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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION
implementing ProtocolNo6totheAgreement
signedon22July1972\
<"betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofIceland
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
During "thenegotiation oftheAgreement signed on22July 1972
"between theEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic ofIceland a
close link wasestablished between theapplication oftariff concessions
forcertain Icelandic fishery products ,asprovided forinProtocol No6
totheAgreement ,andasolution satisfactory totheMember States for
theeconomic problems resulting from the .measures adopted byIceland
concerning fishing rights .
Following decisions taken unilaterally byIceland toextend its
fishing limits to50»then to200miles ,negotiations have been held
between Iceland andtheMember States affected bytheIcelandic measures .
Since these negotiations havei ledtoagreements satisfactory to
theMember States andIceland concerning fishing rights ,theCommission
proposes that theCouncil implement Protocol No6(seeAnnex I)and
inform Iceland tothis effect (seeAnnex II).

ANNEXI
COUNCILREGULATION
impleaenoing'Protocol "No6*to"fch.6Agrcsnsnl;
signedon22Ji"\y1972
"between "theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
and.theRepublicofIceland
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCdCaUTTir^,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheSurorDanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtoArticle2ofProtocolNo6totheAgreementsignedon22
July1972betweentxieEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Iceland,
Havingregardtotheproposalfromth«commission,
Whereasitispossibletorecordthatasolutionsatisfactory tothe
MemberStatesoftheCommunityandIcelandhasbeenfoundfortheeconomic
problemsarisingfromthemeasuresadoptedbyIcelandconcerningfishing
rights;
WhereasitisnotnecessarytoamendthetimetableslaiddowninArticle 1
ofProtocolNo6,andwhereasthereductionsscheduledfor1July1973t
1January1974»1January1975and-1January1976maybeapplieddirectly.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.ProtocolNo6totheAgreementwithIcelandshallbeimplementedas
from1July1976..Thecustomsdutiestobeappliedshallbethose
whicharescheduledtotakeeffectasfrom1January197^*
2.ThePresidentoftheCouncilshallinformIcelandofthisDecision.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX II
Draft
Sir-
Inaccordance with theCouncil Decision of25June 1973 »°xwhich
youwere informed byletter on27June 1973 ?theCouncil oftheEuropean
Communities hasre-examined ,onaproposal from theCommission ,the
situation with regard totheapplication ofProtocol -.No6tothe
Agreement between theEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic of
Iceland .
The Council inthe course ofthis re-examination has established that
asatisfactory solution fortheeconomic problems arising from the
measures adopted byIceland concerning fishing rights isthenecessary
prerequisite forimplementing Protocol No6andrepresents ,inthe
Community 'sview ,afundamental factor forthefulfilment ofthe
obligations resulting from that Protocol .
Since theMember States ofthe Community anaIceland have found a
solution which issatisfactory atthepresent time ,theCommunity has
decided ,inconsideration ofthis solution ,toapply theprovisions of
Protocol No6oftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community
andtheRepublic ofIceland asfrom 1July 1976 .
TheCommunity takes this opportunity toexpress thehope that the
negotiations with Iceland onthemore general problem offishing limits .
will open inthenear future andwill beconcluded onadurable basis
satisfactory tothetwo sides .
Yours ,etc