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COM(79)132
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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)132final.
/y■.t- Brussels,12March1979
"v•. ;X
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
allocatingcatchquotasbetweenMemberStatesforvesselsfishing
inFaroesewaters
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(79)132final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Theconsultations whichhavetakenplacebetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityontheonehandandtheGovernmentof
DenmarkandtheHomeGovernment oftheParoeseIslandsonthe
otherhand,accordingtotherulessetoutinthefisheries
agreementsignedbetweenthetwoparties,haveresultedin-
agreementbetweenthetwodelegations aboutthefishingrights
fortheyear1979foreachpartyinthewatersoftheother.
Theproposedregulationisintendedtodividethenegotiated
CommunityquotasinParoesewatersbetweentheinterested
MemberStates,andtoensureadequatecontrolofCommunity
fishingbyintroducing anobligationonCommunityvesselsto
reporttheircatchesinParoesewaterstotheCommission ona.
monthlybasis.

PROPOSAL
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
allocatingcatchquotasbetweenmemberStates
forvesselsfishinginFaroesewaters
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle43thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament(l),
Whereason3November1976theCounciladoptedasetofresolutions
concerningcertainexternalandinternalaspectsofthecommonfisheries
policy;
' ·
Whereasthe.CommunityontheonehandandtheGovernmentofDenmarkand
' 1
theHomeGovernment o£theFaroeseIslandsontheotherhand,have
signedaFrameworkAgreementonfisheries ;
WhereastheCommunityandFaroeseIslandshaveheldconsultations concerning
their 1mutualfishingallocationsfor1979;
Whereasduringtheconsultations thedelegationsagreedtorecommendto
theirauthoritiesthattheyfixcertaincatchquotasfor1979for
vesselsoftheotherparty;
Whereasitistheresponsibility oftheCommunitytoallocatethecatch
quotasintheFaroesefisheryzoneamongitsownfishermen;
Whereasinordertoensureanequitableallocationofavailablefishing
possibilities betweenthefishermenoftheCommunitythesequotasshould
beallocatedbetweenthemember "StatesoftheCommunity;
Whereasinformation aboutactualcatchesshould.be madeavailableinorder
toensurethattheallocations arerespected,
(1)OJNo.C /

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Prom 1January to31December 1979 vessels flying theflag ofa
member State shall beauthorized tomake only thecatches setout in
theAnnex hereto inwaters falling within thefisheries jurisdiction
ofFaroese Islands .
Article 2
Member States shall send monthly totheCommission
information concerning thecatches broken down byspecies ,made by
vessels flying their flag fishing inFaroese waters .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayofits
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
Itshall apply until 31December 1979 * x
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallmember States .
Done atBrussels .
For the Council
The President

ANNEX
QuantitiesreferredtoinArticle1
(tonnes)