CELEX: 31977R2158
Language: en
Date: 1977-09-30
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2158/77 of 30 September 1977 laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of the USSR

30 . 9 . 77                               Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 250/ 13
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2158/77
                                                       of 30 September 1977
               laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of
                         fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of the USSR
THE CQUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                                  Article 2
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                    Fishing within the fishing zones referred to in Article
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                1 by vessels flying the flag of the USSR shall be
Economic Community,                                                 subject to the granting of a licence on behalf of the
                                                                    Community by the Commission and to observance of
Having regard to the Act of Accession,                              the conditions set out in the licence .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                             Article 3
Whereas the Council adopted, on 3 November 1976, a
set of resolutions concerning certain external and
internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ;                   When an application for a licence is submitted to the
                                                                    Commission, the following information shall be
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 1 94/77 (') the                      supplied :
Council laid down, for the period 1 January to 31
March 1 977, certain interim measures for the conserva­             (a) name of the vessel ;
tion and management of fishery resources applicable                 (b) registration number and external identification
to vessels flying the flag of the USSR, which were                       letters and numbers ;
subsequently extended by Regulations (EEC) No
745/77 (2), (EEC) No 11 72/77 (3) and (EEC) No                      (c) port of registration ;
 1413/77 (4);                                                       (d) gross tonnage and overall length ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1413/77 expired on 30                   (e) call sign .
September 1 977 ; whereas, however, account being
taken of the quantities of catches the allocation of
which has been accepted by the Community within                                              Article 4
 the framework of ICNAF in ICNAF zone 1 , it is
 necessary to authorize vessels flying the flag of the               1.    The maximum number of vessels of between
 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to continue to                 2 000 and 3 950 GRT permitted to fish at the same
 make certain catches in that zone,                                 time is laid down as seven .
                                                                     2.    Should vessels of a tonnage of less than 2 000
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      GRT be used, the .number of licences and the
                                                                     maximum number of vessels permitted to fish at the
                                                                    same time shall be calculated according to the
                             Article 1                              following conversion rates :
 1.     From 1 October until 30 November 1977 vessels               — up to 1 000 GRT : 2-5,
 flying the flag of the USSR shall be authorized to take            — 1 000 to 2 000 GRT : 1-5 .
 only the catches laid down in the Annex within the
 200-mile fishing zones of the Member States, situated
 off the North Sea and Atlantic coasts and covered by               The figure for the number of vessels obtained by the
 Community rules on fisheries .                                     above conversion rates shall, where appropriate, be
                                                                     rounded down to the nearest whole number.
 2. The fishing quotas shall be granted               subject to
compliance with the conservation measures            and super­
visory measures and other provisions                  governing                              Article 5
 fishing in the zones referred to in Article 1       of Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 194/77.                                               Each licence shall be valid for one vessel only for a
                                                                    period not extending beyond 30 November 1977 and
(>)  OJ  No L 25 , 29 . 1 . 1977, p . 46.                            for the species of fish indicated on the licence within
(2)  OJ  No L 90 , 8 . 4. 1977, p . 7 .
(J ) OJ  No L  137, 3 . 6 . 1977, p. 13 .                           the quantitative and geographical limits referred to in
(<)  OJ  No L  160, 30 . 6. 1977, p . 8 .                           the Annex .
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                         Article 6                                regard in particular to the monitoring of the volume
                                                                  of catches taken by vessels from the USSR.
Member States shall take measures to ensure, as far as
possible, the enforcement of Articles 1 to 5 as regards
the maritime waters coming, jupder their sovereignty                                      Article 7
or falling under their jurisdiction, including in parti­
cular regular inspection of t|ie vessels of the USSR.             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 November 1977.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 30 September 1977.
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                               The President
                                                                               A. HUMBLET
                                                          ANNEX
                       USSR fishing quotas for the period from 1 October to 30 November 1977
              The zones concerned are those defined in the Annex to the Convention establishing the Interna­
              tional Commission for the North-West Atlantic Fisheries Commission (ICNAF), in so far as they are
              situated in the fishing zones of the Member States extending up to 200 nautical miles from coasts
              bordering on the North Sea and the Atlantic, and covered by Community rules on fisheries.
                              Species                             Zone                         Quantity
                                                                                                (tonnes)
              Roundnose grenadier                    1 (ICNAF)                                   1 216
              Greenland halibut                      1 (ICNAF)                                   3 760