ANY EVENT INAPPLICABLE IN THEIR CASE , ON THE GROUND THAT THEY ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE RIGHTS UPON WHICH THE DEFENDANTS MAY RELY BY VIRTUE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS PREVIOUSLY ENTERED INTO BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN . FOR THAT PURPOSE THEY RELY IN PARTICULAR UPON THE GENEVA CONVENTION OF 29 APRIL 1958 ON FISHING AND CONSERVATION OF THE LIVING RESOURCES OF THE HIGH SEAS ( UNITED NATIONS TREATY SERIES , VOL . 559 , NO 8164 ) AND UPON THE LONDON FISHERIES CONVENTION OF 9 MARCH 1964 ( UNITED NATIONS TREATY SERIES , VOL . 581 , NO 8432 ) WHICH , SINCE IT RECOGNIZED FISHING RIGHTS IN THE 6 TO 12-MILE ZONE , MUST , ACCORDING TO THE DEFENDANTS , BE UNDERSTOOD AS MEANING THAT , AFTER THE EXTENSION OF THE FISHERY LIMITS , THE SAME REGIME EXTENDS UP TO 200 MILES .
6 IT MUST BE OBSERVED THAT REGULATION NO 1569/81 WAS ADOPTED AFTER THE ENTRY INTO FORCE ON 22 MAY 1981 OF THE AGREEMENT ON FISHERIES BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN OF 15 APRIL 1980 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL C 263 , P . 1 ) AND ON THE BASIS OF THAT AGREEMENT . SINCE THE AGREEMENT HAS SUPERSEDED THE PRIOR INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS WHICH EXISTED IN THIS FIELD BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN , SPANISH FISHERMEN MAY NOT RELY ON SUCH OBLIGATIONS IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE APPLICATION OF THE REGIME ESTABLISHED BY THE AGREEMENT .
7 REGULATION NO 554/81 FORMS PART OF A SERIES OF COUNCIL REGULATIONS WHICH , PENDING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT , ESTABLISHED FOR SHORT PERIODS INTERIM PROVISIONS PRESCRIBING CATCH QUOTAS FOR SPANISH FISHERMEN . THE COURT HAS ALREADY HELD , IN PARTICULAR IN ITS JUDGMENT OF 18 DECEMBER 1981 ( CRUJEIRAS TOME AND YURRITA , JOINED CASES 180/80 AND 266/80 ( 1981 ) ECR 2997 ), THAT THOSE REGULATIONS ARE ENFORCEABLE AGAINST SPANISH FISHERMEN AND THAT SUCH FISHERMEN MAY NOT RELY ON PRIOR INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS ENTERED INTO BY FRANCE AND SPAIN IN ORDER TO CHALLENGE ITS VALIDITY .
8 CONSIDERATION OF THE QUESTION RAISED HAS DISCLOSED NO FACTOR OF SUCH A KIND AS TO AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF REGULATIONS NO 554/81 AND NO 1569/81 . THOSE REGULATIONS ARE ENFORCEABLE AGAINST SPANISH NATIONALS .
9 IN THE COURSE OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT THE DEFENDANTS IN THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS ALSO RELIED UPON TWO OTHER ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR CLAIM THAT THE TWO REGULATIONS ARE INVALID .
10 THEY CLAIM FIRST OF ALL THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THOSE REGULATIONS , IN SO FAR AS THEY PRESCRIBE THAT SPANISH FISHERMEN MUST HOLD A FISHING LICENCE AND DO NOT IMPOSE THE SAME REQUIREMENT FOR FISHING BY FISHERMEN OF THE MEMBER STATES , ARE CONTRARY TO THE PRINCIPLES OF NON-DISCRIMINATION SET OUT IN THE VARIOUS CONVENTIONS ON THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS , AND IN PARTICULAR IN ARTICLE 14 OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS .
11 EVEN IF IT IS SUPPOSED THAT