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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)743 final
Brussels,18December 1978
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PROPOSAL PORACOUNCIL DECISION *
authorizing "theRepublic ofItalytoagreewith
theSocialist FederalRepublic ofYugoslavia upon
theprovisional maintenance ofthefishingarrangements
currently inforce
(Presented "bytheCommission totheCouncil)
743final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
InitsResolution of3November1976theCouncil ,notedthatitwasnecessary
tomaintainthrough"appropriate Community agreements",therightssecuredby
Community fishermen inthewatersofnon-member countries .
UndertheAgreement signed'betweenYugoslavia andItalyon15June1973,
fishermen whoareItaliannationals areauthorized tofishincertainareas
ofYugoslavterritorial waters,subjecttofinancial counter-concessions from
theItalianState.TheAgreement expiredon31December 1976.
ToensurethatItalianfishermen couldcontinuetofishinYugoslavwaters,
theCouncilauthorized ItalybyitsDecisionof13December 1976,toagree
withYugoslavia onaninterpretation wherebythesaidAgreement couldbe
reneweduntilafisheries agreement wasconcluded betweentheCommunity and
Yugoslavia oruntil31December 1977atthelatest.
Following thatdecision theCommission hasonseveraloccasions in1977
and1978invitedtheYugoslavauthorities tonegotiate anagreement withthe
Community .Astherewasnoresponse fromtheYugoslavauthorities ,the
Council,byitsDecisions of20December 1977and21June1978,authorized
Italytorenewthearrangements agreedwithYugoslavia in1977,ineach*
caseforsixmonths.
SincethelatestDecision,theCommission hascontinued tourgetheYugoslav
authorities toacknowledge theneedtoopennegotiations forafisheries
agreement withtheCommunity .Yugoslavia statedinacommunication in
October1978thatitwasnotpreparedtonegotiate anagreement withthe
Community whichwouldsubsumetheexisting agreement betweenItalyand
Yugoslavia ,butthatitwouldbewillingtoenterintobroader-based
negotiations whichincluded cooperation onfisheries .

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6.Forthesamereasonsasthosesetoutinparagraph 3,i.e.toprevent a
breakinfisheries relations withanon-member country /,whichwould
adversely affectCommunity fishermen,theCommission proposesthatthe
Councilauthorize ItalytoagreewithYugoslavia onaninterpretation
wherebythe1973Agreement maybereneweduntil30June1979.
*
7.Whentheprevious CouncilDecisions onthe"renewaloftheAgreement were
adopted,theCouncildecidedthattheCommunity shouldbearpartofthe
costofthecounter-concession payableundertheAgreement byItalyto
Yugoslavia .UptonowtheCommunity 'scontribution hasbeenbasedonthe
financial counter-concession provided forintheAgreement betweenItaly
"andYugoslavia .According totheinformation available totheCommission ,
Yugoslavia hasrequested thatthecounter-concession beincreased .The
Commission considers thatitisdifficult fortheCommunity tocontemplate
anincreased financial contribution whentheCommunity hasnopowerto
negotiate theamount.Anestimate ofthefinancial implications isgiven
,intheAnnex.
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PROPOSAL FORA■
COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing theRepublic ?ofItalytoagreewith
theSocialist FederalRepublicofYugoslavia upon
«
theprovisional maintenance ofthefishingarrangement s
currently inforce
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Article 103thereof,
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission /

Whereasbyitsresolution of3November 1976theCouncilagreed
upontheneedtoensure,throughappropriate Community agreements ,
thesecuring andmaintenance offishingrightsforCommunity
fishermen inthewatersofnon-member countries ;
Whereas byitsDecision of21June1978theCouncilauthorized
theRepublic ofItalytoagreewiththeSocialist FederalRepublic
ofYugoslavia upontheprovisional maintenance until31December
1978ofthefishingarrangements theninforcebetweenItalyand
Yugoslavia pendingtheconclusion ofafisheries agreement between
theCommunity andYugoslavia ;
Whereasithasnotyetbeenpossible toconclude suchanagreement ,
andittherefore appearsnecessary ,inordertoavoidharmingthe
interests ofCommunity fishermen toextendtheexisting arrangements
agreedbetweenItalyandYugoslavia forafurtherperiod;
Whereasthisdeoision mustbeadoptedbefore31December 1978in
ordertoavoidaninterruption insuppliesforItalianfishermen
whousuallyfishintheYugoslavfisheries zone,anditshould
therefore beimmediately adopted onthebasisofArticle 103of
theTreaty,
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS :

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Sole Article
TheRepublic ofItalyVsherebyauthorized toagreewiththeSocialist
Federal Republic ofYugoslavia upon theprovisional maintenance until
30 June 1979 +'^efisheries regime established under the agreement on
fisheries between Italy andYugoslavia of15 June 1973 *
Done at,
Por the Council
The President .

ANNEX
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
1.Underthefisheries agreement signedin1973betweenYugoslavia andItaly,
thelatterpaidLit570millionperyearin1976,1977and1978inreturn
fortheadmission ofonehundredtrawlers intoYugoslavterritorial waters.
Thepaymentfor1979remainstobefixedbynegotiation .
%
2.TheCommission proposesthattheCommunity'scontribution tothepayment
tobenegotiated with 'Yugoslavia befixedatthesameamount
asin1977,thatis,fortheperiod1.1.79-30.6.79at0,5x456=
228million Lit(=206.000EUAattherateof1.12.78).
3.TheDraftBudgetfor1979contains aheadingcoveringthisexpenditure :
Article 890,Reimbursements inrespectofcertainfinancial obligations
relating tofishingintheAdriatic .