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COMMISSION OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)42final.
Brussels,31January197°.
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
layingdownwithrespecttovesselsflyingtheflag
ofnon-member countriescertaininterimmeasuresfor
theconservation and.managementoffisheryresources
inthe200milezonesituatedoffthecoastofthe
FrenchdepartmentofGuyana.
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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Exposedosmotifs
SinceMay1976theCommunityhasappliedaninterimconservation sad
managementregimetothesewaters,whichpermitsfishingofshrimpsby
vesselsoftheUnitedStates,Japan,KoreaandSurinam,andofturss-like
speciesbyJapanandVenezuela.Thechoiceofthesecountrieswas
determinedbyavailableinformation abouthistoricalfishingactivity
whentheinterimmeasureswerefirstdecidedupon.Thenumberofvesselst
belioensedhasbeenadjustedtwioesinceMay1976«Thenumberofvessels
nowpermittedtofishinthewatersofFrenohGuyanaisconsiderably lower
thanthenumberoperatingintheGuyana-Brazil fisheryasawholeaccording
toinformation fromthecountriesconcerned,asisshownbelow:
Maximumnumberoflicences
(Heg.No21397fH~No«ofvessels
operatingin
theregion.•
UnitedStates
Japan
Korua
Surinam85
21
16
10134
72
120
24
SinceSeptember1977a-numberofACPcountriesintheregionhavealso
claimedtohavehadhistoricalfishingactivityinthesewaters,andhave
requestedlioencesfortheirflagvessels,ofwhichthemajoritybelongto
State-owned companies.Intotal,afurther104vesselsnowseekpermission
fishoffJVenchGuyana,dividedbetweentheinterestedcountriesasfollows
Guyana
TrinidadandTobago
Barbados
Surinam36
33
21
.24
104vessels
(inadditionto10alreadylicensed)
•#/•*•

Alltheseapplicantcountriesfishforshrimpalongtheentirelengthof
thecoastfromBraziltoTrinidad,supplyingtheirhomeprocessingindus­
trieswhichprovidevaluablelocalemployment,SurinamandGuyanaalso
haveimportantshrimpresourcesintheirownwaters.
Inviewoftheevidenthistoricalinterestofthesecountriesinfishing
thisstock,andoftheeconomicandsocialimportanceoftheshrimping
industryineachofthecountriesconcerned,tneCommissionfindsthat
provisionshould"foemadeforfishingvesselsofthesecountriesinFrench
Guyananwatersafter'1February®Suchanapproachwouldbeconsistent
withtheCommunity'scommitmentstopromotetheeconomicdevelopmentof
thesecountrieswithintheframeworkoftheLomeConvention®Itshouldbe
notedinthisregardthattheCommunityhasalreadyagreedthattwofisheries
projectswhichdependuponaccessbyvesselsoftheAGPcountriesconcerned
toshrimpfishinginFrenchGuyanan .watersshouldbewrittenintotheindi­
cativeprogrammeoftheEuropean .Development Fando
IntheviewoftheCommission,thedurationofinterimmeasuresafter
1FebruaryshouldbefixedsoastopermitadequatetimetoconductliSgo-
tiationsinviewoftheconclusionofagreementswiththeinterestedcoun­
tries,andtoexplorethepossibilityofestablishingaregionalarrangement
fortheconservationofthisjointresource®Itisthereforeproposedthat
thenewinterimmeasuresapplyforaperiodoffourmonths,i.e.until
31May1978.
TheCommissionproposesthatatotalallowablecatchforshrimpfishingin
theperiod1Februaryto31Mayfcefixedat1*000tonsandthatthis
quantitybeallocatedamongthedifferentnon-memberstatesasfollowst
1)an-initialallocationtovesselswhichatpresentlandtheircatches
inFrenchGuyana,suchvesselsbeinggrantedalicencevalidforthe
entiredurationoftheRegulation ;
2)allocationoftheremainingquantitytoeachflagstatewhosevessels
traditionallyfishinFrenchGuyananwaters,takingaccountofprevious
allocationsmadebytheCouncilandtheir-previousshareoffishingin
theregion,asdeterminedbymmberoffishingvessels®
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7.Thecatoh-effortlimitationsestablishedunderthepreviousinterim
measureswere"basedupontheassumptionthatthevesselslicensedwould
effectivelyoperatewithintheCommunityzoneonlyinapartoftheperiod
forwhichtheywerelicensed.Thissystemwill,however,notachieveits
purposeifthevesselsdeoidetooperatewithintheCommunityzonefora
greaterpartofthelicenceperiodthenassumedbytheCommunity.The
Commissionthereforeproposesinordertoensurethatthequotasmentioned
underpoint6willnotbeexceededthatthelimitationontheallowed
fishingeffortbeexpressedinnumberofvesseldays,inwhichthevessel
isassumedtooperateexclusivelywithinGuyananwaters,exceptinthe
caseofvesselsdesignatedunderparagraph6(l).
8*Onapplyingforlicences,countriesconcernedwillbeaskedtodesignate
thetimeperiodsforwhichalicenceisrequestedforeachvessel.Licences
forvesselsdesignatedunder6(2)willbeissueduptothelimitofthe
numberofvesseldayslaiddownintheRegulation.TheCommissionbelieves
thatlicenoesindicatingtheauthorizedperiodoffishing,combinedwith
reportingobligationsalreadyinforceandspotchecksonvessels,will
facilitatecontrolandavoidtheriskofoverfishing fromintensivefishing
byauthorizedvesselsovertheentire4-monthperiod.
9.Asfarastunafishingisconoerned,itisproposedthatKoreabeincluded
amongthosecountriespermittedtofishtunainGuyananwaters;itappears
thatsuchfishingnormallybeginsinthemonthofMay.Asthereisno
evidencetojustifyrestriction offishingeffortforthisspecies,the
Commissionproposestopermitfishingforallthevesselsforwhichappli­
cationsarereceived.

COUWOII,REGULATION(EEC)No.
of
layingdownwithrespecttovesselsflyingtheflag
ofnon-membercountriescertaininterimmeasuresfor
theconservation andmanagementoffisheryresouroes
inthe200milezonesituatedoffthecoastofthe
FrenchdepartmentofGuyana#
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccession,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCounciladopted,on30January1978,rulesestablishing a
Communitypolicyfortheconservation andmanagementoffisheryresources ?
WhereasinRegulation(EEC)No.1014/77(l)»"theCouncillaiddown,until
30June1977»certaininterimmeasuresfortheconservation andmanagement
offisheryresourcesapplicabletovesselsflyingtheflagofcertainnon-
membercountriesinthe200-milezonesituatedoffthecoastsofthe
FrenchdepartmentofGuyana;
WhereasinRegulation(EEC)NO.297^/77(2)theCouncillastextendedthe
regimeestablishedbyRegulation(EEC)No.IOI4/77until31January1978;
WhereastheaboveRegulations wereadoptedinordertoestablishinterim
measurespendingnegotiations betweentheCommunityandthecountries
concernedinorderto.concludefisheryagreementsinthezonetinder
consideration ;thatpendingthesenegotiations andtoavoidaninterruption
offishingitisnecessarytoestablishinterimmeasuresforafurther
period;
WhereastheGovernmentsofBarbados,GuyanaandTrinidadandTobagohave
requestedtheCommunityforfishingpossibilities intheabove-mentioned
zoneforvesselsflyingtheirflag;
1)OJNo.L123,17-5.1977,P.1
2)OJNo.L351,31.12.1977,P.3

Whereas vessels ofthese countries have also inthepast fished forshrimp
inthese waters ;
Whereas theCommunity wishes tocontribute tothecontinuation ofthis
activity ,given itsimportance fortheeconomio development ofthese coun­
tries ,anditistherefore necessary toinclude them among thecountries
whosevessels areauthorized tofish inthis zone ;
Whereas itisnecessary toensure continued supplies fortheindustries
installed within theterritory oftheFrench department ofGuyana ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
ls Theonly catches which vessels flying theflag ofanon-member
country shall beauthorized totake inthefishing zone extending upto
200nautical miles from thebase lines oftheFrench department ofGuyana
covered byCommunity rules onfisheries arelaid down intheAnnex .
2a Thefishing quotas shall begranted subject tocompliance with the
conservation andsurveillance measures and allother provisions governing
fishing inthe zones referred toinparagraph la
Article 2
la Pishing within thezones referred toinArticle 1shall besubject
tothegranting ofalicence bytheCommission onbehalf oftheCommunity ,
and toobservance ofthe conditions set out inthe licence #
These licences are issued tothe authorities ofthe non-member countries
concerned ondemand within thelimits indicated inparagraphs 2and 3a
2a Forfishing tunar-like species licences shall beissued forthe
number ofvessels laid down foreach non-member country inparagraph 2
ofthe Annexa
3» For shrimp fishing licences maybeissued t
a)tothevessels which have habitually landed their oatohes inthe
French department ofGuyana ,thenumber ofwhich islaid down by
country inparagraph 3oftheAnnexa These lioences shall be
valid from thedate ofissue until 31Key1978 ;
••/•••

3-
b)"fcovesselsotherthanthosereferredtoinsub-paragraph (a),on
thebasisofafishingplan,presentedbytheauthorities ofthe
countryconcernedandapprovedbytheCommission ,andwhichmay
notprovideforatotalnumberoffishingdaysfortheentirety
ofthevesselsooveredbythefishingplanwhichexceedsthelimit
indicatedinparagraph4oftheAnnex.Thevalidityofeachof
thelicencesissuedonthebasisofafishingplanshallbelimited
tothefishingperiodprovidedforintheplan.
4.Notwithstanding thedispositions ofparagraph3falllicencesissued
tothevesselsofanon-membercountryshallceasetobevalidassoonas
thequotareferredtoinArticle1isknowntobeexhausted.TheCommission
shallinformtheauthorities ofthecountryconcerned.
ι
Article3
WhenanapplicationforalicenceissubmittedtotheCommission
thefollowinginformationshallbesupplied:
a)nameofvessel.
b)registration number,
c)externalidentification lettersandnumbers,
d)portofregistration ,
e)nameandaddressoftheownerorcharterer,
f)grosstonnageandoveralllength,
g)enginepower,
h)callsignandradiofrequency,
i)intendedmethodoffishing,
j)intendedareaoffishing,
k)specieswhichitisintendedtofish,
l)periodforwhiohalicenceisrequested.
Article4
Eachlicenceshallbevalidforonevesselonly.When,several
vesselsaretakingpartinthesamefishingoperation,eachvesselmust
beinpossessionofalicence.
••/••••

Article5
1.Thelicenceholdershallcomplywiththeconditionsofthelicence
andcommunicate toaradiostationoftheMemberStatereferredtoin
Article6theinformationspecifiedtherein*
2*Theauthorities oftheMemberStatereferredtoinArticle6shall
immediately anddirectlycommunicatetotheCommissiontheinformation
referredtoinparagraph1*
Article6
Theauthorities oftheMemberStatewhichexercisessovereignty or
jurisdiction inthezonecoveredbythepresentRegulationshalltakeappro­
priatestepstoensuretheenforcementofArticle1,includingtheregular
inspectionofvessels*
Article7
1*Theauthorities oftheMemberStatereferredtoinArticle6shall
informtheCommissionofanyinfringement orirregularity within24hours
ofitsdetection,aswellasthenameofthevesselinvolvedanddetails
ofanyactiontaken*
2mIntheeventofitbeingdulyestablishedthattherehasbeennon­
compliancethelioenceshallbewithdrawnbytheissuingauthority *
Article8
1,ThevalidityofthelicencesissuedbytheCommissionunder
Regulation(EEC)No*2159/77isextendeduntil28February1978unless
thesaidlicencesarereturnedbeforethisdatebythenon-membercountry
concerned *
2*Thenumberofdaysofvalidityofthelicencesreferredtoin
paragraph1shallbecountedagainstthelimitforfishingdayslaiddown
inparagraph3oftheAnnex;howeverreturnedlicencesshallnotbeso
countedwitheffectfromthedateonwhichtheCommissionreceivesnotifi­
cation*
••/•••

Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February197o»
ThisRegulationshall "bebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. FortheCouncil,
ThePresident

ANNEX
Fishiiypossibilitiesfortheperiodfrom1Februaryto31May1978
a)Species:Tuna^-likespeoies
Country :Japan
Korea
Venezuela
b)Species:Shrimps
CountryBarbados Quantity(in1000kg)•4^
Guyana
Japan
Korea
Surinam
ïJumber46
184
141
46
TrinidadandTobago 4°
UnitedStatesofAmerioa ^
ofvesselsreferred "fcoinArticle2paragraph2•
Japan 5
Korea 23
Venezuela 15
VesselsreferredtoinArticle2paragraph3(a)s
UnitedStates54
MaximumnumberoffishingdaysreferredtoinArticle2,paragraph3(b)
Barbados 607
Guyana 607
Japan 1553
Korea 1741
Surinam 607
Trinidad-Tobago 607
UnitedStatesOf
America 1297