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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2527/80 of 
30 September 1980 laying down technical measures for the conservation of fishery 
resources 
(Presented by the Commission to the Council on 23 January 1981) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2527/80 of 
30 September 1980 (') provides for a comprehensive 
regime for the taking and landing of biological 
resources arising in Community waters; 
Whereas, nevertheless, additional national measures 
of a strictly local character should not be invalidated 
by the adoption of a Community Regulation; 
Whereas, therefore, such measures may be main­
tained or taken subject to Commission examination 
whether they comply with Community law and are in 
conformity with the common fisheries policy; 
Whereas the Regulation should apply without 
prejudice to certain national measures which go 
beyond the minimum requirements of Regulation 
No 2527/80; 
(') OJNoL258, I. 10. 1980, p. 1. Article 1 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2527/80 of 30 
September 1980 shall be amended as follows: 
1. Article 18 shall be amended to read as follows: 
'Article 18 
(1) In the case of strictly local stocks of interest to 
the fishermen of one Member State only, that 
Member State may take measures for the conser­
vation and management of those stocks not 
referred to in the Community regulations, 
provided such measures comply with Community 
law and are in conformity with the common 
fisheries policy. 
(2) Member States may take such strictly local 
fishery regulations directly affecting the fishermen 
of that Member State only which limit the catches 
by technical measures in addition to those 
provided for in the Community regulations, 
provided that such measures comply with 
Community law and are in conformity with the 
common fisheries policy. 
(3) Before adopting any measures referred to in 
paragraphs 1 and 2 above, the Member State 
concerned shall obtain the agreement of the 
Commission on the finding that the measures are 
in accordance with paragraphs 1 or 2 above. 
(4) The other Member States and the Commission 
shall be notified of the measures taken. 
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(5) Measures already taken by Member States 
concerning strictly local stocks or strictly local 
fishery regulations as defined in paragraphs I and 
2 above may be maintained insofar as they comply 
with Community law and are in conformity with 
the common fisheries policy. Member States shall 
notify the Commission of all such measures not 
later than 30 June 1981. The Commission will 
decide within one year of the notification whether 
the measures are in accordance with paragraphs 1 
or 2 above.' 
2. The following new Article shall be inserted as 
Article 19(a): 
'Article 19(a) 
(1) The present regulation applies without 
prejudice to national technical measures which go 
beyond its minimum requirements which are 
applicable only to fishermen of the Member State 
concerned and which either are designed to ensure 
the respect of that Member State's quota or apply European Communities 10.2.81 
to species which are not covered by the present 
regulation, provided that they comply with 
Community law and are in conformity with the 
common fisheries policy. 
(2) The national measures referred to in the first 
paragraph shall be communicated to the 
Commission in accordance with Article 2 (2) of 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 101/76 of 
19 January 1976 laying down a common structural 
policy for the fishing industry.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force three days after 
its publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 October 1980. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.