CELEX: 31977R0746
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-05 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 746/77 of 5 April 1977 extending the application for Spain, Finland and Portugal of certain provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 373/77 laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of certain non-member countries

No L 90/ 8                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 8 . 4. 77
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 746/77
                                                       of 5 April 1977
             extending the application for Spain , Finland and Portugal of certain provisions
              of Regulation (EEC) No 373/77 laying down certain interim measures for the
              conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying
                                       the flag of certain non-member countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                               Article 2
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                  1 . The fishing quotas granted to Spain, Finland and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Portugal for the period 1 April to 30 June 1977 shall
Economic Community,                                              be the same as those granted to them during the
                                                                 period 1 January to 31 March 1977.
Having regard to the Act of Accession (J ),
                                                                  2. The fishing quotas shall be granted          subject to
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               compliance with the conservation measures       and super­
                                                                 visory measures and other provisions             governing
Whereas the Council adopted, on 3 November 1976, a                fishing in the zones referred to in Article 1  of Regula­
set of resolutions concerning certain external and                tion (EEC) No 373/77.
internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ;
Whereas in Regulation (EEC) No 373/77 (2) the                                             Article 3
Council laid down, for the period 1 January to 31
March 1977, certain interim measures for the conserva­            Fishing within the zones referred to in Article 1 of
tion and management of fishery resources applicable,              Regulation (EEC) No 373/77 by vessels flying the flag
in particular, to vessels flying the flag of Spain,               of Spain or of Portugal shall be subject to the granting
Finland or Portugal ;                                             of a licence on behalf of the Community by the
                                                                  authorities of the Member State holding the Presid­
Whereas the negotiations between the Community                    ency of the Council of the European Communities.
and these countries for the conclusion of framework               The number of licences which may be issued for
agreements on fisheries are still in progress or are              these vessels is laid down in the Annex .
about to begin ; whereas, therefore, the consultations
which should be held pursuant to the framework
agreements in order to lay down the rules governing                                       Article 4
fishing, in particular in the Community fishing zone,
have not yet been started ;
                                                                  When an application for a licence is submitted to the
Whereas, consequently, pending these consultations,               authorities referred to in Article 3, the following infor­
the application of Regulation (EEC) No 373/77                     mation shall be supplied :
should be extended for the said countries for a period
of three months, subject to any provisions which may              (a) name of the vessel ;
be adopted by the Council in the light of the outcome             (b) registration number and external identification
of the consultations to be held following the conclu­                 letters and numbers ;
sion of framework agreements,
                                                                  (c) port of registration ;
                                                                  (d) gross tonnage and overall length ;
                                                                  (e) call sign .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                           Article 5
                           Article I
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 373/77 '31 March              publication in the Official Journal of the European
 1977' shall be replaced by '30 June 1977'.                        Communities.
(!) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(2) OJ No L 53, 25 . 2. 1977, p. 1 .                              It shall apply from 1 April until 30 June 1977.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Luxembourg, 5 April 1977.
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                             The President
                                                                               D. OWEN
                                                     ANNEX
          Maximum number of vessels and vessel types permitted to fish at the same time in a given
                                zone for which a licence has been obtained
                                                      Type of vessel                         Number
                  Zone
                                                                                             of vessels
                                             (horsepower or tonnage (GRT))
          SPAIN
          VI   ICES         Not greater than 1 000 hp          Not greater than 1 000 tonnes       2
          VII ICES          Not greater than   700 hp          Not greater than   500 tonnes     30
          VIII ICES         Not greater than   700 hp          Not greater than   500 tonnes     92
                                                                                                124
          PORTUGAL
          1 ICNAF                                              Between 2 000
                                                               and 3 500 tonnes                    1