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COMMISSION OFTHEEliROPEAN COMMUNITI
COM(81)91 final
Brussels,9March1981
Amendment oftheRecommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
concerning theconclusionofanAgreement onFisheries
betweentheGovernmentofCanadaandtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission pursuantto
thesecondparagraphofArticle149oftheEECTreaty)
V ;
COM(81)91final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.ArticleXIIIofthedraftAgreementonFisheriesbetweenthe
GovernmentofCanadaandtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,whosetextisannexed
totherecommendation foraCouncilDecisionconcerning theconclusionofthe
(1)saidagreement ,isbetweensquarebracketssince,onthedatewhenthe
recommendation wassubmittedtotheCouncil,noagreementhadbeenreached
betweenthedelegations concerning thecontentsofthisArticle.
Ithasnowbeenagreedbetweenthetwodelegations thatthepresent
draftArticleMillshouldbereplacedbythetextsetoutinthepresent
amendment .
2.Twootherminortextualmodifications havebeenagreedbetween
thetwodelegations .Thesecondpointinthepresentamendmentconsistsofthe
textualmodifications concerned .
3.Thetwodelegations haveagreedthattheCommunitydeclaration
annexedtothedraftAgreementonFisheries,submittedintherecommendation
containedinDOCC0MC80)887FINAL,shouldbereplacedbythedeclaration
whichwasannexedtotheFisheriesAgreementbetweentheCommunityand
Canadawhichappliedduring1979and1980.
Thethirdpartofthepresentamendmentconsists,therefore,of
themodification ofthetextofthisdeclaration .
(1)DOCC0MC80)887FINAL

Amendmentoftherecommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
concerningtheconclusionofanAgreementonFisheries
betweentheGovernmentofCanadaandtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity
1.ThetextofArticleXIIIisreplacedbythefollowingtext:
"ThisAgreementiswithoutprejudicetoanyexistingbilateralagreement
betweenaMemberStateoftheCommunityandCanadarelatingtofisheries",
2.ArticleX,paragraph 1,isamendedtoreadasfollows:
"1.ThetwoPartiesshaLlconsultperiodically onquestionsrelatingtothe
applicationofthisAgreement".
ArticleXII,paragraph2,isamendedsothattheword"European"
isdeletedfromtheLastline.
3.TheAnnextotheAgreementisreplacedbythefollowingAnnex:
.CommunitydeclarationconcerningArticleX|.oftheAgreementonfisheries
betweentheEuropeanEcono.micCommunityandtheGovernmentofCanada
PursuanttothewishexpressedbytheGovernmentofCanada,theCommunityconfirms
thati(considersArticleXI'oftheAgreement,whichincorporate?provisions ,thatare
traditionallyusedipagreementsconcludedbetweentheEuropeanpconoipicCommunity
andthirdcountries,ashavingnobearinguponthequestionofthelegalstatusofthe
economiczone,currentlyunderdiscussionattheThird£onferenceoftheUnited
NationsontheUwoftheSea..