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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
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COM(77)4final.
Brussels.14January1977«
Proposalfora
REGULATION (SEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
layingdowncertaininterimmeasuresforthe
conservation andmanagementoffisheryresources
applicabletocertainnon-Membercountries
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COr;(77)4final.

Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
laying down certain interim measures
for theconservation andmanagement offishery resources
applicable tocertain non-Member countries
s
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,•
Having regard tothe Treaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,
Having regard totheAct ofAccession ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,

Whereas theCouncil adopted ,on3November 1976 ,aset ofResolutions
concerning certain external and internal aspects ofthe common
fisheries policy ;
Whereas thepouncil adopted ,atitsmeeting on20December 1976 ,a
statement onfishery activities inJanuary 1977 ;
Whereas notifications have been forwarded totheBulgarian ,Cuban ,
Japanese andRomanian Governments inorder tocommunicate theCouncil
Decisions of13and 20December 1976 prohibiting allfishing activities
bytheir vessels ,asfrom ||January 1977 ,inthemaritime waters
placed under thesovereign control orthe jurisdiction oftheMember
States and situated off theNorth Sea and Atlantic coasts ;
Whereas ,inorder topreserve fishing grounds ,access bythefishing
vessels ofnon-Member countries tothese waters must berestricted ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
The only catches which Poland ,theGerman Democratic Republic
and theUnion ofSoviet Socialist Republics are authorized tomake
from 1January 1977 until 31March 1977 intheMember States *fishing
zones situated off theNorth Seaand .Atlantic coasts and theplaces
where such catches may bejnade arelaid down inAnnex I. The
conditions under which ,such catches may bemade shall becommunicated
tothose countries .

Article 2
Theonly catches which Spain ,Finland ,Portugal andSweden are
authorised tomake from 1January 1977 until 31March 1977 inthezones
referred toinArticle 1and the places where such catohes may bemade
are laid down inAnnex II.
Article 3
1. pending theconclusion ofafishing agreement with Canada ,
the catches which Canada isauthorised tomake from 1January 1977
to31December 1977 inthe zones referred toinArticle 1shall be
the same asthe catches made bythat country during 1975 ,taking
into account ,where appropriate ,themaximum authorized level of
catches in1977 ascompared with the level fixed in1975 for the
species concerned intherelevant zones .
2. Pending the conclusion ofafishing agreement with theUnited
States ,the catches which theUnited States isauthorized tomake
from 1January 1977 to31December 1977 inthe zones referred to
inArticle 1shall bethose decided onfor the same species aswere
caught in1975 ,with the same monthly intervals asrecorded in1975 ,
subject tothefixing for these species ofanymaximum authorized
catches and ofany catch quotas .

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Article4
1.Thefishingactivitiesoffishingvesselsofanynon-Member
countrywhichintendstotakecatchesallocatedtoitinthezones
referredtoinArticle1shall "besubjecttothesupervisorydispositions
ofannexIIIaswellastoanyotherconditionandprovisiongoverning
fishingactivitiesinthesaidzones.
2.Detailedrulesfortheapplication ofthisArticlewhichnay
comprisederogationforcertainnon-Membercountriesshallbeadopted
inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle32ofRegulation
(EEC)hoIOO/76. p0I>ai-jjni-teaperiod,the
Commission mayinvitetheMemberStatestoactasagentsforthe
Communityintheissuingoflicence?*andforthereceiptofnotifications
fromthirdcountries.
3.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallnecessarymeasurestoensure
theeffectifenforcementofthepreceedingparagraphsinthewaters
comingundertheirsovereigntyorfallingundertheirjurisdiction ,
includingregularinspectionofthevesselsofnon-Membercountries.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonJanuary1977#
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil,
ThePresident

AN1ÏEXI
Quantitieswhichmaybecaughtbycertain
non-Membercountries,byspeciesandfishingarea
Thezonesconcerned }irethosedefinedbytheInternational Council
fortheExplorationpftheSeas(ICES)ordefinedintheAnnexto
theConventionestablishing theNorth-EastAtlanticFisheries
Commission (TTEAFC),insofara3theyaresituatedinwatersnlaced
underthesovereigncontrolorthejurisdiction oftheMemberStates ,
Species
HADDOCK
SAITHE
MACKEREL
MACKEREL
MACKEREL
MACKEREL
GREEN,&ANDHALIBUT
HORSEMACKEREL '
HORSFMACKEREL
HORSEMACKEREL
SAITHE
MACKEREL
MACKEREL
MACKERELZone
Poland
IV
IV
IV
VIB,I,2,VIAI,2,4
VIICI,VIIXI,VIIJI,
VIIHI,2,3
VIII(exceptVIIIAI,2andVIIIBI)
XIV
VIBI,2,VIAI2,4
VIICI,.VIIKI,
VIIJI,VIIHI,2,3
VIII(exceptVIIIAI,2andVIIIBI)
Democratic RepublicofGermany
IV
VIBI,2,VIAI,2,4
VIICI,VIIKI,VIIJI,
VIIHI,2,3
VIII(exceptVIIIAI,2and.VIIIBI)Quantity(tonnes)
200
650
240
203
1137
120
225
4
143
103
850
59
331
35
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Species Zone Quantity (tonnes)
DemocraticRepublicofGermany(continued)
HORSEMACKERPL VIBI2.VIAI2,4, 4
HORSEMACK3REL VIICI,VIIKI,VIIJI,VIIHI,2,3143
HORSEMACKEREL VIII(exceptVIIIAI,2and
VIJIBI) 103
ROUNDÏÏOSE GRENADIERI(HEAPC) -220
GREENLANDHALIBUTXIV ' 1650
USSR
HADDOCK IV 8475
SAITHE IV *5525
SPRAT IV 1063
MACKEREL IV 713
MACKEREL VIBI,2,VIAI2,4, 876
MACKEREL VIICI,VIIKI,VIIJIfVTIHI,2,3•4908
MACKEREL VIII(exceptVIIIAI2and'VIIIBI)« 516
IiORSEKACEEHEL VIBI,2,VIAI,2,4» '206
HORSEIJACKSIiEL VIICI,VIIKI,VIIJI,VTIHI,2,36929
H0R3EKACKEÏiEL VIII(ejcceptVIIIA1.2
andVIIIBI) 4978
ROUNDNOSEGI|ENADIERI(ïïEA}?C) 760
GK233ITLAÏÏDHALIBUTI(îTEAPp) '". 2350
GP^ELTLiSD HALIBUTXIV . '325
kVHITIiîG IV 850

ANNEXII
Quantitieswhichmaybocaughtbycertainnon-Member
countries,byspeciesandfishingarea
ThezonesconcernedarethosedefinedbytheInternational
CouncilfortheExploration oftheSeas(ICES)ordefinedinthe
AnnextotheConventionestablishing theNorth-EastAtlanticFisheries
Commission (NEAFC),insofarastheyaresituatedinwatersplaced
underthesovereigncontrolorthejurisdiction oftheMemberStates*
Siècles
HAKE
HORSEMACKEREL
HORSEMACKEREL
HORSEMACKEREL
Allspeciesexcept
clupeiformes andinvertebrates
HERRIKOZone
Spain
VI,VII,VIII
VIB.I.2,VIAI2,4
VIICI,CIIKI,VIIJ.I,VIIHI,
2»3
VIII(withtheexceptionof
VIIIAI2andVIIIBI)
VIII
Finland
HVQuantity(tonnes)
3200
170
5720
4110
20000
(tokenentry)
COD
HADDOqC
SPRAT
riACKES:.^
'iVHITINGr
HERivING^Portugal
T(NEAFC)
Sweden
IV
IV
IV
IV
IV375
675
1490
1063
.225
(to-:enon+ry)
1
()Thesequ?ititieswillbesupplemented byfishingrightsgrantedtoSweder ?.sonesIIJA«r>.dIIIL.

ANNEXIII
Supervisory measuresoffishingactivities
ofnon–Membercountries
1.Anynon-Membercountrywhichintendstotakecatchesallocatedtoit
inwaterssubjecttothejurisdiction ofMemberStates,shallensure
thatatleastoneweekpriortotheintendedentryofoneofitsfishing
"boatsintosuchwatersthefollowinginformation hasbeenreceivedfor
suchboatbytheCommunity.
a)Nameofboat
b)Itsregistration number
c)Itsportofregistration
d)Itsgrossregisteredtonnageoroveralllength
e)Itsenginepower
f)Itscallsign,and
g)Itsfishingprogramme,includinginparticularthename
ofeachspeciesoffishthattheboatinquestionintends
tocatchineachICESdivisonandsubdivision .
2.Pishingactivityofthevesselsofthenon-Membercountriesreferred
toinArticle1ofthepresentregulationissubjecttotheholdingup
ofalicence.
Thenumberoflicensestobeissued,andthetypeofvesselstobelicensed,
willbedecidedinaccordancewiththeprocedureofthesecondparagraphof
Article4ionthebasisofthenumberandtypeofvesselswhichwouldbe
reasonabletodeployinrelationtothetotalcatchentitlementforthese
countries.Thisdecisionwillbenotifiedtothenon-Membercountries
concernedbytheCommunity.
Licenseswillbeissuedtovesselsfiguringonlistssubmittedbythenon-
Membercountriesconcernedonconditionthatthenumberofvesselsfiguring
ontheselistsdonotexceedthenumberoflicensestobeissued.
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3.!Tponentryintowaterstothejurisdiction ofMemberStates,each
fishingboatofanon–MembercountryshallinformtheCommunity,
throughthemostexpeditious channelsavailable,ofthetimeand
locationofitsentry,aswellasofthequantitiesoffishinits
holdsandthetypeandnumberoffishinggearonboard,
4.Eachtimeafishingboatofnon-MembercountrymovesfromoneICSS
divisionorsub-division toanotherICSSdivisionorsub-division
withinwaterssubjecttothejurisdiction ofMemberStates,itshall
providetheinformationreferredtoinparagraph 3totheCommunity.
5.1.Duringitsstayinwaterssubjecttothejurisdiction ofMember
States,eachfishingboatofanon–Membercountryshallkeepa
fishinglogbook,inwhich,aftereachhaul,thequantitiesof
eachspeciescaughtarerecorded,aswellasthetimeandICES
statistical squareofsuchhaulandthefishingmethodsused.
2.Duringitsstayinwaterssubjecttothejurisdiction ofMember
States,eachfishingboatofanon-Membercountryshallinform
eachweektheCommunityofthequantitiesofeachspeciesoffish
caughtduringthepreceedingweek,aswellasofthedateand
ICESstatistical squaresofsuchcatches.

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"\
Upondeparturefromwaterssubjecttothejurisdiction ofMember
States,eachfishingboatofanon-Membercountryshallinformthe
Communityofthetimeandlocationofitsdeparture,aswellasof
thequantitiesofeachspeciesoffishcaught,andthedateand
ICESstatistical squaresofsuchcatches,afterthelastweekly
reportrequiredbyparagraph5»2»
Thefishingboatsofnon–Membercountriesshallbesubjectto
inspectionwithaviewtodetermining whetherornotsuchboats
respecttherulessetforthinthisRegulationincluding,in
appropriate cases,thattheyareinpossessionofavalidlicences
withinthetermsofparagraph 2.
TheCommissionrecordsthequantitiesofeachspeciesoffish
caughtbyanyofnon-MembercountriesandinformstheMember
Statesoftheextenttowhicheachofthesecountrieshas
utilizedanyofthequotasallocatedtoit.
Notification willbegivenimmediately throughtheappropriate
communitychannelstothenon-Membercountryconcernedwhenthe
Commissionadvisesthatthiscountryhasfullyutiliseditsquota.
Withtheexceptionoftheobligationtoreportoncatches,this
Regulationdoesnotapplytofisheriesofnon-Membercountries
withintheframeworkofso–calledaccordsdevoisinage ,provided
thatsuchfisheriesarecarriedoutbysmallfishingboatsi.e.
whichoperatewithinaradiusofnomorethanonedayvoyagefrom
theirhomeport.