CELEX: 31977R1014
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-16
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1014/77 of 16 May 1977 laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of certain non-member countries in the 200-mile zone off the coast of the French department of Guyana

17 . 5 . 77                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 123/ 1
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                                         (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1014/77
                                                    of 16 May 1977
              laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of
              fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of certain non-member
               countries in the 200-mile zone off the coast of the French department of Guyana
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    flag of Brazil , Korea, Japan or Surinam shall be
COMMUNITIES,                                                   subject to the granting of a licence, on behalf of the
                                                               Community, by the authorities of the Member State
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          holding the Presidency of the Council .
Economic Community,
                                                               2. Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Act of Accession ,                        373/77 of 24 February 1977 laying down certain
                                                               interim measures for the conservation and manage­
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,            ment of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying
                                                               the flag of certain non-member countries ('), shall
                                                               apply to catches made by the United States of
Whereas on 3 November 1976 the Council adopted a              America in the zone referred to in paragraph 1 under
set of resolutions concerning certain external and             the conditions laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of the
internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ;              present Regulation .
Whereas strict measures must be taken to preserve the          3.    Subject to paragraph 2, the licences referred to in
state of fish stocks in the zone extending up to 200           paragraph 1 shall be valid only until 30 June 1977.
nautical miles from the base lines off the coast of the
French department of Guyana ; whereas, to that end ,
strict supervision should forthwith be exercised over
                                                                                           Article 2
fishing in that zone and access thereto restricted to
vessels flying the flag of non-member countries duly
authorized to fish for specified species under condi­          1.    When an application for a licence is submitted
tions previously laid down , by virtue of agreement to         to the authorities         referred     to in Article 1 , the
be concluded between the Community and the non­                following information must be supplied :
member countries concerned ;
                                                              (a) name of the vessel ;
Whereas, pending the conclusion of such agreements,           (b) registration number and external identification
interim measures should be adopted for the conserva­               letters and numbers ;
tion and management of fishery resources applicable
                                                              (c) port of registration ;
to vessels flying the flags of Brazil , Korea, the United
States of America, Japan and Surinam ,                        (d) gross tonnage and overall length ;
                                                              (e) call sign .
                                                               2.    The number of licences which may be issued is
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                              given in the Annex hereto .
                                                              3.     Each licence shall be valid for one vessel only
                        A rt ide 1
                                                              for a period corresponding to the application of
                                                              Article 1 and for fishing for shrimps within the geogra­
1.     Fishing within the zone extending up to 200            phical limits given in Article 1 .
nautical miles from the base lines off the coast of the
French department of Guyana by vessels flying the             (') OJ No L . S3 , 25 . 2 . 1977 , p . 1 .
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                       Article 3                                    made by vessels flying the flag of the non-member
                                                                    countries concerned .
The    French   Republic shall      take the       necessary
measures to ensure the enforcement of Articles 1 and
2 including, in particular, regular inspection of the                                       Article 4
vessels of non-member countries .
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
The French     Republic and the Commission shall                    following its publication in the Official Journal of
communicate     the information required for imple­                  the European Communities.
menting this    Regulation , in particular, information
regarding the   monitoring of the volume of catches                 It shall apply from 1 May 1977.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 16 May 1977.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                     D. OWEN
                                                              ANNEX
                                  Maximum number of licences which may be issued
                       —  vessels flying the flag of Brazil :                                       18
                       —  vessels flying the flag of Korea :                                        12
                       —  vessels flying the flag of the United States of America :                6.5
                       —  vessels flying the flag of Japan :                                        16
                       —  vessels flying the flag of Surinam :                                       5