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 BE UNDERSTOOD AS MEANING THAT , AFTER THE EXTENSION OF FISHERY LIMITS , THE SAME REGIME EXTENDS TO 200 MILES .
6 COUNCIL REGULATION NO 1719/80 OF 30 JUNE 1980 LAYING DOWN FOR 1980 CERTAIN MEASURES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FISHERY RESOURCES APPLICABLE TO VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF SPAIN ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL L 168 , P . 27 ) WAS , ACCORDING TO THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 12 THEREOF , APPLICABLE FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1980 . COUNCIL REGULATION NO 3305/80 OF 17 DECEMBER 1980 EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF FISHING LICENCES FOR VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF SPAIN ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL L 344 , P . 33 ) PROVIDES THAT FISHING LICENCES VALID ON 31 DECEMBER 1980 IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION NO 1719/80 REMAIN VALID UNTIL 31 JANUARY 1981 . COUNCIL REGULATION NO 554/81 OF 27 FEBRUARY 1981 FIXING CERTAIN INTERIM MEASURES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FISHERIES RESOURCES APPLICABLE TO VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF SPAIN ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL L 57 , P . 1 ), WHICH ENTERED INTO FORCE ON 4 MARCH 1981 , PROVIDES IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 11 THEREOF , THAT IT IS APPLICABLE UNTIL 31 MAY 1981 .
7 THE THREE REGULATIONS CITED ABOVE FORM PART OF A SERIES OF COUNCIL REGULATIONS WHICH , PENDING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT ON FISHERIES BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN OF 15 APRIL 1980 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL L 263 , P . 1 ), ESTABLISHED FOR SHORT PERIODS INTERIM PROVISIONS PRESCRIBING CATCH QUOTAS FOR SPANISH FISHERMEN .
8 THE COURT HAS ALREADY STATED IN ITS JUDGMENT OF 8 DECEMBER 1981 ( CRUJEIRAS TOME AND YURRITA , CASES 180/80 AND 266/80 , ( 1981 ) ECR ) 2997 ) THAT THE INTERIM REGIME ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMUNITY FALLS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE RELATIONS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN IT AND SPAIN IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS INHERENT IN CONSERVATION MEASURES AND THE EXTENSION OF FISHERY ZONES AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE RECIPROCAL ACCESS BY FISHERMEN TO THE WATERS SUBJECT TO SUCH MEASURES AND THAT 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 SEAS AND THE INCREASINGLY URGENT NEED TO CONSERVE THE LIVING RESOURCES OF THE SEA .
9 IT FOLLOWS FROM THE FOREGOING THAT THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATIONS NO 1719/80 , NO