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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)372 final.
Brussels.12July1979
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
allocating amongMemberStatescertaincatchquotasforvesselsfishing
intheRegulatoryareadefinedintheConvention onFutureMultilateral
Cooperation intheNorthwestAtlanticFisheries
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.0111January1979theConventiononRituretoiltilateralCooperation
intheNorthwestAtlantic,commonlyreferredtoasthe"NAFO"Convention,
enteredintoforce.TheCommunitywasoneoftheoriginalsignatoriesofthis
Convention.
2.ArticleXXIIIofthesaidConventionprovidesthatuponitsentry
intoforceeachproposalthathasbeentransmitted oriseffectiveunderthe
International ConventionfortheNorthwestAtlanticFisheriesofI949("the
ICNAFConvention")shallbecomeameasurebindinguponeachContracting
PartytotheNAPOConventionwithrespecttotheRegulatoryAreadefinedin
theConvention,immediatelyiftheproposalhasbecomeeffectiveundertheICNAF,
oratsuchtimeasitbecomeseffectivethereunder# Onesuchproposedisthe
establishment of1979catchquotasforcertainstockswhichoccureitherwholly
orinpartoutsidenationalareasoffisheriesjurisdiction.
3.InadditiontothesequotaproposalsinheritedfromICNAFtheNAFO
FisheriesCommissionhasadoptedproposalsforregulationofthefisheries
intheRegulatoryareaforcertainspecies.Thisproposalwillbecome
bindingupontheCommunityasof1Julyintheabsenceofanobjection.
4.AsaContractingPartytotheNAPOConvention,theCommunitymust
thereforetakestepstoensurethatthesemeasuresarecompliedwith,and
thatCommunityfishingvesselsareawareofthem.Inordertofacilitate
administration oftheEECquotaforeachspecies,theCommissionproposesthatthe
CommunityquotabeallocatedbetweenMemberStates,whichmayproceedtoafurther
breakdownoftheirquotasbetweenindividualvessels.Theproposedregulationalso
requiresCommunityvesselsfishingthesequotastoreporttheircatchesdirectlyto
theCommission.
5.InviewoftheentryintoforceoftheConventionon1January1979i
andthefactthatfishingforthequotasconcernedhasalreadybegun,the
CouncilshouldadopttheproposedRegulationassoonaspossibleinorderto
»•avoidanyriskofoverfishing.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
allocating amongMemberStatescertaincatchquotasforvesselsfishinginthe
Regulatory areadefinedintheConvention onFutureMultilateral Cooperation
intheNorthwestAtlanticFisheries
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
inparticularArticle43thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
WhereastheConvention onFutureMultilateral Cooperation intheNorthwest
AtlanticFisheries,hereinafter referredtoastheNAFOConvention,hasbeen
aporovedbytheEuropeanEconomicCommunityinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3179/78
WhereastheNAFOConvention enteredintoforceon1January1979;
Whereas,underArticleXXIIIofthesaidNAFOConvention,uponitsentryinto
forceeachproposalthathasbeentransmitted oriseffectiveundertheInternational .
ConventionfortheNorthwestAtlanticFisheries,1949,hereinafter referredtoss
theICNAFConvention,shallbecomeameasurebindingoneachContracting Party
withrespecttotheRegulatory AreadefinedintheConvention immediately ,,ifthe
proposalhasbecomeeffectiveundertheICNAFConvention,oratsuchtimeasit
becomeseffectivethereunder;
Whereasaproposalestablishing limitations forcatchesofcertainspeciesinthe
Regulatory Areafor1979becameeffectiveundertheICNAFConvention or.15January
1979,anahastherefore becomeabindingmeasureundertheNAFOConvent "!or.;
WhereastheFisheriesCommissionoftheNorthwestAtlanticFisheriesOrganization
adoptedon9March1979aproposalfortheregulationoffisheriesforsquidar.d
capelinintheRegulatory areadefinedintheNAFOConvention,whichintheabsen-e
ofanobjection bytheCommunity,becameameasurebindingupontheCommunity on
28May1979;
Whereasitistheresponsibility oftheCommunitytotakeappropriate stepsto
ensurecompliance byCommunityvesselswiththesaidmeasure;
Whereastofacilitatetheadministration oftheCommunitycatchquotathisquota
shouldbeallocatedbetweenMemberStates;
Whereasthisallocation shouldensureanequitabledistribution offishingpossibil­
itiesbetweenMemberStates;
Whereasinformation aboutcatchesbyCommunityvesselsshouldbemadeavailableto
theCommissioninordertoensurethatthesequotasarerespected;
WhereastheCommission,actingonbehalfoftheCommunity,shouldberesponsible
fornotifying MemberStatesandCommunityfishingvesselsthatfishingshallcease
fromthedateonwhichthesaidquotasareexpectedtobeexhausted,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
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OJNoL378of30.12.78

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Article1
1,Duringtheperiod1January-31December1979catchesbyvesselsflying
theflagofaMemberStateoftheCommunityintheRegulatoryAreaasdefined
inAnnexIIIoftheConventioncnSutureMultilateral Cooperationinthe
NorthwestAtlanticFisheriesofthespeciesmentionedinAnnexIofthis
Regulationah&llbelimitedwithinthepartsoftheRegulatoryAreareferred
toin"Jhe3aidAnnexxothequotassetoattherein.
2.Ey-catchesofthespeaiosreferredtoinAnnexItakeninthoseareas
inwhichnoallocationforadirectedfisheryisprovidedbythisRegulation
shallnotexceed2.500kgforeacrispeciespervesselor10percentbyweightfor
eachspeciesofallfishonboardthevessel,whicheveristhegreater.
Article2
1.VesselsfishingintheareareferredtoinArticle1shallhaveon
beardadocumentofregistration ofthevesselinaformprescribed fcy
naticnallegislation ,whichshallbemadeavailabletoanyauthorised
inspectorconductinganinspection madeundertheprovisionsoftheSch&ae
ofJointInternational Enforcement.
2.VesselsfiailingintheareareferredtoinArticle1shallkeepa
logbookinwhichtheinformationspecifiedinAnnexIIistobeenterad.
3.ThecaptainsofvesselsfishingintheareareferredtoinArticle1
shallsupplytheinformationspecifiedinAnnexIIItotheCommission ;n
ecccrdance withtherulessetoutinthatAnnex.
Article3
1.EachMemberStateshallregisterallvesselsover50grossregistered
tonsflyingitsflagengagedinfishingorinthetreatmentofseafishin
tneareareferredtoinArticle 1.
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Z. Member States shall transmit anextract oftheregistration referred to
iapsxa&raph 2totheCommission within 30days oftheentry into forc-o of
this Regulation .This extract shall include :
(a)name ofthevessel ;
('>)official number ofthevessel registered bythe
appropriate national authorities ?
(c)hone port ofthevessel ;
(d)owner orcharterer ofthevessel ;
(e)certification that themaster has "been provided with the
regulations inforce intheRegulatory Area ;
(x)principal target species ofthevessel while fishing within
theRegulatory Area ;
(k)sabareas where thevessel will beexpected tofish .
3« Member States shall transmit totheCommission bythetwentieth dayof
each month information concerning thelandings made byvessels flying their
flag fishing inthearea referred toinArticle 1during theprevious month ,
andacopy oftherelevant extracts from thelogbook ofeach vessel which has
fished inthe area referred toiiArticle 1.
Article 4
TheCommission ,onthebasis ofthereports which itreceives in
accordance with Article 2,shall calculate thedate atwhich each ofthe
quotas setoutinAnnex Imaybeexpected tobefully utilized ,andshall
notify Member States andCommunity fishing vessels operating intheRegu­
latory Area that fishing forthespecies inquestion shall cease from the
same date .
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force onthe third day following its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
Itshall apply until 31December 1979 *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
allMember States *
Jore at, Forthe C->ur.cil ,
The Président ,

ANNEX I
Catch quotas fortheperiod 1January to31December 1979
Species NAFO Division &iotas (tonnes )
COD 3M Prance 4.000
Fed .Rep. ofGer .3.200
United Kingdom 1.800
3N0 EEC *ϊ
(£)
REDFISH 3M EEC 2.000D
AMERICAN PLAICE
YELLOWTAIL3LN0
3LN0France
France700(2)
4C02)
SGJID Prance 2.900
Fed.Rep. ofGer .2.000
Ireland SCO
Italy 1.300
(l)This quota hasnot "been allocated exclusively toCommunity vessels ,but
toallContracting Parties toNAF0 andICNAF having nospecific allocation
including theCommunity .Fishing byCommunity vessels shall thus besus­
pended once theCommunity hasbeen informed that thetotal quota hasbeen
exhausted .
(2)Less anyquantity taken byCommunity vessels intheparts ofNAF0
subarea falling within areas ofnational fisheries jurisdiction .

ANNEXII
Thefollowingdetailsaretobeenteredinthelog-book.
1.Thequantity(inkg)ofeachspeciesoffishintheholdwhen
thevesselentersandleavestheRegulatoryArea;
2.Thequantity(inkg)ofeachspeciestransferredtoothervessels
sincethevesselenteredtheRegulatoryAreaandtheidentification
ofthevesseltowhichthetransferwasmade;
3.Aftereachhaul
a)thequantity(inkg)ofeachspeciescaught;
b)thedateandthetimeofthehaul;
c)thegeographical positioninwhichthecatchesweremade.

ANNEX III
The information tobetransmitted tothe Commission and the timetable for
its transmission are asfollows :
1.1.Oneach occasion thevessel enters theRegulatory Area ,asdefined in
Annex IIIoftheConvention onPUture Multilateral Cooperation inthe
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries :
fa)theinformation specified under point 1.4below ;
(b)thequantity (inkg)ofeach species offish inthehold ;
(c)thedate onwhich fishing isintended tocommence .
1.2.Oneach occasion thevessel leaves theRegulatory Area :
(a)theinformation specified under 1.4below ;
(b)thequantity (inkg)ofeach species offish inthehold ;
(c)thequantity (inkg)ofeach species caught since theprevious
transmission ;
(d)NAFO subarea inwhich thecatches were made ;
(e)thequantity (inkg)ofeach species transferred toother vessels
since thevessel entered theRegulatory Area andtheidentification
ofthe vessel towhich the transfer was made .
1.3 .Atweekly intervals ,commencing onthe seventh dayafter thevessel
first enters theRegulatory Area :
(a)theinformation specified under point 1.4below ;
(b)thequantity (inkg)ofeach species caught since theprevious
transmission ;
(c)IVIAFO subarea inwhich thecatches were made .
1.4*(a)thename ,call sign ,identification numbers andletters ofthe
vessels andthename ofitsmaster ;
(b)thelicence number ofthevessel ;
(c)thesériai number ofthemessage ;
(d)identification ofthetype ofmessage ;
(e)thedate ,thetime andthegeographical position ofthevessel .

2.1.Theinformationspecifiedunderpaht1shallbetransmittedtothe
CommissionoftheEuropeanCommunitiesinErussels(telexaddress24189
FISEUB)viaoneoftheradiostationslistedunderpoint3belowandin
theformspecifiedunderpoint4*
2.2.Ifitisimpossibleforreasonsofforcemajeureforthemessagstobe
transmittedbythevessel,itmaybetransmittedonthevessel'sbehalf
byanothervessel#
Nameoftheradiostation Callsignofradiostation
Norddeich BAPDAit
Formofcommunications *
Transmission oftheinformationspecifiedunderpoint1shalltaketheform
ofmessagesandtheinformationelementsshallbegiveninthefollowingorder
-nameofvessel:
-callsign;
-externalidentification lettersandnumbers;
-serialnumberofthemessageforthevoyageinquestion;
-indicationofthetypeofmessageaccordingtothefollowingcode:
•message-whenenteringtheRegulatoryArea:'IN*,
•message-whenleavingtheRegulatoryArea:'OUT',
•weeklymessage:'WKL1;MHDAL
BAIDÂK
DAJDAN
Land'sEnd
Valentia
MaiinHead
Boulogne
Brest
Saint-Nazaire
Bordeaux-ArcachonSchovemngen
Oostende
Cban
Fort-patrick
Anglesey
Ilfr&conibe
Kiton
Stonehaven
PortsheadPCH
OST
GJSE
GPK
GL7
GIL
Gin
GIID
GKA
GKB
GKC
GLD
EJK
EJM
S!P3
F?U
ETO
FFG

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-thegeographical position;
-theNAFOsubareainwhichfishingisexpectedtocommence;
-thedateonwhichfishingisexpectedtocommence;
-thequantity(inkg)ofeachspeciesoffishintheholdusingthecode
mentionedinpoint5below;
-theNAFOsubareainwhichthecatchesweremade;
-thequantity(inkg)ofeachspeciestransferredtoothervesselssince
theprevioustransmission ;
-thenameandcallsignofthevesseltowhichthetransferwasmade;
-thequantity(inkg)ofeachspecieslandedinaportoftheCommunity
sincetheprevioustransmission ;
-nameofthemaster.
5.Thecodetobeusedtoindicatethequantitiesoffishonboardasmentioned
inpoint4above:
~C:GreenlandHalibut(Rheinhardtiushippoglossoides );
~D:Cod(Gadusmorhua);
-F:Halibut(Hippoglossushippoglossus);
-I:Round-nosegrenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris);
-R:Other;
-U:Redfish(Sebastesp.);
-V:AmericanPlaice;
~W:Squid(Illex);
-X:Yellowtail;
-Y:Bluewhiting(Gaduspoutassou).