CELEX: 51979PC0788
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Date: 1980-01-11
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3179/78 concerning the conclusion by the European Economic Community of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                       Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3179/ 78 concerning the conclusion by the
 European Economic Community of the Convention on Future Multilateral
             Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(79 ) 788 final
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
At its first Annual Meeting on 7 June 1979 "the General' Council of the
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization adopted amendments to Annex III       ~~
of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest
Atlantic Fisheries , pursuant to Article XX , paragraph 2 of the same Convention .
These amendments affect the delimitation of the boundary between the statistical
subareas covering the waters "between the, West coast of Greenland and the coast
of Canada . Corresponding Changes should "be made to the text of the Convention
aa it appears in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3179/78."
 ---pagebreak---                             Proposal for a Council Regulation
                         amending Regulation (EEC) No 3179/78
                 concerning the conclusion "by the European Economic
                 Community of the Convention on Future Multilateral
                 Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Communities , and in
particular Article 103 thereof ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 31 79/78 of 28 December 1978
concerning the conclusion by the European Economic Community of the
Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic '
Fisheries ( l ),
                 .V    '  -                .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                  ;
Whereas on 7 June 1979 "the General Council of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Organization adopted with effect from 1 January 1980 amendments to Annex III
of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic
Fisheries , pursuant to Article XX , paragraph 2 of the same Convention ,
concerning the delimitation of the boundary between the statistical subareas
covering the waters between the West coast of Greenland and the coast of .
Canada :
                     r
Whereas it is appropriate that the Community amend the text of the Convention
as it appears in Regulation (EEC) No 31 79/78 ;
Whereas having regard to the above-mentioned date it is necessary to adopt this
Regulation as an interim measure on the basis of Article 103 of the Treaty ,
subject to it being included at a later date in the common agricultural policy ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: ,
( 1 ) OJ No L 378 of 30.12.78 . p. 1
 ---pagebreak---                                         - 2 -
                                       Article 1
  . Paragraphs . 1(a ). and 2(a ) of Annex III to the Convention on Future
   Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries , published in .
    the annex of Regulation (EE£) No 3179/78* shall be amended as shown
    in the Annex to this Regulation .            -              •
                                      Article 2
                                     ι                        -               .  ,
                                \                 •     - '                 .
         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
    publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
         This Regulation shall apply until it is, replaced by a Regulation adopted
' under Article 43 of the Treaty, but in any case not beyond 31 December 1980 .
                  • *   ;                           ' '                   '              '• ;
   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
 'all Member States .
                   •
   Done at Brussels ,      /                                ,     .  For the Council ,
                                                                    - the President .
                                   /                                  '
                                                                                       4
 ---pagebreak---                                                                      Annex
F&ragraph 1(a) of Annex III to the Convention shall read as follows
" 1 ( a ) Subarea 0
              That portion of the Convention Area bounded on the
   south by a line extending due east from a point at 61 00 Q
   north latitude and 65°00' west longitude to a point at 61 00'
   north latitude and 59 00' west longitude , thence in a gouth-
   easterly direction along a rhumb line to a point at 60 L 2 *
   north latitude and 57 13' west longitude ; thence bounded on
   the east by a series of geodesic lines joining the following
 . points i
            Point No .           Lati tude           Longitude
                1                60 12'0              57 13 Ό
                2                 61°00 ' 0           57°13'1
                3                 62°00 ' 5           57°2 1 ' ;i
                4                 62°02 ' 3           57°2 1 ' |3
                5                 62°0 3 ' 5          57°2 2 * |2
                6                 62°11 ' 5           57°25' >1
                7                 62°47 ' 2           57°4 1 ' 0
                 8                63°22 ' 8           57°57 ' 4
                 9                6 3°28 ' 6          57°59 7
               10                 6 3°35 ' 0          5B°02     0
                                  6 3°37 ' 2          SS'-'Ol ' 2
               11 .                                   57°58 ' 8
               12                 63°44 ' 1
               13                 6 3°S0 " 1          57°57 ' 2
               14                 63°52 ' 6            57°56 ' 6
                                  63°57 ' 4            57°5 3 ' 5 •
               15                                      57°4 9 ' 1
               16                 64°04 ' 3
                                  64°12'2              57°48 ' 2
               17                                      57°44 • 1
               18                 65°06' 0
                                  65°08 ' 9            57°4 V 9
               19                                      r>7'M4 ' 4
               20                  60 1 1*6
                                   6S°1 4 ' 5          57'M r> * 1
               21                                      57°4S '8
               22                                      57044-9
               23                  65°2 3 ' 3
                                   65°34 ' 8           57042-3
                24                                     57041 • 9
                25
                                   65°37 ' 7
                                   65°50 ' 9           57040*7
                26                                      57°4 0 ' 6
                27
                                   6 5°51 ' 7
                                   65°57 ' 6            57040*1
                28                                      57°39 ' 6
                29
                                   66°0 3 ' 5
                                   66°1 2 ' 9           57°38 ' 2
                30                                      57°37 * 8
                31                  66°18 ' 8
                                    66°24 ' 6           57°37 ' 8
                32                                      57°38*3
                33                  66°30 ' 3
                                    66°36 ' 1            57°39 * 2
                34                                    : 57°39*6
                35                  66°37 ' 9
                                    66°4 1 ' 8           57°40 ' 6
                36
                                    6694 9 ' 5           57°4 3 * 0
                37                                       57°52 ' 7
                38                  67^21*6
                                    67°27 ' 3            57°S4 ' 9
                 39                                      57°55 ' 3
                 40  -               67°28 1 3
                                     67°29 ' 1           57°56*1
                 41                                      5'7°57 ' 8
                 42                  67°30 ' 7
                                     67°35 ' 3           58°02 ' 2
                 43                                      58°06 * 2
                 44                  67°39 ' 7
                                     67°4 4 ' 2          58°09 ' 9
                 45                                       58°19 ' 8
                 46                  67°56 1 9
                                     68°01 ' 8            58°2 3 ' 3
                 47                                       58°25'0
                 48                  68°04 ' 3
                                     68°06 ' 8            58°26 ' 7
                 49                                       58°27 ' 2
                 50                   68°07 ' 5
                                      68°16 ' 1           58°34'1
                 51                                       58°39 ' 0
                 52                   68°21 ' 7
                                      68°25 ' 3           58°4 2 ' 4
                 53                                       59°01 ' 8
                  54                  68°32'9
                                      68°34 ' 0           59°04 ' 6
                  55
 ---pagebreak---        Point No .               -          Latitude                                Longitude
          56                                 68 37 ' 9                              59°14'3
          57                                 68°38 ' 0                              59°14 '.6
          58                                 68 ô 56'8                              60 o 02'4
         59                 1                6 9°00 ' 8                    -        60°09 ' 0
         60                      '           69°06 ' 8                              60°18 ' 5 '
         61                                  69°10 ' 3                              60°2 3 1 8
         62                          ,       69°12'8                                60°2 7 ' 5
         63                                  69°29 ' 4                              60°51'6
         C4                                  69°49 ' 8                            . 60°58 ' 2
         65                            -     69°5 5 ' 3                      ■_     60°59*6
         66                                  69°55 1 8        .       "             61°00'0
         67                                  70°01 1 6                              61° 04 ' 2
         68                                  70°07 ' 5                              6 1°08 ' 1
         69                                  70°08 ' 8 "         ,       .          6 1°08 ' 8
         70                                  70°1 3 ' 4                             61°10' 6
         71       v                          70°3 3 ' 1                         ' 61°17 ' 4
         72                                  70°35*6                                6 1°20 ' 6
         73                                  70°4 8 ' 2                             61°37 1 9
         74                                  70°51 ' 8                              61°42 ' 7
       - 75                                  71°12 ' 1                              62°09 ' 1
              76                              7118 ' 9                               6 2°17 ' 5
              77                              71°25 ' 9                              62°2 5 ' 5
              78                               71°29'4                               62°29 ' 3
              79           .                   7 1°3 1 ' 8                           62°32 ' 0
              80                               71°3 2 1 9                            62°33 ' 5
              81                               71°44 ' 7                             62°49 ' 6
              82                               71°47 ' 3    -                        62°53 ' 1
              83                       •       71°52 ' 9                             6 3°0 3 ' 9
              84                               72°01 ' 7                             6 3°2 1 ' 1
              85                               72°06'4                               63°30 ' 9     '
              86                               72°1 1 ' 0                            6 3°4 1 ' 0
              87        : .                    72°24 ' 8 ;                           64°13'2
              88                         •     72°30 ' 5                             64°26'1
              89      -  '                     72°36 '3          '. '                64°38 ' 8
              90                               72°4 3 ' 7        –                   64°54*3 -
              91              1                72°4 5 ' 7                            64°58'4
              92                               72°4 7 ' 7                            65°00'9
              93                               7 2°50 ' 8      .                 : 65°07 ' 6
           . 94 >                              73°18 ' 5                              66°08 '3
              95                               73°25 ' 9                              66°25'3
              96                               73°31 ' 1               -
              97                               7 3°36 ' 5                             68°05'5
              98                                7 3°37 ' 9                            68°12*3
              99 -                       *     7 3°4 1 ' 7                            68°29 ' 4
            100                                 7 3°46 ' 1                            68°48 ' 5
            101                                 73°46 * 7                             6 8°51 ' 1
            102                    .            73°52 ' 3                             69°11 ' 3
            103                                 73°57 ' 6                             69°31 ' 5
         . 104 •                                74°02 ' 2                             69°50 ' 3
            105                                 74°02 ' 6                             69°52 ' 0
            106                                 74°06 1 1 -                        , 70°06 ' 6
            107     .                      • 74°07'5                       '   .      70°12 ' 5
            108                             . 74°10'0                                 70°23'1
            109                                 74°12 ' 5                             70° 3 3 '7 .
            110                                 74°24 1 0                             71°25'7 .
            111                                 74°28 ' 6              "              71°4 5 ' 8
             112                                74°44 ' 2                             72°53 ' 0
             113                              ■ 74°50 ' 6        ^           '        73°02 ' 8
             114                                75°00 ' 0                             73°16 ' 3
        ^ 115                 t                 75°05 '                             , 73°30 '
and thence due north to the parallel of 78°10' north la'titude ;
and bounded on the west by a line beqinning at 61°00' north lati­
tude and 65°00' west longitude and extending in a northwesterly .
direction along a rhumb line to the coast of Baffin Island at East
Bluff ( 61°55' north latitude and 66°20 * west longitude ), and thence
in a northerly direction along the coast of Baffin Island , By lot
Island , Devon Island and Ellesmere Island and following the meri­
dian of 80° west longitude in the waters between those islands to
78°10' north latitude ; and bounded on the north by the parallel of
78°10' north latitude . " -
 ---pagebreak--- Paragraph 2(a) of Annex III to the Convention shall read as follows
h 2 (a) Subarea 1          ■                  ^
            That portion of the Convention Area lying to the east of
  Subarea 0 and to the north and gast of a rhumb line joining a point
  at 60 12' north latitude and 57 13' west longitude with a point at
  52 15' north latitude and 42 00 * west longitude . •-
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