CELEX: 51980PC0029
Language: en
Date: 1980-02-08
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) LAYING DOWN CERTAIN INTERIM MEASURES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FISHERY RESOURCES OFF THE WEST GREENLAND COAST APPLICABLE TO VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF CANADA OR UNDER CHARTER TO COMPANIES REGISTERED IN CANADA (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            COM(80)29 final
                                            Brussels . 8th February 1980
                PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
     LAYING DOWN CERTAIN INTERIM MEASURES FOR THE CONSERVATION
 AND MANAGEMENT OF     . {  FISHERY RESOURCES OFF THE WEST GREENLAND
        COAST APPLICABLE TO VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF CANADA
         OR UNDER CHARTER TO COMPANIES REGISTERED IN CANADA
            ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
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 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
  The purpose of this proposal is to permit fishing in Community waters off
  West Greenland, by Canadian vessels or vessels under charter to Canadian
  companies for a three–month period,- with effect from 1 February 1980 ,
  pending the outcome of consultations between the Community and Canada
  concerning the management of certain joint fish stocks occurring in these
  waters .
  In consultations held from 5 "to 10 December 1979 delegations from the Community
  and Canada agreed upon the extension for 1980 of their Agreement on Fisheries ;
  concluded in 1979 * An agreement in the form of an exchange of letters providing
  for provisional application of the extended Agreement was initialled by the
  Community on 10 December 1979       "th® Commission has submitted a recommendation
  for signature and approval of this Agreement to the Council . Canadian authorities
  will authorise fishing by Community vessels in Canadian waters from the date at
  which the Council decides to sign the Agreement .
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  The consultations held at the same time between the parties concerning the
  management of certain joint fish stocks occurring in the Davis Strait and
  Baffin Bay were , however , not concluded, and will continue on 28 January',1980. .
  Pending arrangement upon definitive arrangements concerning these joint stocks '
  for the year 1980 , and taking into account the fact that the Canadian autho-v
  rities have agreed to authorise fishing by - Community vessels in Canadian waters ,
  $.s soon as the Council decides to sign the initialled Agreement t the Commission
  considers it necessary for the Community to allow limited reciprocal fishing
. by Canadian vessels in West Greenland waters .
  The Canadian authorities have made their Agreement to a joint management or
  arrangement conditional upon the Community 's acceptance that a number of
  Norwegian and Faeroese vessels under charter to Canadian companies be permitted
  to fish allocations to Canada . It has been emphasised by Canada that the use of
  chartered vessels is a temporary arrangement with a view to facilitating the
  development of Canadian fishing operations in these waters , which will not
  extend beyond the year 1980 . In view of the possibilities which the Community
  has under these arrangements to make over part of its own allocation in
  Canadian waters from these joint stocks to non-Community vessels , the Commission
  believes that it is in the Community ^ interest to accede to the Canadian
  request .
 ---pagebreak---                                   - 2 -
The Commission proposes that the allocation to Canada for the three month,
period in question be - limited to 25$ of the 1979 allocations to Canada in
Community waters . Canada will in exchange allow Community vessels to fish
a similar share of their 1979 quotas in Canadian waters .
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposal for a                               '
    '                    Council Regulation ( EEC )                              ,
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                 . laying down certain interim measures for the .
                   conservation and management of               fishery
                   resources off the West Greenland coast applicable
                   to vessels flying the flag of Canada or under
                   charter to companies registered in Canada .                           f
THE COUNCIL OF THE "EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
                                                                 '   /               *
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and
in particular Article 103 thereof, .                  •-        \                                " ■
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                          •»                   .  ■ ,              •   ..
Whereas on 3 November 1976 the Councrl adopted a set of resolutions concerning
certain external and internal aspects, of the common fisheries policy; *.
Whereas the Community and Canada have initialled an Agreement providing for the
extension of their Agreement on fisheries signed on 28 June .1979 until 31 December
19S0 ,- -and have held consultations concerning their mutual fishing allocations for
1980 ; -                   ' . •                                       ,   ,       -
Whereas with respect to               fishery resources , off the West Greenland coast these
consultations have not yet been concluded ;                                            ■     , "
                                                                                              %
   ereas the delegations from the two Parties have agreed on the adoption of an'interim
arrangement pending the oot 'o.r.e 6f their consultations , by whi ch they recommend to
their authorities that vessels from either Party may fish in the waters under
the fisheries jurisdiction of the other Party in NAFO subareas 0 and 1 ;
Whereas it is therefore appropriate that the Community permit fishing in Community
waters by vessels flying the flag of Canada or under charter to companies registered
 in Canada to continue for a limited period ;
                                                                          • •   ^                    ' '
Whereas in order to allow reciprocal fishing to be pursued without undue delay it is :
necessary to establish this regime as an interim measure on the basis of Article 103
                                                 »           ».
 of the Treaty ,                   ''                                                      •
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                    " :
 ---pagebreak---                                          Article      1
  1 . The area to which this Regulation applies shall be the part of the fishery
         zone ■ of Denmark situated within subarea 1
                     as defined by the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation1
        in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries / limited to the north by the parallel
        of 68° N latitude , and to the west by a line drawn parallel to and at a
        distance of 12 nautical miles from the baselines from which the territorial waters i
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              of Greenland is measured .                                                                                                     j
 2 . - The catches which vessels flying the flag of Canada or under charier to Canadian
       corr.pc.nics shall be auth6rized . to . take in the period 1 February to 30 April 1980
        in the area defined in paragraph" 1 shall be limited to the quotas laid down in Annex 1
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 3 . . Notwithstanding paragraph t, unavoidable by-catches of a species for
        which no quota is established in a zone shall be permitted within the
        limits fixed in the conservation measures in force in the zone concerned ."
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  1.    Vessels fishing for the quotas established in                                 ' -             Article 1
        shall comply with the conservation and control measures and all " other
        provisions governing fishing activities in the-zones referred to in
        Article 1 , including the reporting procedures .                           . '                         '          '
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  2.    Vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall keep a logbook as specified in
        Annex II . The original of the logbook shall be kept on board the vessel .
     ■ The pinic ar.d blue ccpiesof the logbook shall be sent each month to the
         Commission of the European Communities at the latest by the last day of the ror.-th •
        for the preceding month .                                                                                                 -
. 3.    Vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall transmit to the Commission of t >>«
        2uro r"'*aTi Cccrounitien , in accordance with "the tules sot out in, Annex III , "the .
              *                      *                                                                     *            •   •       *•.'
        iriforr.ition specified in that Annex,-.        ' ' • ' ... '            ■;*'
 ---pagebreak--- The registration tetters and numbers of the vessels referred to in
paragraph 1 shall be clearly marked on both sides of the bow of the
vessel .                                                 .        •
                                  Article 3
Fishing' shell be permitted only where a licence Issued by the Commission
on behalf of the Community at the request of the Canadian authorities is
held on bo^rd and where the conditions set out in , the licence are observed .
The r.y-.ber of licences issued 1n accordance with paragraph 1 shall not
exceed twelve ,          ,            "                                            •
When an application for a licence is submitted .to the Commission, the
following information shall be supplied :
 ( a ) name of the vessel ; .        , .
 ( b ) registration number ; •
( c ) external identification letters and numbers ;
<d) port ; of registration;             ' % /'    1          ,
 ( e ) name and address of the owner or charterer ;                  *  *' 4
                                                                               \.
( f > gross tonnage and overall length ;
( g ) engine power ;-                                                          -
< h ) call sign and radio frequency;            ■          '     . . ■
 ( i ) intended method of fishing ;.
 ( j > intended, area of fishing ;                  ♦'             '
< k ) species which it is intended to fish ;           .       -             ' "...    ■' .
< l ) pL-riod for which a licence is requested .                       ,•        '   .
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Each licence shall be valid for one vesset onty , Where several vessels are .
taking part in the some fishing operation, each vessel . shall ue in posses ? \
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      The Danish authorities shall take appropri ate steps ,
      including the regular, Inspection of vessels, to ensure the enforcement of
'this Regulation .                             '             1
                                                  Article 5
     Where an infringement is duly found to have taken place , the Danish authorities'
'•shall , without delay , inform the Commission of the name of the vessel involved '
      and of any action which they have taken .                          .    .
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   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following Its publication
   in the . Official Journal of the European Communities .                                           .   "s
 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
   all Member States .     •                           •                               ■       -
 Done at Brussels,           •         ^ ;                       ,     For the council
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 ---pagebreak---                                                         ANNEX III
    1.     The information to be transmitted to the Commission and the timetable for its transmission are
           as follows :
    i-i - On each occasion the vessel enters :
            into the zone dc-fined in article 1 paragraph"!' : __
           ( a ) the information" specified under point 1.4 below ;                        1
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           (b) the i]uantity ( in kg) of each species o( fish in the hold ;         v
           (c) when and where fishing is to commence .                          .        ■
           In the event that the fishing operation requires repeated daily entries into the joint
           management zone , a single communication on first entering the, zone will suffice.
   1 . 2 .On each occasion the vessel leaves the zone after a previous notice of leaving of at least
           4S hours :
           ( a ) the information specified under point 1.4 below ;
           ' •>) the quantity ( in kg ) of each species of fish in the hold ;
            fc) the quantity ( in kg ; of each species caught since the previous transmission ;
          d ) ihr quantity ( in kg ) of each species transshipped since the vessel entered the Zone and the
                   identilicaiion of the vessel of transshipment ;
          e ) the quantity ( in kg) of each species landed in a port of the Community since the vessel
                    entered the zone ;
          "f ) the quantity (in kg) of discards specified by species since previous transmission.
                    In ihe event that the fishing operations require repeated daily exits from the joint
                    management / one , a single communication on the last exit will suffice .
 1.3 . At weekly intervals, commencing on the seventh day after the vessel first enters the zone :
             (a ) the information specified under point 1.4 below ;                                ( -
             (b ) the quantity (in kg) of each species caught since the previous transmission ;
  1.4 . (a) the name, call sign, identification numbers and letters of the vessel, and the name of the
                    nuster ;                                     .                            *
             ( b ) the licence number if the vessel is licensed to fish ;
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             ( c) the serial nuihber of the message ;
             (< i ) identification of the type of message ;
             (c ) the dale , the time and the geographical position of the vessel.
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.    2.1 . I he information specified under point 1 shall be transmitted to the Commission of the
              huropean Communities in Brussels (telex address 24189 FISF.U - B ) via one of the radio
             stations listed under point 3 below and in the- form specified under point 4.
     2.2. If it is impossible, for reasons of force majeure, for the message to be transmitted by the vessel,
              ii may be transmitted on the vessel 's behalf bv another vessel .
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 ---pagebreak---   Stme of radio station                                           Call sign of radio station
  Piins C_h ristin • *5 bund                                      OZN
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•    ! rrn : i»f communications
     The information specified under point 1 shall contain the following particulars, which shall be
      given in the following order :           .           -                                     ,
     – name of vessel :
      – cal ! sign ;                         •                                                     . .
      – external identification letters and numbers ;
      – Serial numcr of the message for the voyage in question ;             , ■
      – indication of the type of message according to the following code :
                message' – when yntering the zone : 'IN' ,      •
           – message – when leaving the zone : 'OUT' ,
           – weekly message : 'WKL' ;              . ■                             . ,•
      – the geographical position ;
      – the date on which fishing is expected to commence ;
       – the quantity (in kg) of each species of fish in the hold, using the code mentioned in point 5
            below ;               •              , _   .                       .
       – the quantity ( in kg) of each species discarded since the previous transmission using the code
            mentioned in point 5 below ; .
       – the quantity (in kg) of each species transshipped since the previous transmission ;           i
 ---pagebreak---      – the name and call sign of the vessel of transshipment ;                            *        .
     – the quantity ( in kg) of each species landed in a pon of the Community since the previous
         transmission :
     – the name of the master.
5. * The code to be used to indicate the quantities of fish on board as mentioned in point 4 above : %
     A Deep-water prawn ( Partdalus borealis)
     C Greenland halibut ( Rheinhardtius hippoglossoides)
     D Cod (Gadus morrhua)                                                            '
     L Haddock ( Mclanogrammus seglcfinus)
     F • Haîibut ( Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
     I    PvOund - no.sc grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris)
     j    S.iithc ( I'uiiachius virens )
     K Whuiiig ( N'erlangus merlangus)
      I\  Other