PARTIES TO ADOPT , WITHIN THE FISHING ZONES UNDER ITS JURISDICTION , THE MEASURES NECESSARY TO ENSURE RATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF THE LIVING RESOURCES OF THE SEA , INCLUDING MEASURES FIXING CATCH QUOTAS AND REQUIRING THAT FISHING BE SUBJECT TO LICENCE .
13 THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE USE OF THE LICENSING SYSTEM LIES IN THE NEED TO FIX CATCH QUOTAS ; CATCHES TAKEN BY THE FISHING VESSELS OF NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES CANNOT BE CHECKED IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL PORTS SINCE THOSE VESSELS NORMALLY RETURN TO THEIR PORTS OF ORIGIN TO LAND THEIR CATCHES .
14 IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT REGULATION NO 1719/80 WAS ADOPTED AT A TIME WHEN THE ABOVE-MENTIONED AGREEMENT WAS ALREADY BEING PROVISIONALLY APPLIED BY THE COMMUNITY AND SPAIN . AS MAY BE SEEN FROM THE PREAMBLE TO THE REGULATION , THE COMMUNITY AND SPAIN CONSULTED EACH OTHER UNDER THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN THE AGREEMENT ON THE CONDITIONS FOR FISHING BY THE VESSELS OF EACH OF THE PARTIES IN THE FISHING ZONE OF THE OTHER PARTY DURING 1980 .
15 REGULATION NO 1744/78 , WHICH WAS ADOPTED DURING THE FINAL STAGE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND SPAIN ON THE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT , IS ONE OF A SERIES OF COMMUNITY REGULATIONS WHICH , PENDING CONCLUSION OF THE AGREEMENT WITH SPAIN AND AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES , LAID DOWN CERTAIN INTERIM CONSERVATION MEASURES . THOSE REGULATIONS WERE ADOPTED DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS AND RELATED TO THE SAME MATTER .
16 IT SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED THAT THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF THE INTERIM MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE COMMUNITY THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES COOPERATED IN ENSURING THEIR IMPLEMENTATION . IN PARTICULAR , AS MAY BE SEEN FROM THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE COURT , THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE OF THE COMMUNITY LICENCES AND TOOK PART IN DISCUSSIONS ON PROCEDURES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE INTERIM MEASURES , INCLUDING RULES GOVERNING THE SUBSTITUTION OF VESSELS AND THE EQUIVALENCE OF LICENCES .
17 IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO EXAMINE WHETHER THE PROVISIONS OF THE LONDON CONVENTION , THE LETTER OF WHICH LIMITS ITS TERRITORIAL SCOPE TO THE ZONE EXTENDING 12 MILES FROM THE BASELINES , MAY POSSIBLY APPLY TO THE ZONE EXTENDING FROM 12 TO 200 MILES , OR TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THE INTERIM CONSERVATION MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE COMMUNITY FULFILLED THE REQUIREMENTS , SUCH AS PRIOR CONSULTATION , LAID DOWN BY THE GENEVA CONVENTION .
18 IT MAY IN FACT BE SEEN FROM THE FOREGOING THAT THE INTERIM REGIME ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMUNITY UNDER ITS OWN RULES FALLS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE RELATIONS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND SPAIN IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS INHERENT IN CONSERVATION MEASURES AND THE EXTENSION OF FISHERY LIMITS AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE RECIPROCAL ACCESS BY FISHERMEN TO THE WATERS SUBJECT TO SUCH MEASURES . THOSE RELATIONS WERE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE REGIME WHICH PREVIOUSLY APPLIED IN THOSE ZONES IN ORDER TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN RELATION TO FISHING ON THE HIGH