CELEX: 31977R1414
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1414/77 of 27 June 1977 laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Sweden

No L 160/ 14                         Official Journal of the European Communities                              30 . 6. 77
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1414/77
                                                     of 27 June 1977
              laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of
                       fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Sweden
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    mile fishing zones of the Member States situated off
COMMUNITIES,                                                   the North Sea and Atlantic coasts and covered by
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Community rules on fisheries, and the places where
Economic Community,                                            such catches may be made, are laid down in the
                                                               Annex .
Having regard to the Act of Accession,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas the Council adopted, on 3 November 1976, a
set of resolutions concerning certain external and             The fishing quotas shall be granted subject to compli­
internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ;              ance with the conservation measures and supervisory
Whereas in Regulation (EEC) No 373/77 ( ! ) the                 measures and other provisions governing fishing in
Council laid down, for the period 1 January to 31               the zones referred to in Article 1 .
March 1 977, certain interim measures for the conserva­
tion and management of fishery resources applicable
to vessels flying the flag of certain non-member coun­                                  Article 3
tries ;
Whereas the application of Regulation (EEC) No                  Member States shall take measures to ensure, as far as
373/77 was extended, in respect of Sweden, in Regula­           possible, the enforcement of Articles 1 and 2 as
tion (EEC) No 747/77 (2), for a period of three                 regards the maritime waters coming under their sover­
months ;                                                        eignty or falling under their jurisdiction, including in
                                                                particular regular inspection of the vessels of non­
Whereas a Framework Agreement on fisheries has                  member countries .
been concluded between the European Economic
Community and Sweden ;                                          In this connection, Member States and the Commis­
Whereas the consultations now being held under the              sion shall communicate to each other the information
Framework Agreement in order to lay down the rules              required for compliance with this Regulation, with
governing fishing, in particular in the Community               regard in particular to the monitoring of the volume
fishing zone, have not yet been completed ;                     of catches taken by vessels from the non-member
                                                                countries concerned .
Whereas, pending the outcome of these consultations,
it is therefore necessary to adopt further interim
measures for a three-month period,                                                      Article 4
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                         Article 1
                                                                following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                                the European Communities.
The only catches which Sweden is authorized to make
from 1 July to 30 September 1977 in the 200-nautical            It shall apply until 30 September 1977.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Luxembourg, 27 June 1977.
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                             The President
                                                                                J. SILKIN
(•) OJ No L 53, 25. 2. 1977, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 90, 8 . 4. 1977, p. 8 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
             Quantities which may be caught by vessels flying the flag of Sweden, by species and
                                                                   fishing area
             The zones concerned are those defined by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
             (ICES) or defined in the Annex to the Convention establishing the International Commission for the
             North-West Atlantic Fisheries Commission (ICNAF), 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.
                         Species                                            Zone                           Quantity
                                                                                                           (tonnes)
            Haddock                               IV                                                          350
            Sprat                                 IV                                                        1 490
            Mackerel                              IV                                                        1 063
            Whiting                               IV                                                          225
            Ling                                  VI A as far as it extends west of the line defined in
                                                  footnote (') below, VI B                                    500
            Herring                               IV                                                    token entry
            (') The line originating in point :
                 6° W 60° N thence southwards to
                 6° W  58° 30 ' N, thence westwards to
                10° W  58° 30'  N, thence southwards to
                10° W  56° 30'  N, thence westwards to
                12° W  56° 30'  N, thence southwards to
                12° W 54° 30' N.