CELEX: 51977PC0298
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Date: 1977-06-23
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Poland, the GDR or the USSR (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---     COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                              COM(77)298 final.
                                                              Brussels . 23 June 1977
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                                       Proposal for a       •
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
              laying down certain interim measures for the conservation
              and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels
                    flying the flag of Poland - the GDR or the USSR
       ,
                        ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
C0M(77) , 298 final
 ---pagebreak---                    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No       / 77
                            of
         laying down certain interim measures for the conservation
         and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels
              flying the flag of Poland - the GDR or the USSR
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
having regard to the Act of Accession ( 1 ),
having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
whereas the Council adopted , on 3 November 1976 , a set of resolutions con­
cerning certain external and internal aspects of the common fisheries po­
licy ;
whereas in Regulation ( EEC ) No 194/ 77 ( 2 ) the Council laid down , for the
period I January to 31 March 1977 , certain interim measures for the conser­
vation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the
flag of Poland , the GDR or the USSR , which were subsequently extended by
Regulation ( EEC ) No 745 / 77 ( 3 ) and Regulation(EEC ) No 1172/ 77 ( 4 );
whereas these interim measures were introduced pending the outcome of nego­
tiations between the Community and these countries with a view to the con-
elusion of framework agreements on fisheries , and these negotiations are
still in progress ;
whereas , therefore , it is . necessary to lay down interim measures for a
further period ;
HAS NOW ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(1)  OJ No  L 73 , 27.3.1972 , p.   14 .
( 2) OJ No  L 25 , 29.1.1977 , p.   46 .
(3)  OJ No L  90 , 08.4.1977 , p.   7.
(4)  OJ No L  137, 3.6.1977,   p.   13 .
 ---pagebreak---                                 Article 1
       The only catches which Poland , the CDR and the USSR are authorized to
take from 1 July 1977 until 30 September 1977 in the 200 nautical mile fishing
zones of the Member States situated off the North Sea and Atlantic coasts and
povered by Community rules on fisheries , and the places where such catches
may be made . Eire laid down in the Annex .
                                Article 2
la     Fishing within the fishing zones referred to in Article 1 by boats of
the non-member countries listed therein shall be subject to the granting of
a licence on behalf of the Community by the Commission .
2a    Each licence shall be valid for one vessel only for a period not exten­
ding beyond 30 September 1977 and for fishing species indicated on the licence
within the quantitative and geographical limits referred to in Article la
                                Article 3
1.    Applications for licences are submitted to the Commission by the autho­
rities of the non-member countries mentioned in Article la
2a    When an application for a licence is-made , the information listed in
Annex 2 shall be supplieda
                                Article 4
      Member States shall take measures     to ensure , as far as possible , the
onforcomont of Articles 1 and 2 a3 regards the maritime waters coming under
their sovereignty or falling under their jurisdiction, including in particular ,
regular inspection of the vessels of third countriesa In this connection ,
Member States and the Commission shall communicate to each other the informa­
tion required for compliance with this Regulation, with regard in particular
to the monitoring of the volume of catches taken by vessels from non-member
countries concerneda
                                Article 5
      The modalities of application of the present Regulation are laid down
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 32 of Regulation (EEC )
N° 100/76 of 19 January I976.
                                Article 6
      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publi­
cation in the Official Journal of the European Communities .      It shall apply
until 30 September 1977 *
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
      Bone at Brussels ,        June 1977 •               For the Council
                                                           The President
 ---pagebreak---                                     ANUEX 1
                                    Poland
       Poland fishing quotas for the period- 1.7 . 1977 to 30.9.1977 .
The zones concerned are those defined by the International Council for the
Exploration of the Seas ( ICES) f in so far as they are situated in the fishing
zones of the Member States extending up to 200 nautical miles from coasts
bordering on the Horth Sea and the Atlantic , and covered by Community rules
on fisheries .
    Species                                 Zone                                 Quantity
                                                                                  (tons)
Haddock                                                                            120
Saithe                                                                             65O
Mackerel                IV                                                         240
Mackerel                VI A as far as it extends west of the line
                        defined in footnote (l ) below. VI B                       203
Mackerel                VIIC , VII K, VII J as far as it extends south
                        of 50° 30 * north latitude . VII H                        1137
Mackerel .              VIII as far as it extends west of the line
                        defined in footnote (2 ) below                             120
Horse Mackerel          VI A as far as it extends west of the line
                        defined in footnote ( l ) below, VI B                        4
Horse Mackerel          VII C , VII K, VII J as far as it extends south
                        of 50° 30' north latitude . VII H                          143
Horse Mackerel          VIII as far as it extends west of a line
                        defined in footnote (2 ) below                         I 103
                                                                               I
(l) the line orginating in point :               (2 ) the line originating in point :
    6°  W  60° IT,  thence southwards to        8°   W 48° IT,  thence southwards to
    6°  W  58° 30'  H, thence westwards to      8°   W 47° IT,  thence eastwards to
   10°  W  58° 30 * IT, thence southwards to    6°   W 47° N,   thence southwards to
   10°  VJ 56*30 '  IT, thence westwards to     6°   W 460 30 ' IT, thence eastwards to
   12°  W  56*30'   IT, thence southwards to    5°   W 46° 30'  IT, thence southwards to
   12° W 54° 30 * IT.                           5°   W 46° IT,  thence eastwards to
                                                40   w 46® IT,  thence southwards to
                                                4° W 45° N , thence eastwards to
                                                2° W 45° N, thence southwards .
 ---pagebreak---                                          G DR
        German Democratic Republic fishing quotas for the period 1,7.77 to 30.9.77 .
  The zones concerned are those defined by the International Council for the
 Exploration of the Seas ( ICES) or defined in the Annex to the Convention
  establishing the International Commission for the Forth-West Atlantic
  Fisheries ( iCJTAP), in so far as they are situated in the fishing zones of
  the Member States extending up to 200 nautical miles from coasts bordering
  on the North Sea and the Atlantic , and covered by Community rules on fisheries .
                                           Zone                                  Quantity
      Species
                     !                                                            (tons)
  Saithe               17                                                          850
 Mackerel              VI A as far as it extends west of a line
                       defined in footnote (l ) below . VI B                        59
 Mackerel              VII C , VII K , VII J as far as it extends
                       south of 50° 30' north latitude . VII H                     331
 Mackerel              VII as far as it extends west of a line
                       defined in footnote ( 2) below                               35
 Horse Mackerel        VI A as far as it extends west of a line
                       defined in footnote ( l ) below. VI B                         4
 Horse Mackerel        VII C , VII K , VII J as far as it extends
                       south of 50°30 * north latitude . VII H                     143
 Horse Mackerel        VIII as far as it extends west of a line
                       defined in footnote (2 ) below                              103
 Roundnose
   Grenadier
                       I ( ICITAF)                                                 220
  (l ) the line originating in point :          (2 ) the line originating in point :
 6°   W 60° IT,  thence southwards to          8®   W 48° IT, thence southwards to
 6°   W 58° 30 * IT, thence westwards to       8°   W 47° IT, thence eastwards to
10®   W 58° 30 * IT, thece southwards to       6°   W 47° IT, thence southwards to
10°   W 56°30'   IT, thece westwards to        6°   W 46° 30 * IT, thence eastwards to
12°   W 56° 30'  N, thece southwards to        5°   W 46° 30' IT, thence southwards to
12° W 54° 30' A.                               5°   W 46° IT, thence eastwards to
                                               4®   W 46° IT, thence southwards to
                                               4° W 45° IT, thence eastwards to
                                               2° W 45° N, thence southwards .
 ---pagebreak---                                               uaSR
       USSR fishing quotas for the period 1,7.1977 to 30.9.1977 .
The zones concerned axe those defined lay the International Council for the
Exploration of the Seas ( ICES) or defined in the Annex to the Convention
 establishing the International Commission for the North-West Atlantic
Fisheries Commission ( ICUAP) , in so far as they are situated in the fishing
 zones of the Member States extending up to 200 nautical miles from coasts
bordering on the North Sea and the Atlantic , and covered by Community rules
on fisheries .
                                          Zone                                   Quant ity
      Species                                                                     (tons )
Haddock                IV                                                          5085
Saithe                 IV                                                          5525
Mackerel               IV                                                           713
Mackerel              VI A as far as it extends west of the line
                      defined in footnote (l ) "below. VI B                         876
Mackerel              VII C , VII K, VII J as far as it extends
                       south of 50° 30' north latitude , VII H                     4908
Mackerel              VIII as far as it extends west of the line
                      defined in footnote (2 ) below                                516
Horse Mackerel        VI A as far as it extends west of the line
                      defined in footnote (l ) below, VI B                          206
Horse Mackerel        VII C , VII K, VII J as far as it extends south
                      of 50° 30 * north latitude , VII H                           6929
Horse Mackerel        VIII as far as it extends west of the line
                      defined in footnote (2) below                                4978
Roundnose
  Crenadier           1 ( ICHAF)                                                    760
Greenland
   Halibut            1 ( ICMF)                                                    2350
Whiting               IV                                                            850
(l) The line originating in point :            (2 ) The line originating in point
     6° W 60° IT,    tnence southwards to           8®  W 48® IT, thence southwards to
     6®  w 58® 30' IT, thence    westwards to       8® W 47° IT» thence eastwards to
    10°  ;; 58° 30 * N, thence   southwards to      6® W 47°       thence southwards to
    10°  w 56° 30 » IT, thence   westwards to       6® W 46°30' IT, thence eastwards to
    12®  v 56°30' IT. thence     southwards to      5® W 4o°30' IT, thence southwards to
    12®  W 54® 30' IT.                              5® w 46® IT, thence eastwards to
                                                    4° W 46® IT, thence southwards to
                                                    4° W 45®       thence eastwards to
                                                    2® *ïT 45® 3", thence southwards.
 ---pagebreak---                                  Al-IBEX 2
Information to be provided by non-member countries :
         a) name of the vessel ;
         b ) registration number and external identification letters
               and number :
         c)   call sign and radio frequency;
         d)   port of registration;
         e)   name and address of the owner or charterer;
         f)   the name and address of agents appointed and maintained
              within the relevant Member States possessing the authority
              to receive and respond to any legal process issued in that
              Member State :
         g)   naine and address of the master ;
         h)   gross tonnage and overall length:
         i)   engine power ;
         j)   hold capacity;
         k)   type and number of fishing gear on board:
         l)   processing equipment on board;
         m)   navigational equipment on board ;
         n)   intended method of fishing;
         o ). intended area of fishing;
         p)   intended species of fishing; and
         q)   the period for which a lioence is requested.