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COMMISSION OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
COM(83) 191 final. 
Brussels,  13 April 1983 
Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL  DECISION 
on the accession  to the  Convention  on fishing  and conservation  of 
the living  resources  in the  Baltic Sea and the  Belts as amended  by 
the Protocol  of the  Conference  of the  Representatives  of the 
States Parties  to the  Convention signed  in Warsaw on 
11 November  1982 
(submitted  to the  Council  by the  Commission) 
COM(83) 191 final. 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 
1. Background 
In the Hague  Resolutions of  3 November  1976 the Council agreed on the 
withdrawal in  certain  circumstances of  Member  States of the  Community  from 
international  fisheries  organizations and  their  replacement by the  Community. 
Since then the  Community  has taken steps to accede to several  international 
fisheries  conventions, including the Convention on the Fishing and Conservation 
of Living  Resources in the  Baltic  Sea and the Belts (the  Gdansk  Convention). 
The Gdansk  Convention, signed on  13/9/1973,  entered  into force on 
28/7/1974.  All countries bordering the  Baltic  Sea are  members  of the Convention, 
thus, out of the  EEC-Member  States, the  Kingdom  of Denmark  and the Federal 
Republic of  Germany. 
In September  1977 the Community  was for the  first time represented 
at a conference related to the  Gdansk  Convention,  namely,  in a ministerial 
meeting in  Warsaw  convened  by the  Polish  Government  in its capacity as 
Depositary, in order to discuss the  consequences  of Sweden's  decision to 
extend its  fishery  zone. The  late Vice-President  Gundelach  who represented 
the Community  in the conference as an observer,  made it clear that the 
Community  wished to accede to the Convention. 
Following  a communication from the  Commission  to the Council on  17 
November  1977, the two  EEC-Member  States which are contracting parties to the 
Gdansk Convention, sumitted to the  Polish  Government,  depositary of the 
Convention, proposals for the  amendment  of the  latter  to permit the accession 
by the Community. 
The Polish  Government  organized two conferences of the Representatives 
of the States Parties to the  Gdansk  Convention in  Warsaw  the first one 
from 22 to 26 June 1981 and the second one from  9 to 11 November  1982 in 
order to discuss the proposals for  amendments  to the Convention,  inter  alia 
the said Danish-German  proposal. 

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2. The protocol 
The second  conference concluded the discussion on  this item by 
signing  on 11 November  1982 the attached Protocol  which provides for : 
a) a general  amendment  to Article  XVII opening the  Gdansk  Convention to 
"any intergovernmental  economic  integration  organization" and, in  practice, 
to the EEC ; 
b) a specific  invitation  to the EEC to  accede  to the  Gdansk  Convention  under 
the new  Article  XVII in the place of the  Kingdom  of Denmark  and the Federal 
Republic of  Germany  whose membership  will cease  at the  moment  the Convention 
enters into force for the  Community  ; 
c) other  amendments  concerning  Articles  IX, X, XII and  XIII of the  Gdansk 
Convention. 
The Parties  furthermore agreed to use the  special  amendment  procedure 
laid down in Article  XVI of the Convention. A  copy of the Protocol has  been 
sent to all  Parties,  who shall  inform the Depositary  Government  as to  their 
acceptance of  rejection  of the  amendments  as soon as possible  after the 
receipt  of the  communication. 
The amendments  enter  into force 90  days after the receipt  of the  notifications 
of acceptance by all  Parties. 
3. Community  participation 
Following  the entry  into force of these  amendments,  the Community 
should deposit its instruments of accession with the Depositary  Government. 
Then, in accordance  with Article  XVIII para 2, the Convention  will enter  into 
force for the  Community  on the  thirtieth  day following  the date of deposit 
of such instruments. One should normally expect that  this procedure could be 
finalized  before the next annual session  which is scheduled for 
September  1983. From that moment  on, the  Community,  by taking over all  rights 
and obligations of a Contracting State,  will be considered as a coastal state 
with one fishing  zone,  will have one vote and  will have to contribute one of 
the equal shares to the  total amount  of the  budget. 

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4. Cone Lusion 
The Commission  considers  that, since the  Community  possesses the 
competence  necessary to honour aLL the  obligations  which Contracting  Parties 
undertake to the  Gdansk  Convention, it is in the  interest  of the  Community 
to take over as soon as possible all  rights and obligations  of a Contracting 
State as stipulated  by the Convention. 
Therefore,  the Commission  invites  the Council to adopt,  after  consultation 
of the European Parliament, the attached  decision  concerning the accession of 
the European Economic  Community  to the Convention on  Fishing  and Conservation 
of Living  Resources in the  Baltic  Sea and the  Belts as amended  by the attached 
Protocol  of the Conference of the representatives of the States  Parties  to 
that Convention. 

PROPOSAL  FOR A 
COUNCIL  DECISION 
on the accession  to the  Convention  on fishing  and conservation  of 
the Living  resources  in the  Baltic Sea and the  Belts as amended by 
the Protocol  of the  Conference  of the  Representatives  of the  States 
Parties to the  Convention signed  in Warsaw  on 11 November 1982 
THE COUNCIL  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard  to the  Treaty  establishing  the European Economic Community, 
and in particular  Article  43 thereof. 
Having regard  to the  proposal  from the Commission (1), 
Having regard  to the  opinion  of the European  Parliament  (2), 
Whereas the  management  and conservation  of the  living  resources  of the  Baltic 
Sea and the  Belts requires  international  regulation  ; 
Whereas,  to this end, a  Convention  on fishing  and conservation  of the  living 
resources  in the  Baltic Sea and the  Belts,  hereinafter referred  to as 
"the Gdansk  Convention",  was signed  in Gdansk on 13 September 1973 and 
entered  into force on 28  July 1974 ; 
Whereas the Community  exclusively  is competent to  take conservation  measures 
for the living  resources  of the Sea not  only in an autonomous manner but 
also by contractual undertakings with  third countries  and within  the framework 
of international  organizations  > 
Whereas the two  Member  States  which are contracting parties  to the Gdansk 
Convention,  namely the Kingdom of Denmark and the  Federal Republicuof  Germany, 
submitted  in 1977 to the  Polish Government,  depositary  of the  Convention, 
proposals  for the  amendment  of the  latter to permit  the accession  by the 
Community ; 
(1) OJ n' 
(2) OJ n' 

Whereas  the States Parties to the  Gdansk  Convention signed on 11  November 
1982 a Protocol containing proposals for  amendments  to the Convention 
inter alia the said  Danish-German  proposal ; 
Whereas  these amendments  will enter into force ninety  days after the Depositary 
Government  has received notifications of acceptance of the  amendments  from 
all Parties ;  whereas  after  this entry into force the  Community  may accede 
to the Gdansk  Convention ; 
Whereas  in order to contribute to the conservation of the  living  resources 
in the area covered by the  Gdansk  Convention and in  which Community  fishermen 
carry on their  activities,  it is necessary for the  Community  to accede  to the 
Convent  ion, 
HAS DECIDED  AS FOLLOWS  : 
Article  1 
The accession of the  European  Economic  Community  to the Convention on  fishing 
and conservation of the  living  resources in the  Baltic  Sea and the Belts as 
amended  by the Protocol of the  Conference  of the Representatives of the States 
Parties  to the Convention signed in  Warsaw  on 11 November  1982 is  hereby 
approved. 
The texts of the Convention and the Protocol are  annexed  to this Decision. 
Article  2 
The President of the Council  shall deposit the instrument of accession 
with the  Government  of the Polish People's Republic in  accordance  with 
Article  XVIII of the Convention (1). 
(1) The date of entry into force of the Convention with respect to the 
Community  will be published in the  Official  Journal of the  European 
Communities  by the General Secretariat of the Council. 

Article 3 
This Decision  shall be published  in the  Official  Journal  of the European 
Communities. 
Done at Brussels, For the Council 
The President 

CONVENTION 
ON FISHING  AND CONSERVATION OF THE  LIVING RESOURCES  IN THE BALTIC SEA AND 
THE BELTS 
The States Parties  to this Convention 
- bearing  in mind that maximum and  stable productivity  of the  living resources 
of the Baltic Sea and the  Belts is of great importance  to the  States of the 
Baltic Sea basin, 
- recognizing  their joint  responsibility  for the  conservation  of the  living 
resources  and their rational  exploitation, 
- being convinced that  the conservation  of the  living resources  of the  Baltic 
Sea and the  Belts calls for closer and more expanded  co-operation  in this 
region, 
Have agreed as follows  : 
Article I 
The Contracting States  shall : 
- co-operate closely with  a view to preserving  and increasing  the living 
resources  of the  Baltic Sea and the  Belts and obtaining  the optimum  yield 
and, in particular  to expanding  and co-ordinating studies  towards  these ends, 
- prepare  and put  into effect organizational  and technical projects  on conser­
vation and growth of the  living resources, including  measures  of artificial 
reproduction  of valuable  fish species  and/or  contribute  financially  to such 
measures,  on a just and equitable basis,  as well as take other steps  towards 
rational  and effective  exploitation  of the  living resources. 
Article II 
1. The  area to which this Convention applies, hereinafter referred  to as 
"The Convention area",  shall be all waters  of the  Baltic Sea and the  Belts, 
excluding  internal  waters,  bounded  in the  west by a line as from Hasenore 
Head to Gniben  Point, from  Korshage  to Spodsbierg  and from Gilbierg  Head 
to the Kullen. 
2. This Convention  shall  apply to all fish species  and other living 
marine resources  in the  Convention Area. 

Article III 
Wetpf^4Brs--CQnvenfwr  s hatl^be- deemed to affect the rights,  claims-^ 
views of any  Contracting State in regard to the  Limits of territorial 
iraters-and  to the extend-of  jurisdiction  over J ish^i1 ies^^ccgrdin^-tQ-mter--
national  Law. 
Article IV 
For the purpose of this Convention  the term "vessel" means any vessel or 
boat employed in catching or treating  fish or other Living  marine organisms 
and which is registered or owned in the  territory  of, or which flies the flag 
of any Contracting State. 
Article V 
1. An International  Baltic Sea Fishery Commission  hereinafter referred  to as 
"the Commission"  is hereby established for  the purposes of this Convention. 
2. Each Contracting State  may appoint not more than two representatives  as 
memembers of the  Commission and such experts and advisers to assist them as 
that State may determine. 
3. The Commission  shall elect a Chairman and a Vice-chairman  from amongst 
its members who shall serve for a period of four years and who shall be eligible 
for re-election,  but not for two consecutive  terms of office. The Chairman 
and the Vice-chairman  shall be elected from the representatives  of different 
Contracting States. 
4. A member of the Commission  elected as its Chairman shall forthwith cease 
to act as a representative  of a State and shall not vote. The State concerned 
shall have the right to appoint another representative  to serve in the Chair­
man's place. 
Article VI 
1. The Office of the Commission  shall be in Warsaw. 
2. The Commission  shall appoint its Secretary  and as it may require appropriate 
staff to assist him. 
3. The Commission  shall adopt its rules of procedure and other provisions 
which the Commission  shall consider necessary for its  work. 

Article__VII 
T. The Commission  shal I ^dbp^itj_jf  i_nancla_L iruies.: 
2. The Commission  shall adopt a two years  budget of proposed  expenditures and 
budget estimates for the  fiscal period following thereafter. 
-3. The tot-al amount of the budget including any  supplementary  budget shall be 
-contributed by the Contractlnc^jtate in equal  parts. 
4. Each Contracting State  shall pay the expenses  related to the  participation 
in the Commission  of its representatives, experts and advisers. 
Article VIII 
1. Except  where  the Commission  decides otherwise, it  shall hold its sessions 
every two years in  Warsaw  at such time as it  shall deem suitable.  Upon the 
request of a representative of a Contracting State in the  Commission,  provided 
it is endorsed  by a representative of  another  Contracting State, the  Chairman 
of the Commission  shall,  as soon as possible,  summon  an extraordinary session 
at such time and place as he determines,  however  not later than three  months 
from the date of the submission of the request. 
2. The first  session of the  Commission  shall be called  by the Depositary 
Government  of this Convention  and shall take place within a period of ninety 
days from the date following the entry into force of  this Convention. 
3. Each  Contracting State  shall have one vote in the  Commission.  Decisions 
and recommendations  of the  Commission  shall be taken by a twothirds majority 
of votes of the Contracting States, present and voting at the  meeting. 
4. English  shall be the  working  language  of the  Commission.  The languages  of 
the Signatory States are the  official  languages  of the  Commission.  Only 
recommendations,  decisions and resolutions of the  Commission  shal be  made in 
these languages.  At meetings  of the  Commission  any Contracting State has the 
right to have all the proceedings translated into its own  language.  All the 
costs related to  such translations  shall be borne  by that State. 
Article  IX 
1. It shall be the duty of the  Commission  : 
a) to keep under review the  living  resources and the  fisheries  in the  Convention 
area by  collecting,  aggregating, analysing and disseminating  statistical 
data, for  example  concerning catch,  fishing effort  and other information, 

b) to work out proposals with regard to co-ordination of  scientific  research 
in the Convention  area, 
c) to prepare and  submit  recommendations  based as far as practicable on results 
of the scientific  research and concerning  measures  referred to in  Article  X 
for consideration of the Contracting States. 
2. In implementing  its functions, the  Commission  shall, when appropriate,  seek 
the services of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea  (ICES) 
and of other international technical and  scientific  organizations and  shall make 
use of information provided by the  official  bodies of the Contracting States. 
3. To perform its functions the  Commission  may set up  working  groups  or other 
subsidiary  bodies and  determine  their composition and  terms  of reference. 
Article  X 
Measures  relating  to the  pruposes  of this Convention  which the Commission 
may consider and in regard of  which it may make recommendations  to the 
Contracting States are : 
a) any measures  for the regulation of  fishing  gear, appliances and catching 
methods, 
b) any measures  regulating the size  limits  of fish that may be retained on 
board vessels or landed,  exposed  or offered for sale, 
c) any measures  establishing closed  seasons, 
d) any measures  establishing closed areas, 
e) any measures  improving and increasing the  living  marine  resources, including 
artificial  reproduction and transplantation of  fish and other  organisms, 
f) any measures  regulating  and/or  allocating  between  the Contracting States 
the amount  of total catch or the  amount  of fishing  effort  according to objects, 
kinds, regions and  fishing  periods, 
g) any measures  of control over the implementation of  recommendations  binding 
on thf. Contracting States, 
h) any other  measures  related to the conservation and rational exploitation 
of the living  marine  resources. 

Article XI 
1. Subject to the  provisions  of this Article,  the Contracting States  undertake 
to give effect  to any  recommendation  made by the  Commission under  Article  X-
of this Convention from  the date determined  by the  Commission, which  shall not 
be before the period for objection provided  for in  this Article  has elapsed. 
2. Any Contracting State  may within ninety  days from  the date of notification 
of a recommendation  object to it and in  that event  shall not be  under obligation 
to give effect  to that recommendation. 
A Contracting State  may also at any  time whithdraw its  objection  and give 
effect to a recommendation. 
In the event of an  objection being  made within the ninety-days period,  any 
other Contracting State  may similarly  object at any  time within a furter period 
of sixty days. 
3. If objections  to a recommendation  are made by  three or more Contracting 
States, the other Contracting States  shall be relieved forthwith  of any  obliga­
tion to give effect  to that recommendation. 
4. The Commission  shall notify  each Contracting State  immediately  upon receipt 
of each objection  or withdrawal. 
Article XII 
1. Each Contracting State  shall take in regard to its nationals  and its vessels 
appropriate  measures  to ensure the application  of the  provisions  of this 
Convention  and of the  recomemndations  of the  Commission which  have become 
binding for the  Contracting State  and in  case of their infringement  shall take 
appropriate action. 
2. Without  prejudice  to the  sovereign rights  of the  Contracting States  in 
regard to their territorial  sea and to the  rights in their fishing  zones, each 
Contracting State  shall implement recommendations  of the  Commission  binding 
on that State  through its  natijonal authorities within  its territorial  sea 
and in the  waters under its  fisheries  jurisdiction. 
3. Each Contracting State  shall furnish  to the  Commission  at such time  and in 
such form as may be  required  by the  Commission,  the available  statistical  data 
and information referred  to in  Article IX paragraph  1 (a), as well as informa­
tion on all actions  taken by it in  accordance  with paragraphs  1 and 2 of this 
Article. 

Article XIII 
The Commission  shall draw the attention  of any  State which is not a  party 
to this  Convention  to such fishing operations  undertaken  by its nationals  or 
vessels in the  Convention  area, which might affect negatively  the activities 
of the Commission  or the  implementation  of the  purposes  of this Convention. 
Article XIV 
The provisions  of this Convention  shall not apply to operations  conducted 
solely for the  purpose  of scientific  investigations  by vessels authorized 
by a Contracting State  for that prupose,  or to  fish and other marine  organisms 
taken in the  course of such oeprations. Catch  so taken shall not be  sold, 
exposed or offered  for sale. 
Article XV 
1. The Commission  shall co-operate with other international organizations 
having related objectives. 
2. The Commission  may extend an invitation  to any  international organization 
concerned  or to the  Government  of any  State, not a  party to this Convention  to 
participate  as an  observer  in the  sessions  of the  Commission  or meetings 
of its subsidiary bodies. 
Article XVI 
1. Each Contracting State  may propose  amendments to  this Convention.  Any such 
proposed  amendment  shall be submitted  to the  Depositary  Government  and commu­
nicated by it to  all Contracting States,  which  shall inform the Depositary 
Government  about either their  acceptance  or rejection  of the amendment as  soon 
as possible after  the receipt  of the  communication.  The amendment  shall enter 
into fore? ninety  days after the Depositary  Government  has received  notifica­
tions of rcceptance  of that amendment  from all Contracting States. 
2. Each S^ate which  shall become a  party to this Convention  after the entry 
into force of an amendment in  accordance  with the provisions  of paragraph  1 
of this  Article,  is obliged  to apply the Convention  as amended. 

Article XVII 
1. This Convention  shall be subject  to ratification  or approval  by the 
Signatory States. Instruments  of ratification  or instruments  of approval 
shall be deposited with  the Government of the  Polish People's Republic  which 
shall perform  the functions  of the  Depositary  Government. 
2. This Convention  shall be open for  accession  to any  State interested  in 
preservation  and rational exploitation  of living  resources  in the  Baltic Sea 
and the Belts, provided that  this State is invited  by the  Contracting States. 
Instruments  of accession  shall be deposited with  the Depositary  Government. 
Article  XVIII 
1. This Convention  shall  enter into force  on the  ninetieth  day following 
the date  of the  deposit  of the  fourth instrument  of ratification  or approval. 
2. After entry into force  of this Convention  in accordance  with paragraph  1 
of this Article,  the Convention  shall  enter into force  for any  other State, 
the Government of  which has deposited  an instrument  of ratification,  approval 
or accessiokn,  on the  thirtieth  day following  the date of deposit  of such 
instrument with  the Depositary  Government. 
Article XIX 
At any time after  the expiration  of five years from the date of entry into 
force of this Convention  any Contracting State  may, by  giving written notice 
to the Depositary  Government,  withdraw  from this Convention. 
The withdrawal  shall  take effect  for such Contracting State  on the  thirtyfirst  of 
December  of the  year which follows  the year in which the Depositary  Government 
was notified  of the  withdrawal. 
Article XX 
1. The Depositary  Government  shall inform all Signatory  and Acceding States  : 
a) of signatures  of this Convention  and deposit  of each instrument  of ratifi­
cation , approval  or accession,  as well as of submitted declarations, 
b) of the  date of entry into force  of this Convention, 
c) of proposals  relating  to amendments  to the  Convention,  notifications  of 
acceptance  and of the  entry into force  of such amendments, 
d) of notifications  of withdrawal. 

2. The original  of this Convention  shall be deposited with  the Government 
of the Polish People's Republic which  shall transmit  certified  copies 
thereof to the  Government  of all Signatory States  and of  all States which 
accede to this Convention. 
3- The Depositary  Government  shall register  this Convention with  the 
Secretariat  of the  United Nations. 
IN WITNESS  WHEREOF the  undersigned  Plenipotentiaries,  being duly 
authorized  thereto,  have signed  this Convention. 
DONE at Gdansk  this thirteenth  day of  September,  one thousand nine  hundred 
and seventy three,  in a single  copy drawn  up in the  Danish, Finnish,  German, 
Polish, Russian  Swedish  and English languages,  each text being equally 
authent  i c. 

PROTOCOL 
OF THE CONFERENCE  OF THE REPRESENTATIVES 
OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE  CONVENTION 
ON FISHING AND  CONSERVATION  OF LIVING  RESOURCES 
IN THE BALTIC SEA AND THE BELTS 
T.I - — — - - -
K tu~  invitr+fvn  of the  Gcvcr".::.t  relish  People's 
Republic  a Conference  of the  Representatives  of the  States 
Parties to the  Convention  on Fishing  and Conservation  of 
Living Resource*  in the  Baltic Sea and the  Bolts was held 
in Warsaw  from 9 to 11 November 1982. 
2. The following States  were represented  at the  Conference: 
the Kingdom of Denmark 
the Republic  of Finland 
the German  Democratic  Republic 
the Federal Republic  of Germany 
the Polish  People's Republic 
the Kingdom of Sweden 
the Union of the  Soviet  Socialist  Republics. 
3. The European  Economic Community,  invited  as. an Observer, 
£ — _. - JL._. »~ w  MitVA  t_wwJV ^Ul L.  J_i,l  L11C 
debates. 
A- Mr Marian  Fila, Head cf the  Pclieh Delegation,  was elected 
Chairman  of the  Conference. 
Mr Bertil Roth, Head of the  Swedish  Delegation,  was elected 
Vice-chairman  of the  Conference. 
The Secretary  of the  Conference  was Dr.  Zdzislaw  Russek, 
Secretary  of the  International  Baltic Sea Fishery 
Commission. 

5. The Conference  based its deliberations  on the  Final 
Report from the Meeting  of the  Representatives  of the 
States Parties  to the  Convention  on Fishing  and Conser­
vation of Living Resources  in the  Baltic Sea and the 
Belts held in Warsaw  from 22 to 26  June, 1981. 
6. As a  result of its deliberations,  the Conference  agreed 
to make the following  amendments to the  Convention: 
a/ the Preamble  is completed  with a new introductory 
note: 
"- noting that  the States of the  Baltic Sea basin have 
extended  their jurisdiction  over the living resources 
to waters  beyond and adjacent  to their territorial 
sea," 
b/ Article  VIII paragraph  3 is reworded  as follows: 
"Each Contracting State  shall have one vote in the 
Commission.  Decisions  and recommendations  of the 
Commission  shall be taken by a two-thirds majority  of 
votes of the  Contracting States, present  and voting at 
the meeting,  provided,  however,  that any recommendation 
relating  to areas under the fisheries jurisdiction  of 
one or more  Contracting States  shall enter into force 
for these States only  in case they have given af­
firmative  vote thereto". 
c/- Article  IX, paragraph  1, lit. a/ and b/ are  reworded 
and lit. d/ is  added as follows: 
"a/ to coordinate  the management of the  living resources 
in the Convention  area by collecting,  aggregating, 
analyzing  and disseminating  statistical  data, for 
example  concerning catch,  fishing effort  and other 
information, 

b/ to promote  coordination, as appropriate, of  scientific 
research and,  when desirable,  of joint programmes  of 
such research in the  Convention  area, 
d/ to examine  information submitted by the Contracting 
States in  accordance  with the  Article  XII paragraph  3". 
d/ Article  X, lit. f/ is reworded  as follows: 
"f/ any measures  establishing  total allowable catch or 
fishing effort  according to species, stocks, areas 
and fishing  periods  including  total allowable catches 
for areas under the fisheries jurisdiction  of Con-
tracting  States". > 
lit. g/ is deleted. 
Present  lit. h/ is enumerated  as g/. " 
e/ Article  XI - a new  paragraph  4 is introduced and the 
present paragraph  4 is reworded  as a new  paragraph  5 
as follows: 
"4.a/ After  the date of entry  into force of a  recommenda­
tion adopted  by the Commission  any Contracting 
State may  notify  the Commission  of the termination 
of its acceptance  of the recommendation  and, if 
that notification  is not  withdrawn,  the recommenda-
tion shall  cease to be binding on that Contracting 
State at the end of one year  from the date of noti­
fication. 
b/ A recommendation  which has ceased  to be binding 
on a Contracting State  shall cease to be binding 
on any other Contracting State  thirty days after 
the date on which the latter notifies  t^e Commission 
of the termination of its  acceptance  of the recom­
mendation. 

5. The Commission  shall notify  the Contracting 
States of any  notification  under  this Article 
immediately  upon the  receipt thereof". 
f/ the following  wording is added at the end of  Article  XII 
paragraph  3: 
"including  information  on control  measures  taken to 
ensure the application  of the recommendations of the 
Commission". 
g/ Article  XIII is reworded as  follows: 
"Each Contracting State  shall inform  the Commission of 
its legislative  measures and of any agreements which it 
may have  concluded,  in so far as  those measures and 
agreements  relate  to the  conservation  and utilization 
of fishery  resources  in the  Convention  area". 
h/ Article  XVII is reworded as  follows: 
"1. This  Convention  shall be subject  to ratification 
or approval  by the  Signatory States.  Instruments 
of ratification  or instruments  of approval  shall 
be deposited with  the Government of the  Polish 
People's  Republic  which  shall perform  the functions 
of the Depositary  Government. 
2. This Convention  shall be open for  accession  to any 
State interested  in the  preservation  and rational 
exploitation  of living  resources  in the  Baltic Sea 
and the  Belts or to any  intergovernmental  economic 
integration  organization  to which the competence 
in the matters  regulated  by this Convention  has 
been transferred  by its  Member States, provided 
that this state or organization  is invited  by the 
Contracting States. 

3. Any reference to "Contracting State" in  this Con­
vention  shall apply mutatis  mutandis  to the 
organizations  mentioned  under the previous  paragraph 
and which have become  Parties to  this Convention. 
4. In case of conflict  between  the obligations of an 
organization  mentioned  in paragraph  2 under this 
Convention  and its obligations  arising  under the 
terms of the agreement  establishing  such an 
organization  or any acts  relating  to it, the 
obligations  under this Convention  shall prevail". 
7. As-a further  result  of its deliberations the  Conference 
agreed'upon  the following provisions  which constitute an 
Appendix  to Article  XVII concerning the accession of the 
EEC to the  Convention: 
a/ At the request of the  Kingdom  of Denmark  and the 
Federal Republic of  Germany,  the European  Economic 
Community  /EEC/ is  invited  by all Contracting States 
to accede  to the  Convention  in the place of the  Kingdom 
of Denmark  and the Federal Republic of  Germany;  by way 
of derogation to  Article  XIX of the  Convention  the 
membership  of those two Contracting States in the  Con­
vention  shall cease at the moment when the Convention 
enters into force for the EEC. 
b/ From the time of its accession, the EEC  shall take 
over all rights and obligations of a Contracting State 
as stipulated by the  Convention  including,  inter alia, 
the right of one vote and the obligation to contribute 
one of the equal shares to the  total amount  of x.he 
Budget and shall ensure  the strict  application of all 
obligations  deriving  from this Convention. 

c/ Participation  of the EEC in  this Convention  shall 
not be deemed to  affect  rights,  claims or views of 
Contracting  States in regard to the  delimitation  of 
the Fishery  Zones and to the  extent of jurisdiction 
.over fisheries,  according  to international  law. 
d/ The withdrawal  of the  Kingdom  of Denmark and the 
Federal  Republic  of Germany  will not affect the 
established  official  languages  of the  Commission. 
e/ Instruments  of the  accession  of the EEC to 'he 
Convention  shall be deposited with  the Depositary 
Government. 
8. The Representatives  of the EEC  made a statement  which 
is annexed  to this Protocol. 
9. The text of this Protocol, being  a single  original 
in the English  language,  shall be deposited with  the 
Government  of the  Polish People's Republic. 
The Government  of the  Polish People's Republic  shall 
send a certified  copy of this Protocol  to each of the 
States whose Representatives took part  in the  Conference 
for acceptance  of the amendments  contained  in the 
Protocol,  according  to the  procedure provided  for in 
Article XVI of the  Convention. 

DONE in Warsaw  this eleventh  day of November, 1982. 
For the Delegation  of the Kingdom of Denmark 
For the Delegation  of the  Republic  of Finland 
For the Delegation  of the German  Democratic  Republic 
For the Delegation  of the  Federal Republic  of Germany 
For the Delegation eft  the Polish People's  Republic 
For the Delegation  of the Kingdom of Sweden 
For the Delegation  of the  Union of the  Soviet  Socialist 
Republics 

ANNEX 
Statement  by the Representatives of the  European  Economic 
Community: 
Insofar as  Article  XVII, paragraph  4 is concerned,  the 
Representatives of the EEC  want to underline the following 
points: 
1. The accession of the EEC to  this Convention  does not 
create any  conflict  between  the obligations of the 
Community  under the Treaty  which established it and 
the obligations inherent in  this Convention. 
2. Similarly,  no conflict  is created  between  existing 
Community  lav; and the obligations  arising  from the 
Convention.  Moreover,  any hypothetical  conflict  is 
excluded  since the accession of the EEC to  this 
Convention  will have to be approved  by the Council of 
Ministers  of the  European  Communities.  By this act of 
approval any  potentially conflicting  previous  legal 
act will be overruled. 
3. As far as future  Community  law is  concerned,  the 
Community  will be bound,  like any other Contracting 
Party, to respact the obligations  under the Convention. 

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S. ACTION  i Proposal  for Council decision concerning the accession  to the  Convention on fishing  in the 
Baltic Sea and  the Belts 
3. LEGAL  BASIS  s Article  43 
4. OBJECTIVES  t Accession  by the  Community  to the  abovementioned Convention. 
5. FINANCIAL C0N5ECJJLHCE 
5.0 EXrZT.'DITUHE 
-CHARGED  TO TUB  EC BUDGET 
(REKUH1J6/IHTEHVENTI  OHS ) 
-CHARGED  TO NATIONAL ADMXBISTR. 
-CHARGED  TO OTHER NATIOFfAL GROUPS 
5.1 RECEIPTS 
-CVN  RESOURCIS  OP TIE EC 
(LEV1E3/CU3T0K3 DUTIES) 
-RATIONAL POR THE  MARKETI  NO TSAR CUflREff  ||jfAJ»KAL  TEAR TOILCWIKO muactu.  TEA* 
Chapter  100 
(10 000  EUA) 13 000  EUA 
5.0,1  ?LURIANNUAL PATTERS  OP EXPENDITURE 
5.1.1  PLURIANNUAL PATTERN  OP RECEIPT3 TEAR >1>98Si 
14 300 23 3986 
15 700 TEAR mi. 
17 300 
5.2 JCETiiOD  OP CALCULATION 
Budget contribution determined annually  by the  International  Baltic Sea Fishery Commission, under 
Article  VII of the  Convention. 
6.0 FINANCING POSSIBLE  WITH CREDITS  INSCRIBED  IN RELEVANT  CHAPTER  OP CURRENT BUDGET ? I/KO 
6.1 FINANCING POSSIBLE  tit TRANGt'ER  BETKEEM  CHAPTERS  OF CURRENT BUDGET  ? (Chapter  100) TES/I 
6.2 NECiSSITT  FCH A  SUPPLKS.TART BUDGET  ? /HO 
6.3 CRJJIT3  TO BE  WRITTEN  INTO  FUTURE BUDG2TS  ? TEG/ 
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