CELEX: 31977R2366
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-25
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2366/77 of 25 October 1977 laying down the interim measures for the conservation and management of North Sea herring

No L 277/8                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          29 . 10 . 77
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2366/77
                                                     of 25 October 1977
               laying down the interim measures for the conservation and management of
                                                     North Sea herring
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      extended until 31 December 1977 pending a review
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    of the situation ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                                        Article 1
350/77 of 18 February 1977 laying down certain
interim measures for the conservation and manage­                The catch quotas authorized for direct fishing of
ment of fishery resources ( ! ), as last amended by Regu­        North Sea herring in sub-zone IV and division VII (d)
lation (EEC) No 1 673/77 (2), and in particular Article          defined by the International Council for the Explora­
 1 (2) thereof,                                                  tion of the Sea (ICES) are fixed at zero up to 31
                                                                 December 1977 for all Member States.
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas      scientific   estimates      indicate  that  the                           Article 2
extremely precarious situation of the North Sea
 herring stock persists ; whereas, consequently, the ban         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
on herring fishing in the North Sea should be                     1977 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Luxembourg, 25 October 1977.
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                              A. HUMBLET
0 ) OJ No L 48 , 19 . 2. 1977, p. 28 .
(2) OJ No L 186, 26 . 7 . 1977, p . 30 .