CELEX: 31978R1744
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-24 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1744/78 of 24 July 1978 extending certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Spain, to 30 September 1978

27. 7 . 78                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 203 / 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1744/78
                                                        of 24 July 1978
               extending certain interim measures for the conservation and management of
               fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Spain , to 30 September
                                                              1978
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        them as interim measures on the basis of Article 103
COMMUNITIES ,                                                      of the Treaty, subject to their being included at a later
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              date in the common agricultural policy,
Economic Community, and in particular Article 103
thereof,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the Council adopted, on 3 November 1976, a                                         Article 1
set of resolutions concerning certain external and
internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ;                  The only catches which vessels flying the flag of
                                                                   Spain are authorized to make during the period from
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1376/78 ('), the
                                                                   1 August to 30 September 1978 in the 200 nautical
Council most recently extended until 31 July 1978 , as
                                                                   mile fishing zones of the Member States situated off
regards vessels flying the flag of Spain , certain provi­          the North Sea and Atlantic coasts and covered by
sions of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 373/77 of 24
                                                                   Community rules on fisheries are those of the species
February 1977 laying down certain interim measures
                                                                   set out in the Annex, within the quantitative limits
for the conservation and management of fishery                     laid down therein and caught under the conditions
resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of                 laid down in Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC) No
certain non-member countries (2) ;                                 341 / 78 .
Whereas, pending the conclusion in the near future of
a framework agreement between the Community and                                            Article 2
Spain , interim measures should be laid down for still a
further period ;                                                   Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 7 of Regula­
Whereas the rules for the surveillance of fishing have             tion (EEC) No 341 /78 , licences delivered under that
been established since the entry into force of Council             Regulation shall remain valid until 30 September
                                                                   1978 .
Regulation (EEC) No 341 /78 of 20 February 1978
laying down certain interim measures for the conserva­             New requests for licences may be submitted to replace
tion and management of fishery resources applicable                licences returned to the Commission .
to vessels flying the flag of Spain (3) by the provisions
of that Regulation and it would be appropriate to like­
                                                                                           Article 3
wise extend these provisions ;
Whereas     this  set   of measures     must    be  extended       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
without delay and it is therefore necessary to adopt               1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 24 July 1978 .
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                                   J. ERTL
(') OJ No L 167, 24. 6. 1978 , p. 9.
(2) OJ No L 53, 25. 2. 1977, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 49, 21 . 2. 1978 , p. 1 .
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                                                                           ANNEX
             1 . Fishing quotas for the period 1 August to 30 September 1978 :
                                                                                                              ICES                  Quantities
                                                         Species                                            division               (in tonnes)
                   Hake                                                                                       VI                        206
                                                                                                              VII                       702
                                                                                                             VIII                       849
                  Other species taken as by-catches of hake fishing in                                        VI                        412
                   accordance with Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No                                    VII                     1 404
                   341 / 78                                                                                  VIII                     1 698
                   Anchovy                                                                                   VIII                       280
             2. Number of standard-vessel ( l ) licences that may be issued for each ICES zone
                                                                                                             ICES                  Number of
                                                    Type of fishing                                         division            standard vessels
                  (a) Hake                                                                                   VI                         14
                                                                                                             VII                        50
                                                                                                             VIII                       57
                  (b) Anchovy                                                                                VIII                      140
                  (c) Fishing exclusively with rods from vessels not                                         VIII                       60
                       exceeding 50 grt ; these vessels may not carry any
                       other fishing gear on board
            3 . Maximum number of standard vessels ( x ) which may fish simultaneously in any given
                  zone for which a licence has been obtained
                                                                                                              Number of standard vessels
                  Vessels carrying out the type of fishing referred to in
                  point 2 (a)
                                                  VI                                                                        9
                  ICES division                   VII                                                                     32
                                                  VIII                                                                    44
                  Vessels referred to in point 2 (c)                                                                      50
            (') A standard vessel is a vessel with a brake horse-power not exceeding 800 bhp . If the brake horse-power is greater than 800 bhp the
                following conversion factors will be applied :
                — vessels exceeding 800 but not exceeding 1 100 bhp «= 1.75,
                — vessels exceeding 1 100 but not exceeding I 500 bhp = 2.25 .