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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
.COM(79)788 final
J-'\^1;r. Brussels^11January1980
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No3179/78concerningtheconclusion bythe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityoftheConvention onFutureMultilateral
Cooperation intheNorthwestAtlanticFisheries
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(79)788final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Atitsfirst Annual Meeting on7June 1979 "theGeneral' Council ofthe
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization adopted amendments toAnnex III ~~
oftheConvention onFuture Multilateral Cooperation intheNorthwest
Atlantic Fisheries ,pursuant toArticle XX,paragraph 2ofthesame Convention .
These amendments affect thedelimitation oftheboundary between thestatistical
subareas covering thewaters "between the ,West coast ofGreenland andthecoast
ofCanada .Corresponding Changes should "bemade tothetext oftheConvention
aaitappears inCouncil Regulation (EEC)No3179/78."

Proposal foraCouncil Regulation
amending Regulation (EEC)No3179/78
concerning theconclusion "bytheEuropean Economic
Community oftheConvention onFuture Multilateral
Cooperation intheNorthwest Atlantic Fisheries .
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Communities ,andin
particular Article 103thereof ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)No3179/78of28December 1978
concerning theconclusion bytheEuropean Economic Community ofthe
Convention onFuture Multilateral Cooperation intheNorthwest Atlantic '
Fisheries (l),
.V '- .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
;
Whereas on7June 1979 "theGeneral Council oftheNorthwest Atlantic Fisheries
Organization adopted with effect from 1January 1980 amendments toAnnex III
oftheConvention onFuture Multilateral Cooperation intheNorthwest Atlantic
Fisheries ,pursuant toArticle XX,paragraph 2ofthesame Convention ,
concerning thedelimitation oftheboundary between thestatistical subareas
covering thewaters between theWest coast ofGreenland andthecoast of .
Canada :
r
Whereas itisappropriate that theCommunity amend thetext oftheConvention
asitappears inRegulation (EEC)No3179/78;
Whereas having regard totheabove-mentioned date itisnecessary toadopt this
Regulation asaninterim measure onthebasis ofArticle 103oftheTreaty ,
subject toitbeing included atalater date inthecommon agricultural policy ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ,
(1)OJNoL378of30.12.78 .p.1

-2-
Article 1
.Paragraphs .1(a).and2(a )ofAnnex IIItotheConvention onFuture
Multilateral Cooperation intheNorthwest Atlantic Fisheries ,published in .
theannex ofRegulation (EE£)No3179/78*shall beamended asshown
intheAnnex tothis Regulation . - •
Article 2
ι - . ,
\ • - ' .
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall apply until itis,replaced byaRegulation adopted
'under Article 43ofthe Treaty ,but inany case not beyond 31December 1980 .
•* ; ' ' ' '• ;
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
'all Member States .
•  
Done atBrussels ,/ , .FortheCouncil ,
-thePresident .
/ '
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Annex
F&ragraph 1(a)ofAnnex IIItotheConvention shall readasfollows
"1(a)Subarea 0
That portion oftheConvention Area bounded onthe
south byaline extending dueeast from apoint at6100Qnorth latitude and65°00' west longitude toapoint at6100'
north latitude and 5900'west longitude ,thence inagouth -easterly direction along arhumb line toapoint at60 L2*
north latitude and 5713'west longitude ;thence bounded on
theeast byaseries ofgeodesic lines joining thefollowing
.points i
Point No .
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 .
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40 -
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55Lati tude
6012'0
61°00 '0
62°00 '5
62°02 '3
62°0 3'5
62°11 '5
62°47 '2
63°22 '8
63°28 '6
63°35 '0
63°37 '2
63°44 '1
63°S0 "1
63°52 '6
63°57 '4
64°04 '3
64°12'2
65°06' 0
65°08 '9
60 11*6
6S°1 4'5
65°2 3'3
65°34 '8
65°37 '7
65°50 '9
65°51 '7
65°57 '6
66°0 3'5
66°1 2'9
66°18 '8
66°24 '6
66°30 '3
66°36 '1
66°37 '9
66°4 1'8
6694 9'5
67^21*6
67°27 '3
67°28 13
67°29 '1
67°30 '7
67°35 '3
67°39 '7
67°4 4'2
67°56 19
68°01 '8
68°04 '3
68°06 '8
68°07 '5
68°16 '1
68°21 '7
68°25 '3
68°32'9
68°34 '0Longitude
5713Ό
57°13'1
57°2 1';i
57°2 1'|3
57°2 2*|2
57°25' >1
57°4 1'0
57°57 '4
57°59
5B°02
SS'-'Ol '
57°58 '
57°57 '7
0
2
8
2
57°56 '6
57°5 3'5 •
57°4 9'1
57°48 '2
57°44 •1
57°4V9
r>7'M4 '4
57'M r>*1
57°4S '8
57044-9
57042-3
57041 •9
57040*7
57°4 0'6
57040*1
57°39 '6
57°38 '2
57°37 *8
57°37 '8
57°38*3
57°39 *2
:57°39*6
57°40 '6
57°4 3*0
57°52 '7
57°S4 '9
57°55 '3
57°56*1
5'7°57 '8
58°02 '2
58°06 *2
58°09 '9
58°19 '8
58°2 3'3
58°25'0
58°26 '7
58°27 '2
58°34'1
58°39 '0
58°4 2'4
59°01 '8
59°04 '6

Point No. - Latitude Longitude
56 6837 '9 59°14'3
57 68°38 '0 59°14 '.6
58 68ô56'8 60o02'4
59 1 69°00 '8 - 60°09 '0
60 ' 69°06 '8 60°18 '5'
61 69°10 '3 60°2 318
62 , 69°12'8 60°2 7'5
63 69°29 '4 60°51'6
C4 69°49 '8 .60°58 '2
65 -69°5 5'3 ■_60°59*6
66 69°55 18 . " 61°00'0
67 70°01 16 61°04 '2
68 70°07 '5 61°08 '1
69 70°08 '8" , . 61°08 '8
70 70°1 3'4 61°10'6
71 v 70°3 3'1 '61°17 '4
72 70°35*6 61°20 '6
73 70°4 8'2 61°37 19
74 70°51 '8 61°42 '7
-75 71°12 '1 62°09 '1
76 7118 '9 62°17 '5
77 71°25 '9 62°2 5'5
78 71°29'4 62°29 '3
79 . 71°31'8 62°32 '0
80 71°3 219 62°33 '5
81 71°44 '7 62°49 '6
82 71°47 '3 - 62°53 '1
83 • 71°52 '9 63°03'9
84 72°01 '7 63°21'1
85 72°06'4 63°30 '9 '
86 72°1 1'0 63°41'0
87 : . 72°24 '8 ; 64°13'2
88 •72°30 '5 64°26'1
89 - ' 72°36 '3 '.' 64°38 '8
90 72°4 3'7– 64°54*3 -
91 1 72°4 5'7 64°58'4
92 72°4 7'7 65°00'9
93 72°50 '8 . :65°07 '6
.94 > 73°18 '5 66°08 '3
95 73°25 '9 66°25'3
96 73°31 '1 -
97 73°36 '5 68°05'5
98 73°37 '9 68°12*3
99 - *73°41'7 68°29 '4
100 73°46 '1 68°48 '5
101 73°46 *7 68°51 '1
102 . 73°52 '3 69°11 '3
103 73°57 '6 69°31 '5
.104 • 74°02 '2 69°50 '3
105 74°02 '6 69°52 '0
106 74°06 11- ,70°06 '6
107 . •74°07'5 ' .70°12 '5
108 .74°10'0 70°23'1
109 74°12 '5 70° 33'7 .
110 74°24 10 71°25'7 .
111 74°28 '6 " 71°4 5'8
112 74°44 '2 72°53 '0
113 ■74°50 '6 ^ ' 73°02 '8
114 75°00 '0 73°16 '3
^115 t 75°05 ' ,73°30 '
and thence due north tothe parallel of78°10' north la'titude ;
andbounded onthewest byaline beqinning at61°00' north lati­
tude and65°00' west longitude andextending inanorthwesterly .
direction along arhumb line tothe coast ofBaffin Island atEast
Bluff (61°55' north latitude and 66°20 *west longitude ),and thence
inanortherly direction along the coast ofBaffin Island ,Bylot
Island ,Devon Island and Ellesmere Island and following themeri­
dian of80°west longitude inthewaters between those islands to
78°10' north latitude ;andbounded onthenorth bytheparallel of
78°10' north latitude ." -

Paragraph 2(a)ofAnnex IIItotheConvention shall readasfollows
h2(a)Subarea 1 ■ ^
That portion oftheConvention Area lying totheeast of
Subarea 0andtothenorth andgast ofarhumb line joining apoint
at6012'north latitude and 5713'west longitude with apoint at
5215'north latitude and 4200*west longitude . •-
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