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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)925final
Brussels^24thDecember1980
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
layingdowncertaininterimmeasuresfortheconservation andmanagement of
fisheryresourcesofftheWestGreenlandcoastapplicable tovesselsflyingt
flagofCanadaorunderchartertocompaniesregistered inCanada
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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COM(80)925final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Consultations between Community and Canadian delegations concerning
their mutual fishing rights ii*rNAFO sub-areas 0+1 were not complete *.;in
time topermit the adoption before 31December 1980 ofaCouncil regulation
establishing definitive arrangements for 1981 permitting vesseLs flying
the flag ofCanada orchartered tocompanies registered inCanada to
exercise their activities inthe fisheries zone ofthe Community .
 
Inorder toavoid aninterruption inreciprocal fisheries from
1January 1981 ,itisnecessary for the Community toadopt interim arrangements
for fisheries byCanadian vessels orvessels chartered tocompanies registered
inCanada inthe Community fisheries zone ,valid from 1January 1981 until
the entry into force ofdefinitive arrangements for 1981 .The Commission
considers that these definitive arrangements could enter into force
on 1April 1981 .Itisunderstood that the Canadian authorities -wi11make
interim arrangements for access tothe Canadian fisheries zone byCommunity
fishing vessels ,pending the adoption ofdefinitive arrangements for 1981 .
The quotas appearing inAnnex Itothis regulation are those discussed between
the Community and Canada during their consultations on27/28November 1980
for the year 19S1 . - 'v . '
Under these circumstances the Commission proposes that the Council
adopt aninterim regulation authorizing vessels flying the flag of
Canada orchartered tocompanies registered inCanada tofish inthe '
Community zone from 1January to31March 1981 .

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
laying down certain interim measures fortheconservation and management of
fishery resources offtheWest Greenland coast applicable tovessels flying the
flag ofCanada orunder charter tocompanies registered inCanada
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean '
Economic Community ,and inparticular Article 103
thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas the Community and Canada have
initialled along-term fisheries
agreement which istoenter into
force in1981 ;
Whereas delegations from the two
Parties have held consultations con­
cerning their mutual fishing alloca-'
tions for 1981 in NAFO sub-areas
0+1;
Whereas these consultations were not
concluded intime topermit the
adoption ,before 31December 1980 ,of
definitive arrangements for fisheries
byCanadian vessels flying the flag
ofCanada orchartered tocompanies
registered inCanada inthe fisheries
zoos ofthe Community inconformity
with the results ofthese consultations ;

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Whereas Counci L{RjeguLation(EEC)N° 1720 /80
of30June 1980 fixing ,for the
yscr 1980,certain measures for the
conservation and management offi­
shery resources off the West Green -
Land coast applicable tove.ssels
flying the flao of.Canada orunder -
charter tocompanies regi stered :in
Canada expires on31December 1980 ;
whereas ,inorder toavoid an
inrerruption inmutual fishing
activities byvessels ofeither ^
Party inthe zone ofthe other
Party ,itisnecessary that the
Community adopts ,before 1.January
1981 ,interim arrangements .autho -
rising fishing inthe Community
fishery zone byvessels flying
the flag ofCanada orchartered
tocompanies registered inCanada
tocontinue until the entry into
force ofa.definitive regime
for ,1981 ;
Whereas inorder tocomply with this
date itisnecessary toestablish
these interim arrangements onthe
basis ofArticle 103 ofthe Treaty ;HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION -:
Article 1
1.The zone towhich thisRegulation applies shall'
bethepart ofthefishery zone ofDenmark situated
within sub-area 1asdefined bytheConvention on
Future Multilateral Cooperation inthe North-West
Atlantic Fisheries ,bounded onthe north bythe
parallel of68°Nlatitude ,and onthewest byaline
drawn parallel toand atadistance of12nautical
miles from the base-lines from which the territorial
waters ofGreenland are measured .
2.The catches which vessels flying the flag of
Canada orunder charter tocompanies registered in
Canada shall beauthorized totake intheperiod
1January to31March 1981 inthe zone
defined inparagraph 1shall belimited
tothequotas laid down inAnnex I.
3.Notwithstanding .paragraph 2,unavoidable
by-catches ofaspecies forwhich noquota isesta­
blished inazone shall bepermitted within thelimits
fixed inthe conservation measures inforce inthe
zone concerned . ■ . ; ■
(1)O.J. N° L168/35Article 2
1. •Vessels fishing forthe quotas established in
Article 1shall comply with the conservation and
control measures and allother provisions governing
fishing activities inthezones referred tointhesaid
Article ,including thereporting procedures .
2.Vessels referred toinparagraph 1shall keep a
logbook asspecified inAnnex II.The original ofthe
j,logbook shall bekept onboard thevessel .The pink
and blue copies ofthelogbook shall besent each
month totheCommission atthelatest bythelastday
ofthemonth forthepreceding month .
'3.Vessels referred toinparagraph 1shall transmit
totheCommission ,inaccordance with therules set
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out inAnnex III,theinformation specified inthat
Annex .
4.The registration letters and numbers ofthe
vessels referred toinparagraph 1shall beclearly
marked onboth sides ofthe bow ofthe vessel .
Artici a3
1.Fishing shall bepermitted only where alicence
issued bytheCommission onbehalf oftheCommu­
nity attherequest oftheCanadian authorities isheld
onboard and where the conditions setout inthe
licence are observed .
2.The number oflicences issued inaccordance .
with paragraph 1shall notexceed 12.
3.When anapplication foralicence issubmitted
totheCommission ,thefollowing information shall
besupplied : .
(a)name ofthevessel ;
(b)registration number ;
(c)external identification letters and numbers ;
(d)port ofregistration ;
(c)name and address oftheowner orcharterer ;
(f)gross tonnage and overall length ;
(g)engine power ;(h)callsign and radio frequency ;
(i)intended method offishing ;
(j)intended area offishing ;
(k)species which itisintended tofish ;
(1)period forwhich alicence isrequested .
4.Each licence shall bevalid forone vessel only .
Where several vessels ,aretaking part inthesame
fishing operation ,each vessel shall beinpossession of
alicence .
Article 4
Member States shall take appropriate steps ,including
theregular inspection ofvessels ,toensure theenforce­
ment ofthis Regulation .
Article f
Where aninfringement isduly established .Member
States shall ,without delay ,inform theCommission of
thename ofthevessel involved and ofany action
which they have taken .
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird day
following itspublication intheOfficial Journal of
theEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding ioitsentirety ^itshall ipply until 31March 1981 and
bedirect lyapplicable inall Member States .
Done at
fortheCouncil
The President

&'1ANNEX1
QUOTAS
Spccies
Greenlandhalibut(Reinhardtius hippoglossoides )
Round-nosegrenadier(Coryphaenoides rupestris)
Deep-waterprawn(Pandalusborealis)Quantity
(toniu-i)
5.0Π0(1)
1.600(1)
2.000(2)
(1)TobereducedbythequantitiestakenoutsidetheEECfisheryzone
(2)Tobereducedbythequantities,exceeding500tonnes,takenoutside
-theEECfisheryzone
,ANNEXII -'
T,hefollowinglogbook ;shalIbeusedwhenfishingwithinthezone
referredtoinArticle 1.'

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES' LOGBOOK FOR NAFO .SUB-AREA 1
Vessel name
Side No
I I ! 1 I ! i !Communities
licence NoCanadian
liccn :cNoDate Noon position JGNÍT )
Day Month Year Latitude LongitudeNATO
division 09
11
ι 1 1 I IIN 1 ! '!W 1 !
!
jTime
jT*rne
low
firuth-cd
íGMTiHe »un
íuScdDepth
(mctrvi )sxPositlOQ
»urt oftcWTrpc
OÍ
g*"Number
ofOCtl
orIme »
uvedMesh
uzeCatch byspecies
(kilograms -round weight )
•bcjAA
(GMT ) Latitude Longi­
tudeNAFO
dmuoa'Cod
{101 }Redfiih
(103 ;GrtmUrx
kal^ut
(118Halibut
(120Round-note
grenadier
CI66 *Catfish
(188 )C.apeltn
(340 )Prawn
'639 )t
Kepi
Discarded
\ 1––^-kept
Discarded
j Kept
,
Discarded
Kcp «
Discarded'
Kepi
Discarded
Kept
Discarded
Kcpc
Discarded
}Sub-total fordayKept
Discarded
ΤotalforvoyageKepf
Discarded
Round weight (kilograms )processed today forhuman consumption
Kound weight (kilograms )processed today forreduction
Total
Remarks v
V Master 'ssignature

\ANNEX III
1.The information tobetransmitted totheCommission andthetimetable foritstransmission are
*asfollows : '
1.1.Oneach occasion thevessel enters thezone defined inArticle 1(I):
(a)theinformation specified under point 1.4below ;
(b)thequantity (inkg)ofeach species offishinthehold ;
(c)when and where fishing istocommence .
Intheevent thatthefishing operation requires repeated daily entries intothejoint management
zone ,tsingle communication onfirstentering thezone willsuffice .
^ "
1.2.Oneach occasion thevessel leaves thezone after aprevious notice ofleaving ofatleast 48
hours :
(a)theinformation specified under point 1.4below ;
(b)thequantity (inkg)ofeach species offish inthehold ;
1(c)thequantity (inkg)ofeach species caught since theprevious transmission ;
(d)thequantity (inkg)ofeach species transshipped since thevessel entered thezone and the
identification ofthevessel oftransshipment ;
(e)thequantity (inkg)ofeach species landed inaport oftheCommunity since thevessel
entered thezone ; ,
(f)thequantity (inkg)ofdiscards specified byspecies since previous transmission .;
In'the*vent thatthefishing operations require repeated daily exits from thejoint Management
zone,asingle communication onthelastexit willsuffice .
13.At-w.eckly intervals ,commencing ontheseventh dayafter thevessel first enters thezone :
(a).;theUnformation specified under p^irit 1.4below ;
(b)thequantity (inkg)ofeach species ^caught since theprevious transmission .
1.4.(a)-rite -'name ,callsign,identification numbers and letters ofthevessel ,and thename ofthe
;roaster ; .
(b)tRe :licence number ifthevessel islicensed tofish ;
(c):inc .scriaf number ofthemessage j
(d)identification ofthetype ofmessage ; :; '
(e)tbcdate ,thetime and thegeographical position ofthevessel .
2.1.The Information specified under point Ishall betransmitted totheCommission oftheEuro­
pean Communities inBrussels (telex address 24 189F1SEU-B )viaoneoftheradio stations listed
under point 3below and intheform specified under point 4.
2.2.Ifitisimpossible forreasons of/onenutjam forthemessage tobetransmitted bythevessel ,it
may betransmitted onthevessel 'sbehalf byanother vessel . •
3.N,init ofntdiu stution Cull si^uofratlin Hutinn
Prins Christians Sund OZN
Juliartchab OXF /
Godthlb ■J OXI >Central Codthlb
Holsteinsbors -< OYS \
Godhavn OZM

Form ofcommunications
The information specified under point Ishall contain thefollowing particulars ,which shall be
given inthefollowing order :
–name ofvessel :
–call sign ;
–external identification letters and numbers ;
–serial number ofthemessage forthevoyage inquestion ;
–indication ofthetype ofmessage according tothefollowing code :
–message –when entering thezone :'IN,
–message –when leaving thezone :'OUT , ,
–weekly message :*WKL ";
–thegeographical position ;
–thedate onwhich fishing isexpected tocommence ;
–thequantity (inkg)ofeach species offishinthehold ,using thecode mentioned inpoint 5
below ;
–thequantity (inkg)ofeach species discarded since theprevious transmission using thecode
mentioned inpoint Sbelow ;
–thequantity (inkg)ofeach species transshipped since theprevious transmission ;.
–thename and callsign ofthevessel oftransshipment ;
–thequantity (inkg)ofeach species landed inaport oftheCommunity since theprevious
transmission ;
–the namc ofthe master .
The code tobeused toindicate thequantities offishonboard asmentioned inpoint 4above :
A.Deep-water prawn (Pandalus borealis ),
C.Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides ).
D.Cod (Gadus morhua ),
E.Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglcfinus ).
r.Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus ), ]
I.Round-nose grenadier (Coryphacnoidcs rupestris ),
J.Saithe (rollachius virens ), •
K.Whiting (Merlangus merlangus ), (
R.Other . 1