CELEX: 51977PC0130
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-01
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to certain non-member countries in the fishing zone off the coast of the department of Guiana. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             COM(77)130 final.
                                             Brussels , 1st April 1977.
                                  Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
                     laying down certain interim measures for
                    the conservation and management of fishe­
                    ry resources applicable to certain    non-
                    member countries in the fishing zone off
                    the coast of the department of Guiana .
                    (submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COM(77 ) 130 final.
 ---pagebreak---        PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION - LAYING - DOWN CERTAIN INTERIM
 MEASURES ' FOR THE' CONSERVATION'' • AND' MANAGEMENT'- 'op'- "FISHERY/ "RESOURCES
 APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES IN THE FISHING ZONE OFF
                        THE DEPARTMENT OF GUIANA ..
1.      On 3 November 1976 the Council adopted a Resolution on certain ex­
ternal aspects of the creation of a 200 mile fishery zone in the Community ,
with effect from 1 January 1977 .
        Under that Resolution it is agreed that , with effect from that date ,
fishing by vessels from non-member countries of the fishery resources situa­
ted in that zones will be governed by agreements between the Community and the
non-member countries concerned .
2.      A decree issued by the French Government extended the fishing zone of
the department of Guiana to 200 nautical miles , with effect from 27 February
1977 .
3.      With a view to concluding Community agreements with each of the non-
member countries which fishes in that zone , exploratory talks are being held
between the Community and five non-member countries ; however , pending the con­
clusion of such agreements , measures to conserve fishery resources must be
taken by the Community as soon as possible .
4.      Consequently , the Commission proposes that access to that zone by non-
member country vessels should provisionally be restricted                  to vessels duly
authorized to fish quantities corresponding to catches by those countries for
the same period of 1975 .
        To that end , the Commission proposes that fishing in that zone be sub­
ject to the granting of licences .
 ---pagebreak---                             PROPOSAL  FOR
               COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
               laying down certain interim measures for
               the conservation and management of fishe­
               ry resources applicable to certain    non-
               member countries in the fishing zone off
               the coast of the department of    Guiana .
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
   having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
   having regard to the Act of Accession ,
 . having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
   whereas , the Council adopted , on 3 November 1976 , a set of resolutions concerning
   certain external and internal aspects of the common fisheries policy;
   whereas strict conservation measures are necessary to preserve the state of stocks
   in the fishing zone which , since 27 February 1977 , extends up to 200 nautical
   mites from the base lines off the coast of the French department of Guiana ; whe­
   reas , to that end , strict control should be exercised over fishing in that zone
   and access to that zone should be restricted to vessels flying the flag of non-
   member countries duly authorized to fish for specified species under conditions
^ previously laid down , by virtue of agreements to be concluded between the Com­
   munity and each of the non-member countries concerned ;
   whereas , pending the conclusion of such agreements , interim measures for the con­
   servation and management of fishery resources , applicable to vessels flying the
   flags of Brazil , Japan , Korea , Surinam or the United States of America , should be
   adopted ,
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ---pagebreak---                                          Article 1
         1.    The catches which Brazil , Japan , Korea and Surinam are authorized to
    ke from 1 April 1977 until 30 June 1977 in the fishing zone extending up to
200 nautical miles from the base lines off the coast of the French department
  f Guiana shall , pending the conclusion of fishing agreements between those
countries and the Community , be those recorded for the same species as were
cauqht in 1975 , with the same monthly spread as recorded in 1975 , subject to
the fixing for these species of any maximum authorized catches and of any catch
quotas .
          2 . Article 3 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 373/ 77 of 24 February 1977
 laying 'down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of
 fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of certain non-member
   countries ( 1 ) shall apply to catches by the United States of America in the
   zone referred to in paragraph 1 under the conditions laid down Articles 2 to
   5 of this Regulation .
                                          Article 2
             Fishing within the fishing zone referred to in Article 1 by vessels of^ the
   non-member countries listed therein shall be subject to the granting of a li­
   cence on behalf of the Community by the Commission .
                                          Article 3
             When an application for a licence is submitted to the Commission , the fol­
    lowing information shall be supplied :
                   ( a)      name of the vessel ;
                   Cb ) registration number and external identification letters and
                             numbers ;
                   ( c)      port of registration ;
                   ( d ) >:, gross tonnage and overall length ;
                   (e)       call sign .
                                          Article 4
             Each licence shall be valid for one vessel only for a period ™^®sP°"din9
    to the application of Article 1 and for fishing within the quantitative and
    geographical limits referred to in Article 1 .
     (1 )    0J No L 53 , 25.2.1977 ,. P. 1 .
 ---pagebreak---                             Article 5
      The French Republic shall take measures to ensure the enforcement of
Articles 1 to 4 , including in particular regular inspection of the vessels
of non-member countries .
      In this connection , the French Republic and the Commission shall commu­
nicate to each other the information required for compliance with this Regu­
 lation , with regard in particular to the monitoring of the volume of catches
taken by vesseks from the non-member countries concerned .
                            Article 6
      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                          For the Council