CELEX: 31977R1709
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-26 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1709/77 of 26 July 1977 extending, as regards Spain, 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 189/8                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               29 . 7 . 77
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1709/77
                                                      of 26 July 1977
              extending , as regards Spain , 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                                     same proportionally as those granted to it during the
COMMUNITIES,                                                    period 1 January to 31 March 1977.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           2. The fishing quotas shall be granted          subject to
Economic Community,                                             compliance with the conservation measures      and super­
Having regard to the Act of Accession,                          visory measures and other provisions            governing
                                                                fishing in the zones referred to in Article 1  of Regula­
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,              tion (EEC) No 373/77.
Whereas the Council adopted, on 3 November 1976, a
set of resolutions concerning certain external and                                      Article 3
internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ;
                                                                 1.    Fishing within the zone referred to in Article 1
Whereas in Regulation (EEC) No 373/77 (') the                   of Regulation (EEC) No 373 /77 by vessels flying the
Council laid down , for the period 1 January to 31              flag of Spain shall be subject to the granting of a
March 1977, certain interim measures for the conserva­
                                                                licence on behalf of the Community by the authori­
tion and management of fishery resources applicable             ties of the Member State holding the Presidency of
to vessels flying the flag of certain non-member coun­          the Council .
tries, and in particular Spain ;
Whereas in Regulations (EEC) No 746/77 (2) and                  2.     Each licence shall be valid for one vessel only
(EEC) No 1416/77 (3) the Council extended the appli­            for a period not extending beyond 30 September 1977
cation of certain provisions of Regulation (EEC) No             and for the species of fish indicated in the licence
373 /77 ;                                                       within the quantitative and geographical limits
                                                                referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the above Regulations were adopted in order             373/ 77 .
to establish interim measures pending the conclusion
of negotiations between the Community and these                  3 . The maximum number of vessels permitted to
countries, and in particular Spain, with a view to               fish in a given geographical zone is specified in the
concluding Framework Agreements on fisheries ;                  Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 746/77.
Whereas the negotiations with Spaiif have not yet
been concluded, and it is therefore necessary to                                         Article 4
extend, in respect of that country, the application of
Regulation (EEC) No 373/77 for a period of two
months,                                                         When an application for a licence is submitted to the
                                                                authorities referred to in Article 3, the following infor­
                                                                 mation shall be supplied :
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                   (a) name of the vessel ;
                                                                (b) registration number and external identification
                           Article 1                                 letters and numbers ;
In Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 373/77 the date            (c) port of registration ;
'31 July 1977' shall be replaced by '30 September               (d) name and address of the owner or charterer ;
 1977'.
                                                                (e) gross tonnage and overall length ;
                           Article 2
                                                                (f) engine power ;
                                                                (g) call sign and radio frequency ;
 1 . The fishing quotas granted to Spain for the                (h) intended method of fishing ;
period 1 August to 30 September 1977 shall be the
                                                                (i) intended area of fishing ;
(') OJ No L 53, 25. 2. 1977, p. 1 .                             (j) species intended to be fished ;
(2) OJ No L 90, 8 . 4. 1977, p. 8 .
(3 ) OJ No L 160, 30 . 6 . 1977, p. 18 .                        (k) period for which licence is requested.
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                        Article 5                            regard in particular to the monitoring of the volume
                                                             of catches taken by vessels from the non-member
The Member States shall take measures to ensure, as          countries concerned .
far as possible, the enforcement of Articles 1 , 2 and 3
as regards the maritime waters coming under their
sovereignty or falling under their jurisdiction,                                    Article 6
including in particular regular inspection of the
vessels of non-member countries .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                             following its publication in the Official Journal of
In this connection , Member States and the Commis­           the European Communities.
sion shall communicate to each other the information
required for compliance with this Regulation, with           It shall apply until 30 September 1977.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 26 July 1977.
                                                                        For the Council
                                                                          The President
                                                                          H. SIMONET