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.COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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* . COM(77)531 final .
Brussels ,24October 1977
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COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL ,
concerning theproblemsoftheherringfisheries inthe ■;
, NorthSeaandtheCelticSea >
.accompanied ,bya ■.<
PROPOSAL FORAREGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL ■ ,v
layingdownspecialaidmeasures forherringfisheries inthe /;
\ NorthSeaandtheCelticSea -
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COMMUNICATION TOTHE COUNCIL
Inview ofthebanonherring fishing intheNorth Sea
and "theCeltic SeatheCommission deems itnecessary totake
special steps inorder tomaintain thefishing potential of
theCommunity inorder that stocks may "beexploited when replenished .
These measures ,which accompany conservation measures fortheabove -
mentioned stocKs ,should afford temporary aidtoCommunity enter­
prises wnose activity depends ondirect fishery ofherring inthe
North Sean ana the Celtic Sea .
risregards fishing undertakings ,theCommission considers that the
granting offinancial compensation should make itpossible to
a\wi& scrapping -proG.*uc~tion capacity }v/nicii wiil *bsn6&cLs& in "ths
future forfishing thereconstituted stocks inensuring theprofitability
oftheundertakings' foraninterim will provide them with sufficient
gross receipts toguarantee fishermen asatisfactory income .
sregards theprocessing industry andinsofar asthis industry could
beconfronted with certain problems ofsupply ,given thediversity
ofstructures oftheindustry indifferent Member States ,theCommis­
sion considers that thesearch forappropriate solutions should be
made onanational basis .
Ontheassumption that Member States deem itnecessary toconsider
tnegranting ofspecific aids forthese industries ,theCommission
isready toexamine with theminimum ofdelay provisional projects
drawn upinorder toprovide apositive solution totheproblems
posed .

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
ByRegulation (EEC )No350/77ofloFebruary 1977 laying down certain
interim measures for theconservation andmanagement offishery resour­
ces ,theCouncil decided inview oftheprecarious situation ofherring
stocks intheNorth Seaand theCeltic Sea toprohibit herring fishing
from 28February to30April intheNorth Seaanduntil 31December 1977
inthe Celtic Sea .
The ban onherring fishing intheNorth Sea has been extended serveral
times in1977 -These prorogations were made inthelight ofscientific
estimates that demonstrated theprecarious state ofherring stocks and
showed for several years ,oreven simply lead totheir disappearance .
Inthis context ,theCommission ,having proposed totheCouncil that
in1978 alldirect fishing forherring intheNorth Seashould bepro­
hibited and that by-catches bereduced totheunavoidable minimum ,has
also decided topropose supporting measures providing foraspecial scheme
ofaid for the fisheries concerned .
The Commission isaware that inthepresent situation ,the temporary
banning ofherring fishing intheNorth Sea and the Celtic Sea ,made
indispensable inorder avoid thedisappearance ofstocks and toensure
theprogressive reconstitution ,involves important and enduring economic
and social consequences such that its effect must belimited isfaras
possible .
Intheabsence ofaid measures ofaconjunctured character ,anaccelera­
tion ofdecision todefinitively reduce fishing capacity could beassis­
ted ,which although excessive inatime ofshortage ,will eventually be
needed once stocks have ,asaresult ofconservation measures ,built up
again .
Asfishery undertakings arealready inadifficult economic situation
duetoever-increasing operating coasts ,they cannot atshort notice
reorient their activities and seek out other fishing grounds .
Further ,asmost ofthese undertakings have renewed andmodernized their
plant ,which means periodic payment ofheavy financial charges ,they
cannot temporarily layuptheir vessels ineconomically andsocial sa­
tisfactory conditions . /

2.-
Thepurposeofthisproposalistherefore tomaintain "bygrantsofaid.to
compensate forthere "beingnoproduction sufficient potential offishing
vessels .
Theaidwill "begranted "byMemberStatestoundertakings whosefishingvessels
areengagedinoperations thattraditionally dependtoasignificant extent
(atleast1C$ooftotalcatchesinthepreceding threeyears)ontheexploitation
ofherringstocksintheNorthSeasandtheCelticSea.
Theaidshouldnotexceed250u.a.pertonne,andshould "befixedallowing
forearnings fromspeciesotherthanherringduringtheperiodconcerned .
UndertheEAGGF,Guarantee Section,theCommunity willcontribute tothe
financing ofthemeasuresinquestion upto5&?°of"theexpenditure incurred
"bygranting financial compensation totheundertakings concerned .
Suchcompensation will "becalculated onthevolumeofthecatchesthatcould
have "beentakenforhumanconsumption ifthegoalofreconstituting stocks
hadnot "beenset.
Thecalculation forthevolumeaswellasthedistribution ofcatchesinthe
NorthSeaandtheCelticSeaissetoutintheAnnextothisExplanatory
Memorandum .

HERRING
CEE
BELGIQUE
DANEMARK
DEUTSCHLAND .
FRANCE
IRELAND
NEDERLAND
UNITED KINGDOI
TotalEEC
Nonnoiember
countries
GrandTotalCalculation oftheoretical annualvolumeofdirectcatcheTTn 0theNorthSea
Amended
NEAFC
key
1.2
27.7
7.0
8.3
".5
8.3
64.0
36.0
100,0Theoretical
catchvolume
75.000t
000t
0.9
20.8
5.3
6.2
8.6
6.2
48.0ofwhich
by-catches
authorised
000t
JZLL
15,-
0,41
0,137
0,137
1,65
17,3341970
9,51
0,26
0,075
0,075
1,05
11,000Theoretical
volumeof
directcatches
(1
000t
I2LL
5,80
4,89
6,063
8,463
4,55
29,766
(1)Catchestakenbetween1.1.1977and31.12.1977 shouldbededucted.JL2Z1
11,26
5,04
6,125
8,525
5,15
36,100Annualvolumeof
theoretical catches
intheCelticSea2SS*
1977
000t
Ο,ΓΟ
0,75
4,10
1,15
0,30
6,50(1)

COUNCIL REGULATION
layingdownspecialaidmeasuresforherringfisheries
intheNorthSeaandtheCelticSea
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Articles 43thereof ,
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean Parliament ,
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No350/77of18February 1977layingdown
certaininterimmeasures fortheconservation andmanagement offishery
resources (l),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No[ll(2),
prohibited herringfishingintheNorthSeafrom28February 1977 "to
31December 1977»and-whereasthismeasure wasextendeduntil31December
1978 "byCouncilRegulation (EEC)Nolayingdownconservation measures
forherringstocksintheNorthSea(3);
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No35^/77alsoprohibited herringfishinginthe
CelticSeafrom1March1977to31December 1977»' whereasthismeasure
-wasrenewedbyCouncilRegulation No...of.. (Doc.COM524);
Whereasthepurposeoftheprohibition ofherringfishingistoreconsti
tutethestocksconcerned ;
WhereasstepsshouldbetakentomaintainthefishingoftheCommunity
inordertoensuretheoptimalexploitation ofthesestockswhenreoonst
tuted;
(1)OJNoL248,19.2.1977 ,p.28.
(2)OJNo
(3)OJNo

2
Whereastothisendaschemeproviding financial compensation forenterprises ^
andforthefishermen concerned shouldbeintroduced ;
Whereastheamountoffinancial compensation should "befixedata
standardratepertonneoffish;
Whereassuchfinancial compensation shouldhegrantedtovesselswhich
dependtoasignificant extentonfishingherringstocksintheNorth
SeaandtheCelticSea;
Whereasthefinancial compensation granted bytheMemberStatestothe
undertakings concerned duringtheperiods whenherringfishingisbanned
intheNorthSeaandtheCelticSeashouldbeinproportion tothecatches
ofherringforhumanconsumption madebytheseundertakings intheNorth
SeaandtheCelticSeaovertheprevious threeyearsallowing forearnings
fromthecatching ofspeciesotherthanherringduringtheseperiods ,and
whereas ,moreover ,benefitofthisfinancial compensation shouldbe
equallyshared,betweentheshipowner andtheworkersconcerned ;
VJhereasinviewoftheexceptional circumstances Community financing
shouldbeprovidedfor$0%oftheexpenditure incurredbygranting
financial compensation uptothelimitofthevolumeofcatchesthat
wouldhavebeentakenforhumanconsumption ifthegoalofreconstituting
stockshadnotbeenadopted ;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :

Article 1
inorder toassist undertakings intheCommunity that depend toa
significant extent ondirect fishing ofherring stocks intheNorth
SeaandCeltic Seaand x^hose potential catch hasbeen reduced asa
result ofconservat ionmeasures designed toreconstitute these stocks
inashort time ,Member States shall grant such undertakings financial
compensation .
Financial compensation shall bepaid only toundertakings whose
annual average income inI974 ,1975 andI97S from landings ,by
vessels flying theflag ofoneoftheMember States oftheCommunity ,
ofNorth Seaherring forhuman consumption caught insub-area 17and
division Vll-d asdefined bytheInternational Council fortheExplor­
ation oftheSea ,and/orCeltic Seaherring forhuman consumption
caught indivisions VH-g andVH-h asdefined bytheInternational
Council fortheExploration oftheSea ,isecjual toatleast 10$of
their total gross receipts .
Financial compensation shall only begranted fortheperiod 28February
1977 to31December 1978 with respect tolosses arising from the
banonherring fishing intheNorth Seaandtheperiod 1March 1977
to31December I977 with respect tolosses arising from thebanon
herring fishing intheCeltic Sea .

Article 2
1.Thefinancial compensation referred toinArticle 1(l)shall notexceed
250u.a .pertonne ofherring that theenterprise incause would have
realised iftheaimof "building upherring stocks intheNorth Seaand
theCeltic Seahadnotbeen adopted .Theamount ofthat compensation
shall "befixed allowing forearnings from thecatching ofspecies other
than herring during theperiods referred toinArticle 1(3).
2.Thefinancial compensation tobemade toeach enterprise iscalculated
"byapplying tothetheoretical volume ofdirect catches oftheMember
State concerned ,thepercentage corresponding tothepart oftheactual
catches ofeach enterprise made onaverage during theyears 1974 »1975
and1976 with respect tothetotal production oftheMember State concerned
intheareas listed inArticle'l ,para .2.
3.Thevolume ofdirect catches shown inpara •2figures intheannex
ofthis regulation .
4.Member States take principally theappropriate provisions inorder that
thebenefit offinancial compensation beshaved equitably between the
parties concerned .

Article 3
1.Financial compensation shall "begranted tothe "undertakings concerned
onapplication tothe competent authority oftheKember State ,submitted
either individually orcollectively through arecognized producers'
organization .
2.Theapplication referred toinparagraph 1shall hesubmitted with
documentation enabling the competent authority oftheMember State
todetermine inrespect ofthevessel orvessels concerned the
quantity andvalue ofthetotal catch andoftheherring catch for
human consumption made intheareas referred toinArticle 1(2)in
1974 ,1975 aad 1976 .
3Applications forfinancial compensation must bepresented before
1December 1977 forcompensation relative to1977 ,andbefore
1June 1978 for that relative to1978 . \

Article 4
1.TheEuropean Agricultural Guidance andGuarantee fund ,Guarantee Section ,
reimburses Member States 50$ofexpenses made onapplication ofthe
present regulation .
2.Modalities fortheapplication ofparagraph 1,canbedecreed according
totheprooedure laid down inArticle 13ofRegulation (EEC)No.729/70(l).
(1)OJBoL94.28.4.1970 ,p.3

Article 5
Detailedrulesforimplementing thisRegulation shallbeadopted
asrequired "bytheprocedure laiddowninArticle 32ofRegulation
(SEC)HoIOO/76of19January1976onthecommonorganization of
themarketinfisheryproducts (l).
Article 6
ThisRegulation shallbebinding
applicable inallMemberStates,initsentirety anddirectly
DoneatBrussels , TheCouncil,
ThePresident
(1)OJNoL20,28.1.1976 ,p.1

ANNEX
Theoretical volumeofdirectcatchesasinArticle 2,para.2.
Countries
BELGIQUE
DANEMARK
DEUTSCHLAND
FRANCE
IRELAND
NEDERLAND
UNITED KINGDOM1977
Celtic Sea NorthSea
5.800
j200 4.890
7506,063
4.100
1.1508.463
3004.550
6.500 • 29.766
l)Inordertocalculatefinancialcompensation ,catches
eventually besubstracted .1978 S
H
NorthSea
11.260
*5.040
6.125
8.525
5.150
36.100
takenbetween1.1.77and31.12.77 should

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
DATE :4'.i.1C77
1.budget uksCONCERNED t7119 (other fishery intervention )
2.ACTION I1-Touosal for ftCouncil Herniation lay in.';cown special aid meastires
forherring *fisheries intheNorth Sea and the Celtic SGa
3.LECAL BASIS T
Article . 43oftheTreaty
4.OBJECTIVES sCompensation forthevalue ofcatches that would ,have been taken
ifherring fisliinn ;hadnotbeen banned .
5.FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE
5.0 EXPENDITURE
-CHARGED TOTHE ECBUDGET
(•RJSAMBS /LNTERVENTI ONS)
–CHARGES TONATIONAL ADMINISTR .
-nunf:FD TooTina îunuui .lAum *.*»FOR THE MARKETING YEAR
4.5 million u.;CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR
£ )
.3million u.a .FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
L_
4.5 million u.a ,
I YEAR YEAR YTTAP I
5-0.1 PLURIA.VNUAL PATTERN OPEXPENDITURE _ |
5.1.1 PLURIANNUAL PATTERN OFRECEIPTS LINITED OPERATION I
5.2METHOD OFCALCULATION -,
Theoretical volume ofdirect catches :36.266 tin1977
42.600 tin1978 .
Amount ofcornensntion s250u.a./t
Calculation ofcatches 'made "between 1.1.1977 and31.12.1977
■12.000 t/estimation
i
Fore caste ofthevolume in1977 m24.266 tI250U.C. =+6UCMofwhich 50%onEAGGP charge
Guarantee section .i.e7 =3UCMfor1977 .
I6.0FINANCING POSSIBLE KITHCREDITS INSCRIBED INRELEVANT CHAPTER OFCURRENT BUDGET ? ,)YES/M«I
6.1FINANCING POSSIBLE BYTRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OFCURRENT BUDGET ? V
I)■–1111 ■–-–I C
YE5/1W
6.2 NECESSITY FOR ASUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET ?*E5/N0
6.3CREDITS TOBEWRITTEN INTO FUTURE BUDGETS 1
1978YES/WE-
COSKENTS s
1.Itwill proba,bly bepossible tofinance the raeasure bytransfers
between items inthechapter concerned . .'oralesser part ,a
transfer between titles 6and 7raay benecessary .

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1DAT3s4'.7.1077
1.BUDCETLINECONCERNED:7119(otherfisheryintervention )
2.ACTIONiproposal foraCouncil Ttcuilr-tionlayingdownspecialaidmeasures
forherringfisheries intheNorthSeaandtheCelticSea
3.LEGALBASIS:
Artie 1e. 43oftheTreaty
4.OBJECTIVES sCompensation forthevalueofcatchesthat -wouldhavebeentaken
ifherringfishing hadnotbeenbanned.
5.FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE
5.0EXPENDITURE
-CHARGED TOTHEECBUDGET
FEHSWJTŒ/LNTEHVENTIOI'JS )
-CHARCED TONATIONAL ADMINISTR .
-riTnn^Fn TOounjiIUIIUJAL UAOJI 1'.FORTHEMARKETING YEAR
4.5rail1ionu.;CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR
()
.3million u.a.FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
()
4.5million u.a,
YEAR
5.0.1PLURIA.VNUAL PATTERN OFEXPENDITURE
5.1.1PLURIANNUAL PATTERN OFRECEIPTSYEAR....
Linited operationYEAR
5.2METHOD OFCALCULATION ",
Theoretical volumeofdirectcatches 36.266tin1977
42.600tin1978
Am-ountofcornens^tion •250u.a./t
Calculation ofcatches 'madebetween1.1.1977 and31.12.1977
«12.000t/estimation
Forecaste ofthevolumein1977=
24*266tx250U.C.m+6UCMofwhich507°onEAGGPchargeGuarantee section,i.eT"«3UCMfor1977.
6.0FINANCING POSSIBLE KITHCREDITSINSCRIBED INRELEVANT CHAPTER OFCURRENT BUDGET?,)YES/»9
6.1FINANCING POSSIBLE BYTRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OFCURRENT BUDGET?■0YES/wr
6.2NECESSITY FORASUPPLEI.LSNTARY BUDGET?WS/NO
6.3CREDITS TOBEWRITTEN INTOFUTURE BUDGETS ?
197SYES/W
COMMENTS :
1.Itwillprobably bepossible tofinancetheroeasure bytransfers
between itemsinthechapterconcerned ./oralesserpart,a
transfer betweentitles6and7raaybenecessary .