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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)120 final
Brussels-20March1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
layingdownfor1981certainmeasuresfortheconservation andmanage­
mentoffisheryresourcesapplicabletovesselsflyingtheflagofSpa
A,A
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
:-/S
C0M(81)120final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM "
TheRegulation whichisthesubjectofthisproposalisdesignedtoimplement
thefisheriesregimeapplicablein1981tovesselsflyingtheflagofSpain ■„
andfishingintheCommunityfishingzone.Thisregimehasbeenagreedwith
theSpanishDelegationfollowingconsultations heldinaccordancewiththe
provisionsoftheFrameworkAgreementonFisheriessignedby'theCommunity
andSpain. ' ■.. . ,
ThatAgreement whichhasbeenconcludedbytheCommunity,hasnotyetbeen
ratifiedbySpain.TheCommission hasinformedtheSpanishDelegation andhereby
confirmsthatratification isaconditionforimplementation ofthefisheries
regimeapplicabletoSpanishvesselsin1981.
Sinceconsultations ontheregimehadnotfinishedbytheendof1980,the
Councilon16Decemberauthorizedtheextensionofthelicencesof.Spanish^
vesselsuntil31January1981.Aftertahtdatefishingbythesevesselsin
theCommunityzonewasinterrupted .FollowingtheCouncilmeetingon9-11
February,Spainrequestedtherestartingofconsultations andtheseended
on17February1981.Onthe.following day,theCommission submittedtothe
Council .aproposalforaninterimRegulation basedonArticle103ofthe
TreatyanddesignedtoenableSpanishvesselstobeginagainfishingpending
completionoftheusualprocedures;thatinterimRegulationexpiresori31
May1981. '.
TheRegulation whichisthesubjectofthisproposalshouldbeadoptedbythe
Councilbeforethatdatetopreventafurtherinterruption .Thenew >
*,
RegulationdiffersfromtheinterimRegulation inthatitcoversthewhole
of1981.SinceitisbasedonArticle43oftheTreatyitsadoptioninvolves
consultation withtheEuropeanParliament .
TheCouncilisthereforerequested,forthereasonsdescribedabove,toadopf
before31May1981,theRegulation annexedhereto,aftercompletionofthe.
' '» .relevantproceduresprovidedforintheTreaty.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
1981icn.iinmeasuresfor(heConservationandmanagementoffishery
resourcesapplicabletovesselsflyingtheflagofSpain
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,-andinparticularArticle43thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
) ■
Havingregardtotheopinionofthe:
EuropeanParliament' (1);
WhereasaframeworkAgreeniienton
fisherieswassignedbytheCommunity
andSpainon15ApriI1980(2)
whichpursuanttoArticle12
thereof,isto?pply
fromitsdateofsignature,
WhereastheCommunityhasconcluded
thisAgreementunder"CounciIRegulation
(EEC)No3062/80(3);
7/"
WhereastheCommunityandSpainhaveconsultedeach
other,undertheprocedurelaiddownintheAgreement,
ontheconditionsforfishingbythevesselsofeachof
thepartiesinthefishingzoneoftheotherpartyduring
1981;
Whereas,followingtheconsultations ,theCommunity
delegationundertooktorecommendthatthe
Communityauthoritiesadoptforthatperiodcertain
measuresauthorizingSpanishvesselstofishinthe
fishingzonesoftheMemberStatescoveredby
Communityrulesonfisheries;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION -
Article1
TheonlycatcheswhichvesselsflyingtheflagofSpain
3?Drf°K1cio"lake,durm«theperiod1Januaryto31December1981,nthe200-milefishingzoneofthe
slialTbp'rhtatCSCOVCredb>'Communityrulesonfisheries'IVrf1°UtTAnnexwithi»^quantitativelimitslaiddownthereinand,caughtunderthe
conditionslaiddownbythisRegulation.
Article2
1.Fishingshallbesubjecttotheholdingonboardofa
licence,issuedbytheCommissiononbehalfofthe
Community,andtocompliancewiththeconservation
andsupervisorymeasuresandotherprovis.ons
governingfishinginthezonereferredtoinArticle1.
■2.Thenumberoflicenceswhichmaybeissuedto
vesselsflyingtheflagofSpainshallbeaslaiddowninpoint3ofAnnexI.
WhereasfishingbySpanishvesselsin
thesezoneswasauthorizedforJanuary
1981underCouncilRegulation (EEC)/
No3305/80(4),andfortheperiod'V
from4Marchuntil31May1981under.
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No554(5);
Whereasthecatchesmadeunderthose•"
Regulationsshouldbeenteredagainstthequotasfixedforthewholeof
1981;Article3
tL30appliftionforalicenceissubmittedto
'supplied?rrUSS1°n'Win8informat,on^allbe
(a)nameofthevessel:...
(b)registrationnumber; ,'.
(c)externalidentificationlettersandnumbers­
(d)portofregistration;
(e)nameandaddressoftheownerorcharterer;
(f)grosstonnageandoveralllength;~
(g)enginepower;
(h)callsignandradiofrequency;
(0intendedmethodoffishing;
[)jintendedareaoffishing;
(k)specksintendedtobefished;
(1)periodforwhichalicenceisrequested."**
(1)0JNoC
(2)0JNoC263,10.10.1980,'p.1
(3)0JNoL322,30.11.1980,p.3
(4)0JNoL344,19.12.1980,p.33
(5)0JNoL.57."4.3.1981,p.1

%.Eachlicenceshallbevalidforonevesselonly.When
.severalvesselsaretakingpartinthesamefishing
operation,eachvesselmustbeinposscssionofalicence
indicatingthismethodoffishing,.6.Avesselmayholdonlyone
licence ..
3.However,inthecaseofthefishingreferredtoin
point3(b)and(c)ofAnnexI,asinglelicencemaybe
issuedonrequestfortwovesselswhoseparticularsshall
beenteredatthesamerimeonthelicence.•■
Foreachofthesaidtypesoffishing,,theSpanish
authoritiesshallprovidealist.ofvesselswhichshallnot
exceedmnumberthatfixedinthelastcolumnofpoint
*3ofAnnexI,specifyingforwhichvesselsalicenceora
jomrlicenceisrequestedand,whereappropriate,the
periodofvalidityrequested.
4.Paragraphs 1and2snailnotapplytolicences
referredtoinpoint3(d),(e)and(f)of'AnnexI,those
licencesnotbeingnominativebutnumbered.
Useofsuchlicencesshallbesubject
topriornotification bytheSpanish
authorities ofthenamesandtechnical
detailsofthevesselswhichwillactu--
allyusethelicencesduringtheperiod
inrespectofwhichtheyhavebeenapplied
forthedurationofthe
period,thenotification procedures and
otherarrangements forcooperation with
theSpanishauthoritiesforfacilitating \
themonitoringoffishingbyvessels
flyingtheflagofSpainshall-be
authorized bytheCommission,in ;
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddown
inArticle32ofCouncilRegulation (EEC),
No1Q0/7'6(1),riotlaterthan30April198-1•.
5.Theskippersofvesselsholding.a
licencemustobservethespecial-
conditionslaiddowninAnnexII.
Theseconditionsshallformpartofthe
Iicence./
Inthecase,offishingasreferred
toinpoint3(g)ofAnnexI,only
points1and2ofthosespecial
conditions mustbeobserved.' Article4 *
1.Theskippersofvesselsholdingalicenceforthe
fisheriesmentionedinpoint3(a)ofAnnexImust
supplytheinformationspecifiedinthelicencetothe
Commissionthrougharadiostationinoneofthe
MemberStates.
2.Licencesforothertypesoffishingexcepttunny
fishingmaybeinvalidatediftheCommissiondoesnot
receivebythefifthand20thdayofeachmonth
informationcommunicated bythecompetent
authoritiesofSpainconcerningthecatchesmadeby
eachvesselandthelandingsmadeineachportduringthepreviousfortnight. *
,ArtideS
1.Fishingwirhgillnctsshallbeprohibited.
2.Thevesselsmayhaveonboardnofishinggearother:
thanthatnecessaryforthefishingauthorized.
(1)Regulation 100/76,19/1/1976
0JNoL20/1,28/1/1976
(1)0JNoL20,28.1.1976,p.2

-3-
\
Article6Article9
1.By-catchesshallbepermittedwithintheTheperiodofvalidityofthelicenceslimitslaiddown.inpoint2ofAnnexI
%
2.Vesselsholdingalicenceentitling
themtofishfortunnymaynotfishany
speciesotherthanthunnidae;theymay
nothaveonboardanyspecies .other
thanthunnidae,withtheexceptionof
anchoviesintendedaslivebait.
3.Vesselsholdingalicenceentitling -
themtofishforRay'sbreammaynotfish
foranyotherspecies;theymaynot
haveonboardanyspeciesotherthan
Ray'sbream.
Article7
1.IKCIU.CSreferredtoinpoint3(c)ofAnnexIslull
bevaliduntil30June193*1,thoseretcirctltoin(0
duringt'wperiodtJulyto31October1981»referredtoinpoint3(a)ofAnnexIshall
expireassoonasithasbeenestablished that
thequantitieslaiddowninpoint1ofAnnex
Ihavebeenfished.
Article10
1.Licencesforvesselswhichhavenotcomplied
withtheobligations providedforinthis
Regulation maybewithdrawn.
2.WhereavesselinfringesthisRegulation
byfishingwithoutavalidlicenceinthe
zonereferredtoinArticle 1andwhere
thatvesselbelongstoashipowner whohas
oneormoreothervesselstowhichlicences
havebeenissued,oneofsuchlicences
maybewithdrawn.
duringt!u-pi-riirUtJulytoHOctober1981. 3.Vesselsengaginginthetypeoffishing "
referredtoinpoint3(a)ofAnnexIwhich
1Licencesreferredtoinpoint3(!>}«vAnnex1shallhavefailedtocomplywiththeobligations
bevalidduringtheperiods1to31Janusry1^81,providedfori/iRegulation(EEC)No3305/80,
andIJulyto31December1981.Regulation (EEC)No554/81orinthis
Regulationshallnotbegrantedalicence
3.Nolicenceshallbevalidfortheperiod1February ®periodoffromfourtotwelvemonths from
to3March1981.Allfishingbyvesselsflyingthedatewhentheinfringement wascommitted.2.Licencesreferred?oinpoint3(b5o'1AnnexIshall
bevaliiiJunngtheperuKU\to31J.inu?ry1£81,
andIJulyto31December1981•
theflagofSpainintheareareferredtoinAr­
ticle1shallbeprohibitedduringthatperiod.
ArticU8
1.LicencesissuedpursuanttothisRevelationshallbe
validforaperiodofatleastwomontnsfromthefirst
dayofamonthtothelastdayofamonth.Applications
forlicencesshallbemadenotlaterthan15daysbefore
thedesireddateofcommencement ofvalidity.
2.Thevalidityoflicencesmaybeextendedunderthe
conditionslaiddowninparagraph 1.
3.Licencesin.ivbecancelledwithaviewtotheissue
ofnewliccH.es.Ihecancvllanon takeeffectonthe
firstdayofthemonthfollowingthesurrenderofthe
licencestotheCommission .4.Vesselsengaginginthetypeoffishing
referredtoinpoints3(b),(c),(d),(f),
and(g)ofAnnexIwhichhavefailedto
complywiththeobligations providedfor
inRegulation (EEC)No3305/80,Regulation
(EEC)No554/81orinthisRegulation
shallnotbegrantedalicenceforaperiod
offromtwotofourmonthsfromthedate
.whentheinfringement wascommitted.
5.Nolicences"hallbeissuedduringthe
periodsreferredtoinparagraphs 4and5
toavesselbelongingtoashipowner who
alsoownsavesselwhoselicencehasbeen
withdrawn.
Article11-
Thenewlicencesshallbeissuedinaccordancewith
paragraph 1.1.FishingmaynottakephceinazonewithinICES
sub-areasVIandVII,situatrdsouthof30'N,ejst
ofWandnorthofSif30'\.
2.Thetishinsrcferrejtoinpoint3(d)ofAnnexImay
nottakeplacee.istot1°-IN'\X. -

Article12
Thecompetentauthorities intheMemberj
Statesshalltakeappropriate measures,:
includingtheregularinspectionof
vessels,toensureimplementation of
thisRequlation .
Article13
Whereaninfringementisdulyfoundttfhavetaken ^^
place,theMemberStatesshalI,withoutdelay, ,,
informtheCommissionofthenameof "2.LicencesissuedinpursuanceofRegulation (EEC)
thpwbsspLconcerned andofanyaction No541/80shallremainvalidunderthesameinformtheCommissionofthenameof
thevesselconcernedandofanyaction
theymayhavetaken.
Article14
1.-Regulation (EEC)No554/81ishereby
repealed. ._conditionsaslicencesissuedunderthisRcgulirion.
Article \15
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforce-or■theday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfrom1Januaryto31December1981.-
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Doneat-Brussels,- .'
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

/•
ANNEXI
1,Fishingquotas ,
SpeciesICES
sub-areasQuantity
(tonnes)
Hake ν v
* ^'■VI
VII-
VIII1.230
4.200
5.070(1)
Otherspeciestakenasby-catchesofhakefishing'
1VI
VII.
VIII2.460
8.400
10.140
Anchovy VIII29000>(2)
TunnyandRay'sbream,
1Nolimit
(2)•1CatchesmadebyvesselsflyingtheflagofSpainintheSpanishfishingzoneoftheBayofBiscay
.aretobedeductedfromthisquantity.
(1)Thereshallbedeductedfromthisquotathequantitiesbywhichtotalcatchesofhakein1980inICESdivisionVIIIbyvessels
authorizedtofishunderRegulation (EEC)No.1719/80exceedthe
quotaof5,733t.fixedbythissameRegulation.
2.Permittedby-catches
Target
speciesSpeciesfishedas
by-catchesPermittedlimitsofby-catches
HakeCod
Haddock
Whiting
Pollack
SaitheThetotalby-catchesofthesespeciesmaynotexceed3%
byweightofthetotalcatchonboard
Clupeidfish
NorwaylobsterThetotalby-catchesofthesespeciesmaynotexceed5%
byweightofthetotalcatchonboard%
-Sole
Plaice
HerringBy-catchesofthesespeciesmaynotbekeptonboard
ΤÍ ..
Sardine 'Horse-mackerel By-catchesofthisspeciesmaynotexceed10%byweightofthe
totalcatchor10%byweightofanysampleoflessthan100kg
offishfoundtobeonboardinthevessel'sholdaftersorting
Otherspecies
(including
invertebrates )By-catchesofallotherspeciesmaynotbekeptonboard

NumberoflicencesthatmaybeissuedforthevariousICESsub-areasanddivisions
TypeoffishingICES«ib-
arcasand
divisionNumberof
licencesComplete
listof
vessels
(a)Vesselsconductinghakefishing
(b)Sardiners(seinerslessthan100CRT)VI
VII
VIII
VIII22:' )
■62{,)
58(1)■
40 71
(c)Long-linersle.'isthan¡00CRT Villa 10 25
(d)Fishingexclusivelywithrodsfromvesselsnot
exceeding50GRT -VIII 50 _
(e)Vesselsfishing;foranchovyastargetspecies VIÍI 160 –
(f)Vesselsfishingforanchovytobeusedaslive
bait VIII 120•
(g)Tunnyfishing andvessels fishing
forRay's breamVI,VII,
VIIINolimit
(')l;igurcfixed'onthebasisofastandardvesselwithabrakehorsepowerof700bhp.Theconver­
sion(actorsforvesselsofanotherhorsepowerareasfollows:
Horsepower - Coefficient
Lessthan300bhp 0-57
300bhpormore,butlessthan400bhp 0-76
400bhpormore,butlessthan500bhp ■085
500bhpormore,butlessthan600bhp 0-90
600bhpormore,butlessthan700bhp 0-96
700bhpormore,butlessthan800bhp 1-00
800bhpormore,butlessthan1000bhp 107
1000bhpormore,butnotexceeding1200bhp. Ill
•Over1200bhp. ■■2-25-'
Longliners.otherthanthosespecifiedin3(b) 0->3
Whrnapplyingtheseconversionfactorsto•parcjas'and'trios'thehorsepoweroftheindividual
vessels*enginesaretobetotalled. ^

ANNEXII
Specialconditions
Thefishinglicencemustbeonboardthevessel.
Theregistrationlettersandnumbersofthelicensedvesselmustbeclearlymarkedonthebowofthe
vesselatbothsidesandoneachsideofthesuperstructure wheretheycanbestbeseen.
Thelettersandnumbersshallbepaintedinacolourcontrastingwiththatofthehullor
superstructure andshallnotbeeffaced,'altered,coveredorotherwiseobscured.
Alogbook,mustbekeptinwhichthefollowingdetailsaretobeenteredaftereachfishing
operationr
3.1.thequantity(inkg)ofeachspeciescaught;
3.2.thedateandthetimeofthebeginningandendoffishing;
3.3.theICESstatisticalrectangleinwhichthecatchesweremade;
3.4.thefishingmethodused. \
Information 'mustbetransmittedbythelicensedvesseltotheCommissionoftheEuropean
CommunitiesatBrussels(telexaddress24189FISEU-B)viaoneoftheradiostationslistedinpoint
6.2inaccordancewiththefollowingtimetable:
4.1.oneachoccasionthevesselentersthe200nauticalmilefishingzoneoffthecoastsofthe
.MemberStatesoftheCommunitywhichiscoveredbyCommunityfisheriesregulations;
4.2.oneachoccasionthevesselleavesthe200nauticalmilefishingzoneoffthecoastsofthe
MemberStatesofCommunitywhichiscoveredbyCommunityfisheriesregulations;
4.3.oneachoccasionthevesselmovesfromoneICESsubdivision^anotherwithinthezonesas
definedin4.1and4.2; .-
4.4.oneachoccasionthevesselentersaCommunityport;
4.5.oneachoccasionthevesselleavesaCommunityport;i
4.6.atweeklyintervalsforthepreviousweek,fromeithertheseventhdaythevesselfirstentersthe
fishingzoneoftheMemberStatesasreferredtoin4.1aboveorthedaythevesselleavesaport
asreferredtoin4.5above.■.,,
Thefollowingdetailsmustbeincludedinallmessagestransmittedinpursuanceofpoint4:
5.1.thedate,time,geographicalpositionandICESstatisticalrectangle;
5.2.thequantity(inkg)ofeachspeciesoffishinthehold;
5.3.thequantity(inkg)ofeachspeciescaughtsince.theprevioustransmission ;
5.4.theICESstatisticalrectangleinwhichthecatchesweretaken;
5.5.thequantity(inkg)ofeachspeciestransferredtoothervesselssincetheprevioustransmission .
Thedetailsprovidedforinpoint5mustbetransmittedinaccordancewiththefollowingconditions:
6.1.Allmessagesmustbetransmittedviaaradiostationonthelistbelow:
Naine
NorthForeland •
Humber
Cullercoats
Wick
Oban
'Portpatrick
Anglesey
DfracombeCailsigrt•
GNF
GKZ
GCC
GKR
GNE
GPK
GLV
GIL

5
Land'sEnd
Valentia
MalinHead
Boulogne
Brest
Saint-Nazaire
Bordeaux-ArcachonNiton
Stenehaven
PortsheadGNI
GND
GKA
GKB
GKC
GLD
EJK
EJM
FFB
FFU
FFO
FFC
6.2.Ifforreasonsofforcemajeureitisimpossibleforthemessagetobetransmittedbythelicensed
vessel,itmaybetransmittedonthatvessel'sbehalfbyanothervessel.
6.3.Contentofthemessage
■Messagestransmittedundertheprovisionsofthelicenceandinaccordancewiththetimetable
setoutinpoint4musttakeintoaccountthedetails'required pursuanttopoint5andcontain
thefollowinginformation : -
–nameofvessel,-■. r
–callsign,.
–externalidentificationlettersand«numbers ,
–licencenumber,
–serialnumberofthemessageforthevoyageinquestion,
–indicationofthetypeofmessagetakingintoaccountthedifferentpointsmentionedin
point4,
–thegeographicalpositionandtheIQESstatisticalrectangle,
–thequantity(inkg)ofeachspeciesoffishintheholdsusingthecodegiveninpoint6.4,
–thequantity(inkg)ofeachspeciescaughtsincetheprevioustransmission,
–theICESstatisticalrettangleinwhichthecatchesweretaken,.
–thequantity(inkg)ofeachspeciestransferredtoothervesselssincetheprevious
transmission,
–thename,callsign,and,ifapplicable„the licencenumberofthevesseltowhichthetransfer
wasmade,
/–thenameofthemaster.
6.4.Thecodetobeusedtoindicatethequantitiesoffishonboardasmentionedinpoint6.3:
A.Deep-waterprawn(Pandalusborealis)
B.Hake(Merlucciusmerluccius)
C.Greenlandhalibut(Reinhardtiushippogloss6ides ).
D.Cod(Gadusmorrhua)
£.Haddock(Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
F.Halibut(Hippoglossushippoglossus )
G.Mackerel(Scomberscombrus)
H.Horse-mackerel (Trachurustrachurus)
I.Round-nosegrenadier(Coryphaenoides rupestris)
J.Saithe^Pollachiusvirens)
K.Whiting.(Merlangusmerlangus)
L.Herring(Clupeaharengus)
.M.Sandeel(Ammodytessp)
N.Sprat(Clupeasprattus)

O.Piaice(Pleuronectospíatessa)
r.Norwaypout(Trisopteruscsmarkli)
Q.Ling(Molvamolva)
R.Other '.
S.Shrimp(Pcnaeidac) '
T.Anchovy(Engraulisencrassicholus )
U.Rcdfish(Scbastcssp),
V.AmericanPlaice(Hypoglossoides platcssoidcs),
W.Squid(Illex), -'
X.Ycllowtail(Limandaferru^înea),,..
Y.ElueWhiting(Gaduspoutassou).