoconcludeafisheriesagreementonfishingintheir
territorial waterstoreplacetheagreementconcludedwithItalyin1973»
TheystatedthattheywerewillingtotoleratethepresenceofItalian
vesselsincertainpartsofYugoslavwatersuntiltheendof1980.
TheYugoslavGovernmentalsosuggestedthatcooperation betweenYugoslavia
andItalycouldbepossibleintheformofjointventures.
4*-WhenadoptingitsDecisionof20December1977,theCouncilagreedupon
theprinciplethattheamounttobepaidforfishingrightswouldbe
advancedbyItalyandreimbursedafterwardsbytheCommunityless20$
representing reasonablefeeswhichwouldbebornebythevesselowners.
5.InitsDecisionof20December1979"theCouncilmaintainedtheprinciple
ofreimbursement limitedto80$althoughtheamounttobepaidbythe
ItalianGovernment hadincreasedto800millionlireforthewholeof
-.1979- ■
6.Inanaidmemoireof28March1980theItaliandelegationstatedthatthe
YugoslavGovernmentwaspreparedtoextenduntil31December1980thesame
.arrangements asthoseapplicablein1979againstpaymentofthesameamount
namely800millionlire.TheItalianGovernmentreserveditsacceptance
pendingtheoutcomeoftheCouncil'sdiscussionofthisproposal.
7.ForthesamereasonsasthoseunderlyingpreviousdecisionstheCommission
thereforerecommendsthattheCounciladoptadecision .onthelivesofthe
-annexeddraft.

Proposal for a
Council Decision
concerning themaintenance until
31December 1980 ofcertain fishing
rights ofCommunity fishermen inthe
territorial waters ofYugoslavia
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 103thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas byitsResolution of3November 1976 "theCouncil agreed upon the
need toensure ,through appropriate Community agreements ,the securing and
maintenance offishing rights for Community fishermen inthewaters of
non-member countries ;
Whereas byitsDecisions of19December 1978 and 25June 1979 "theCouncil
authorized theItalian Republic toagree with theSocialist Federal •
Republic ofYugoslavia upon theprovisional maintenance until 30June 1979
and 31December 1979 ofthefishing arrangements laid down inthefisheries
agreement of1973 between Italy andYugoslavia which expired in1976 ;
Whereas asregards 1979 ,theYugoslav Government wasunable toaccept aprolonga -
tion without change ofthearrangements laid down intheexpired agreement ,
but offered theItalian Government theprovisional maintenance until
31December 1979 ofcertain ofthefishing rights provided forunder the
agreement inreturn forthepayment byItaly offianancial compensation ?
Whereas byitsDecision of20December 1979 "theCouncil authorized the
Italian Republic toaccept this offer ;
Whereas meanwhile theYugoslav Government has offered the Italian Government
aprolongation until 31December 1980 ofthesame arrangements asthose
applicable in1979 ?
Whereas itappears necessary ,inorder toavoid harming theinterests of
Community fishermen ,toauthorize theRepublic ofItaly toaccept this
offer ;
Whereas byitsprevious abovementioned decisions the Council agreed toreimburse
Italy apart oftheamount which itmust payasfinancial compensation for
thefishing rights granted byYugoslavia ;
Whereas theItalian Government should beplaced inaposition toexpress its
views ontheoffer made toitwithin areasonable time ;whereas accordingly
this decision should beadopted onthebasis ofArticle 103oftheTreaty ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS ;
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Article 1
TheItalianRepublicisherebyauthorizedtoconcludeanagreementwith
theSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslaviafortheprovisional maintenance
until31December1980ofcertainfishingrights .established bythe
fisheriesagreement .betweenItalyandYugoslaviaof15June1973incertain
areasofYugoslavterritorialwatersinreturnforpaymentoffinancial
compensation amountingto800millionlire.
Article2
TheamountpaidbytheItalianRepublicasfinancialcompensation under
Article 1shallbereimbursedbytheCommunity .uptoamaximumof
640millionlire.
DoneatBrussels. FortheCouncil
ThePresident

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
1.Under Article 17ofthe 1973 fishing agreement between Yugoslavia and
Italy Italy had topay 570million lire asfinancial compensation for the
fishing rights granted in1976 toItalian fishermen inYugoslavian territ­
orial waters .The same amount applied toextensions oftheagreement in
1977 and 1978 .
2.Thedecisions adopted bythe Council authorizing theextension ofthese
arrangements asfrom 1January 1978 provided that theCommunity would
contribute 80%oftheexpenditure incurred bytheItalian Government in
respect ofthis fishing arrangement .This principle wasmaintained inthe
Council Decision of20December 1979 which fixes the Community contribution
at640million lire for 1979 inrespect ofwhich thefinancial compensation
hadbeen increased to800million lire .TheYugoslav Government proposes
tomaintain this figure for 1980 ;itsacceptance thus implies afinancial
contribution bytheCommunity of640million lire (approximately 547710UA
atthecurrent rate ).
3.The 1980 draft budget includes anappropriate item forcovering this
expenditure ,namely Article 89Oentitled "reimbursements dueunder conventions'
onfishing intheAdriatic ",andprovides forappropriations of700000UA.