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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)227 final
Brussels ,30May 1978
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
concerning theconclusion oftheAgreement onfisheries
"between theEuropean Economic Community andthe Govern­
ment ofSweden
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(78 )227final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On14March1977"theCommissionforwardedarecommendation tothe
CouncilconcerningthesigningofanAgreementonFisheriesbetween'
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandSweden.InaDecisiondated
21March1977theCouncilauthorizedthesigningoftheAgreementand
itwassignedonthesameday#
UnderArticle11theAgreementappliesprovisionally fromthedateof
signature.However,itsentryintoforcerequiresaconclusion
procedureinvolving,primarily,approvalbytheCouncil.
TheCommissionthereforeproposesthattheCouncilapprovesthe
agreement "byadoptingtheattacheddraftregulation.

PROPOSAL CONCERNING THECONCLUSION OFANAGREEMENT ONFISHERIES BETWEEN
THEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ANDTHEGOVERNMENT OFSWEDEN
(SubmittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
1.On14March1977theCommission submitted arecommendation totheCouncil
concerning thesignatureofanagreement onfisheries betweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunity andSweden(1).
Bydecisionof21March1977theCouncilauthorised theCommission tosign
thenegotiated agreement.
Itwassignedon21March1977.
2.AccordingtoitsArticle11theagreementisappliedprovisionally from
thedateofitssignature.Theentryintoforceoftheagreementrequires
howeveraformalconclusion,whichinthecaseoftheCommunityinvolves
approvalbytheCouncil,afterconsultation oftheEuropeanParliament,the
publication oftheagreementintheOfficialJournal,:andnotification of
theCouncil'sapprovaltotheGovernment ofSweden.
3.Inordertoaccomplish theseprocedures theCommission proposesthatthe
CounciI
-takessteps,inconformitywithitsnormalpractice,toconsultthe
EuropeanParliament
-approvestheagreement byadoptingtheattacheddraftregulation .
(1)Doc.C0M(77)89final,S/467/77(RELEX37),CAGRI39 )of21.3.77.

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
concerning theconclusion oftheAgreement onfisheries "between the
European Economic Community and the Government ofSweden .
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparti cular Article 43thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheOpinion ofthe European Parliament ,
Whereas byitsResolution of3November 1976 oncertain external aspects ofthe
creation ofa200mile fisheries zone inthe Community with effect from 1January
1977 ,the Council agreed that fishing rights forCommunity fishermen inthe
waters ofthird countries must beobtained andpreserved byappropriate Community
agreements ;
Whereas theAgreement onfisheries between the Community andSweden signed on
21March 1977 should beconcluded ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.TheAgreement onfisheries between theEuropean Economic Community andthe
Government ofSweden ishereby approved on "behalf oftheCommunity .
2.Thetext oftheAgreement referred toinparagraph 1isannexed tothis
Regulation#
Article 2
ThePresident oftheCouncil shall ,onbehalf oftheCommunity ,give thenotifi­
cation provided for inArticle 11oftheAgreement .<1)
(1)Thedate oftheentry into force oftheAgreement will bepublished inthe
Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities bytheGeneral Secretariat of
ofthe Council .

-2-
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforcethedayfollowingthatofitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels/ FortheCouncil,
ThePresident