CELEX: 51980PC0668
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Date: 1980-11-04
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                          COM(80)668 final
                                          Brussels , 4 November 1980
                            Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL DECISION
          on the conclusion ! of the Convention on Future
          Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East
                          Atlantic Fisheries
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          ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.  On 3 November 1976 the Council agreed that the Community should participate
    in international cooperation .for the conservation and management of resources
   within international fisheries organisations , including specifically the
   North East Atlantic        Fisheries Organisation "... provided that the appropriate
   amendments are made to the- provisions governing their present method of
   operation, in order :
   - to ensure the participation of the Community as such , in acc        dance with
       the procedures laid down by the Treaty , for the exercise of its powers and
       in particular those arising from the common fisheries policy ;            ;
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   - to limit and / or amend the responsibilities of the international organisations
       in order to ensure that it is in conformity with and compatible with the
       responsibilities entrusted to the coastal state in respect of the management
       of its own resources ." < 1 )
2. In late 1976 the Commission and the Council , moreover * agreed that a continuation
   of the membership of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Convention of 1959
    ( NEAFC ) of Member States of the Community was incompatible with the development
   of a common fisheries policy , and the Member States concerned , therefore , gave
   notice of their withdrawal from the NEAFC Convention with effect from
   1 January 1978 ,                 '     •
3. As a consequence of the establishment of 200 miles fishery zones by the coastal
    States of the North Atlantic , the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
   decided ,in November 1976, to begin discussions to develop a new Convention *
   Following a series of preparatory meetings organised by the NEAFC Commission,
   a Diplomatic Conference on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East
   Atlantic Fi sheries,in which the Community parti cipated , was held in London
   during the period 2Qth February to 3rd March 1978 for the purpose of finalising
   the text of the new Convention . The Conference failed ,however , because of
   some parties' opposition to the inclusion of provisions in the Convention
   allowing the EEC to become a signatory and thus a Contracting Party .
   ( 1 ) p . 21 , DOC R / 2227 /76 , ( AGRE 644 ) ( RELEX 36 )
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    In pursuance of a resolution by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
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    in November 1979 a Working Group of interested parties , including the
    Community , was established to consider issues remaining unresolved in the text
    of the draft Convention which resulted from the Diplomatic Conference in London
    1978 . This Working Group met in Lisbon during the period 26 to 29 February 1980 ,
    and arrived at agreement on the text of a new Convention . Following this meeting
    the Government of the United Kingdom decided , in August 1980 , to seek the approval
    of the                Parties referred to in Article 20, paragraphe 1 , for the
    attached text of a new Convention . Having received confirmation of this text from
    all the     Parties            the UK Government wilt open the proposed Convention
    for signature between the 17 November 1980 and . the 28 February 1981 . The new
    Convention will come into force on the date when 7 signatories, of which at least
    3 exercise fisheries jurisdiction in parts of the Convention area , have deposited
    their instrument of ratification or approval .
3 . The new Convention constitutes an appropriate framework ,for a multilateral coope­
    ration for the conservation of the fisheries resources of the waters of the
    North-East Atlantic Ocean laying beyond the areas under coastal State jurisdiction .
    The Community has,for obvious geographical reasons ,a clear interest in promoting
    and participating in such cooperation .
    The text of the new Convention is , in the Commission 's opinion ,
    satisfactory and it meets in particular the two specific objectives set by the
    Council in its negotiating directives to the Commission . On the one hand , the
    Community is entitled to be a Contracting Party to the Convention as one of the
    parties mentioned in Article 20 ; on the other hand , the area in which the
    Fisheries Commission established under the Convention will exercise responsibility
 :* for the management of fishery resources is confined to that part of the Convention
    Area which lies beyond the areas under fisheries jurisdiction of the coastal
    States   ( Article 5 ). .
4. For the reasons given above, the Commission proposes that the Council approve
    the draft Convention , and set in motion the procedure for signature and
    conclusion of the Convention by the Community , that is :
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- that , at its next session , the Council
  - decide to proceed , subject to conclusion , to signature of the
    Convention,
  - authorise its President to designate the persons empowered to
    sign the Convention ;                                       -
- that the Council take steps , in conformity with its normal practice ,
  to consult the European Parliament ;
- that the Council decide , at the appropriate time , to adopt
  the attached draft decision approving the Convention .
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                      Proposal for a
                     Council Decision
 on the conclusion of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation
 in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
 and in particular Article 43 thereof ,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ( 1 ),
 Whereas international cooperation and consultation are indispensable for
 the conservation and optimum use of the North-East Atlantic Fishery resources
 in waters outside the zones under the jurisdiction of the coastal States ;
 Whereas , to this end and with a view to replacing the North-East Atlantic
 Fisheries Convention of 24 January 1959 , a new multilateral convention on
 the North-East Atlantic fisheries was negotiated, and whereas the Community
 took part in these negotiations ;
 Whereas , following the negotiations , the United Kingdom Government , as ,
 depositary , opened the new Convention, for signature from 17 November 1980
 to 28 February 1981 ; whereas , by the end of that period , the Convention had
been signed by       of the parties specified in Article 20 thereof ,
 of which exercise jurisdiction over fisheries in parts of the Convention
 zone , including the Community ;
 Whereas Community fishermen work in parts of the Convention zone outside
 the zones under 'the jurisdiction of the coastal States / and whereas , therefore ,
 it is in the Community 's interest to join in the international cooperation
 on conservation and use of the resources in question by acceding to the
 new Convention ;
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 ( 1 ) O.J. N°
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                                 Art 1 c Le 1
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The Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East
Atlantic Fisheries is hereby approved on behalf of the European Economic
Community . The text of the Convention is annexed to this Decision .
                                 Article 2
The President of the Council shall deposit the instrument of approval with
the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland *
in accordance with Article 20 of the Convention ( 2 ).
Done at                                       For the Council
                                              The President
< 2 ) The General Secretariat of the Council will ensure that the date on
      which the Community 's accession to the Convention enters into force
      is published in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
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   COIxV ERTICI* Oìl FUTILE mL'SZUkWZRM COOPERATIGLI Jìa
                 N0B7H-EA3T ATLANTIC FISHERIES
    THE CONTRACTING PARTIES r
    WOT IMG that th© coastal states of this Horth-Sast Atlantic
   have , in accordance ivith relevant principles of international
   law , extended their Jurisdiction over the living resources of
   their adjacent waters to limits of up to two hundred nautical
   niles from the by alines from which the breadth of the
   territorial sea in measured , and exercise within these areas
   sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting ,
   conserving and managing these resources ;
    TAKING into account the work of the Third United Nations
   Conference on the Law of the Sea in. the field of fisheries ;
    DESIRING to promote t he conservation and optimum utilisation
   of the fishery resources of the Worth-East Atlantic area within
   3 framework appropriate to the regime of extended coastal state
   jurisdiction over fisheries , and accordingly to encourage
   international cooperation and consultation with respect to these
   resources ;                                  %
   CONSIDERING that «he North^Eas t Atlantic Fisheries
   Convention of 2^ January 1959 should accordingly be replaced ,
   BME tGBMJj AS FOTXGWSs
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       1.      The area to which this Convention applies , hereinafter
referred to as " the Convention Area", shall be the' waters
       ( a) within those parts o Z the Atlantic and Arctic
               Oceans and their dependent seas which lie north
             - of 36° north latitude and between " 42° west longitude
               and 51° east longitude , but excluding
               ( i ) the Baltic Se"^. and Belts lying to the south
                      and east of lines drawn from Hasenore Head
                      to Gniben Point , from Korshagc to Spodsbierg
                      and. from Gilbierg Head to the Kullen , and
               ( ii ) the Mediterranean Sea and its dependent seas
                      as far as the point of intersection of the
                      parallel of 36° latitude and the meridian
                      of 5°36' west longitude ;
        ( b ) within that part of the Atlantic Ocean north of
                59° north latitude and between 44° west longitude
               and 42° west longitude . "
        2® This Convention applies to all fishery resources of
 the Convention Area with the exception of sea mammals , sedentary
 species , i.e * organisms which , at the harvestable stage , either
 ar& icmobile on or under the seabed or are unable to move except
 in constant physical contact with the seabed or the subsoil
 and , in so far as they are dealt with by other international
 agreements , highly migratory species and onadromous stocks .
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                            ARTICLE 2
     Nothing /A this Convention shall be deemed to affect the
rights , cl'/ins , or views of eny Contracting Party with regard
to the 1 .-flits or extent of jurisdiction over fisheries ..
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                               ARTICLE 3
         1.    For the purposes of this Convention the Contracting
   Parties agree to establish and maintain a North-East Atlantic
   Fisheries Commission , hereinafter referred to as " the Commission".
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         2.    The Commission shall have legal personality and shall
   enjoy in its relations with other international organisations
   and in the territories of the v Contracting Parties such legal
   capacity as may be necessary -to perform its functions and
   achieve its ends .                                     .           .
         3.    Each Contracting Party shall appoint to the Commission
   not more than two representatives who may be accompanied at any
   of its meetings by experts and advisers .
         4.     The Commission shall elect its own President and not
   more than two Vice-Presidents .
          5.    The Office of the Commission shall be in London ,
          6»    Except when the Commission determines otherwise , it
   shall meet once a year in London at such time as it decides ;
   provided , however , that upon the request of a Contracting Party
   and subject to the concurrence of three other Contracting Parties *
   the President shall , a3 soon as practicable , convene a meeting
    at such time and place as he may determine .
          7 » • The Commission shall appoint its own Secretary arid
    such other staff as it may require .
          8 . 1 The Commission may set up such Committees and other
    subsidiary bodies as it considers desirable for the exercise of
    its duties and functions *
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     90     • Each Contracting Perfcy shall hav© one vots ±u th®
Commission o     Decisions of the- Coisalssion shall be takaa 'oj
a simple majority j, ovj ? if this OorrF^iitien sp^aifie&Xlj
requires a qualified majority * hj a twQ^thirds majority of
the votes of all Contesting Pities present arid casting •
affirmative or negative votes -, provide! that - no vots shall "be
taken - unless there ia a quoruaa of •fewo^thirds of the
Contracting Parties * ' If the:?© is aa arm division of votes
on eny setter which is subject to & simple majority decision^
the proposal shall he regarded as .rsj^ctedo
       I0o     Subject to the provisions of this Article , the
Commission shall adopt its own Rules of Procedure , including
provisions for the election of the President and Vice-Presidents
and their terns of office .
       11 »    Reports of the proceedings of the Commissi on shall
be transmitted as soon as possible to the Contracting Parties
in English and French ,
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                            ARTICLE 4
         1.     The Commission shall perform its functions in the
   interests of the conservation and optimum utilisation of the
   fishery resources of the Convention Area and shall take into
   account the best scientific evidence available to it ,
         2.     The Commission shall provide a forum for consultation
   and exchange of information on the state of the fishery resources
   in the Convention Area and on management policies , including
                    '             •
   examination of the overall effect of such policies on the fishery
   resources .
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                             ARTICLE 5
      1.     The Commission shall , as appropriate , make
                                    *
recommendations concerning fisheries conducted beyond the
areas under fisheries jurisdiction of Contracting Parties *
Such recommendations * shall be adopted by a qualified
majority .
      2.     The Commission in the exercise of its functions under
paragraph 1 shall seek ta ensure consistency between
      ( a)   any recoirniendation -that applies to a stock or group
             of stocks occurring both within ,'im area under the
             fisheries jurisdiction of a Contracting Party and
             beyond , or any recommendation that would have an
             effect through species inter-relationships on a
             stock or group of stocks occurring in whole or in
             part within an area under the fisheries jurisdiction
             r>fa Contracting Party , and
      (b)    any measures and decisions taken by such Contracting
             Party for the management and conservation of that
           s                                    .                   '
             stock or group of stocks with respect to fxsherxes
                                »
             conducted wi thin the area under its fisheries
              jurisdiction .
The appropriate Contracting Party and the Commission shall
accordingly promote the       coordination of such recommendations ,
measures and decisions#
     -3 .    For the purpose of paragraph 2 each Contracting Party
shall keep the Commission informed of its measures and decisions
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       1e   The Commission may-make recorr /neudations concerninr
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fisheries conducted within an area under fisheries jixrisdicti on
of a Contracting Party, provided that the Contracting Party
in question so requests and the recommendation- receives its
affirmative vote »                             »
     , 2.   The Commission may give advice concerning fisheries
                   *
referred to in paragraph 1 if the Contracting Party in
question so requests .
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                           ARTICLE 7 ...
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       In the exercise of its functions , as set out in Articles
5 anf' 6 , the Commission may consider inter alia measures for
      ( a ) the regulation of fishing gear and appliances ,
            including the size of mesh of fishing nets ,
      (b)   the regulation of the size limits of fish that
            may be retained on board vessels , or landed or
            exposed or offered for sale ,
      (c)   the establishment " of closed seasons and of closed
            areas ,
      ( d)  the improvement and increase of fishery resources ,
            v/hich may include artificial propagation , the
            transplantation of organisms and the transplantation
            of young ,
      ( e)  the establishment of total allov/able catches and
            their allocation to Contracting Parties ,
      ( f)  the - regulation of the amount of fishing effort and
            its allocation to Contracting Parties ,
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                               ARTICLE 8
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        1.  The Commission may by a qualified majority make
  recommendations concerning measures of control relating to fisheri
  conducted beyond areas under the fisheries jurisdiction of
  Contracting Parties for the purpose     of ensuring the application
  of this Convention and any recommendations adopted thereunder <,
        2.  The Commission may also make recommendations concerning
                  *              •              *
  measures of control relating to- fisheries conducted within
  an area under the fisheries jurisdiction of a Contracting Party,
  provided that the Contracting Party in auer.+ icn no requests and
  the recommendation receives its affirmative vote .
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            Recommendations adopted under this Article may include
• provisions for termination different from those provided for in
  Article 13 .*
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                              ARTICLE' 9
      1.   The Commission may ? "by a qualified majority *
make reoo.aiendat i ony providing for the collection of statistical
information relating to fisheries conducted beyond areas under
the fisheries jurisdiction of Contracting Parties ,
     2.    The Conxuisci on may also make recommendations providing
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for the collection of statistical information relating to
fisheries conducted within an- area under the fisheries
jurisdiction of a Contracting Party, provided that the
recommendation receives the affirmative vote of that Contracting
Party .
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                              ARTICLE 10
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     When adopting recon:.T.endationu thu Cc.au i   ion ch:il \
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determine whether , and under; which conditions , those
recommendations shall apply to fishing operations conducted solely
for the purpose of scientific investigation carried out according
                                  «
to relevant principles and rules of international law ,         " /
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                              <:.RTICI3 11
     1.   The Co;nni ssi on yhall s without undue delay , notify the
Contracting Parties of the recommendations adopted by the
Commission under this Convention .
     2.   The Commission may publish or otherwise disseminate
reports of its activities and other information relating to
the fisheries in the Convention Area .
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                              asï-I&IS.~12 .
       1.       A recommendation shall become binding on the
                                      *
 Contracting Parties subject to the provisions of thi3 Article
 and uhall enter into force on a date determined by the
 Commission , which shall not be before 30 days after the
 expiration of the period or periods of objection provided for
 in this Article .                            -
       2 . ( a ) Any Contracting Party may , within 50 days of the date
 of notification of a recommendation adopted under paragraph . 1 of
 Article 5 , under paragraph 1 oj? Article 8 or under paragraph 1 of
 Article 9 , object . thereto .    In the went of such an objection , any
 other Contracting Party nay similarly object within 40 days after
 receiving notification of that objection .       If any objection
 is made within this further period of 40 days , other
Contracting Parties are allowed a final period of 40 days
after receiving notification of that, objection in which to
        (b)      A recommendation shall not become binding on a
Contracting Party which has objected thereto .
     r (c)       If three or more Contracting Parties have oujscted
to a recommendation it shall not become binding on any
Contracting Party .
          (d)     Except when a recommendation is not binding on
ar.y Contracting Party according to the provisions of sub­
paragraph ( c ) , a Contracting Party which has 'objected to a
recommendation may at any time withdraw that objection and
shall then be bound by the recommendation within 70 days , or
as from the date , determined by the Commission under paragraph
whichever is the later .
          ( e ) If a recoasmendation is not binding on any
Contracting Party , two or more Contracting Parties may nevertheless
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at any lime agree among themselves to give effect thereto , in *
which event they shall immediately notify the Commi-ssion
accordingly .
     3»       the case of a recommendation adopted under paragraph 1
of Article 6 9 under paragraph 2 of A.rticle 8/or under paragraph 2
of Article 9 , only the Contracting Party exercising fisheries
jurisdiction in the area in qtiestion nsay s within 60 days of the
date of notification of the recommendation , object thereto, in
which case the recommendation shall not become binding on any
Contracting Party .
     4.    The Commission shall notify the Contracting Parties
of any objection and withdrawal immediately upon the receipt
thereof , and of the entry into force of any recommendation and
         *                 e
of the entry into effect of any agreement made . pursuant to
sgtb-paragraph ( e ) of paragraph 2 *
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                                      AEtflCLE 13
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              1.(a )    After the expiration of one year from the date of
       entry into force of a recommendation adopted under paragraph 1
       of Article 5 , paragraph 1 of Article 8 or paragraph 1 of
       Article 9 , any Contracting Party may notify, the Commission
       of the termination of its acceptance of the recommendation arid ,
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     . if that notification is not withdrawn , the recommendation
       shall cease to be binding on 'that Contracting Party at the end
       of one year from the date of notification ,
                 ( b ) A rccormendation which hoti ceased to be binding on
   . a Contracting Party shall cease to be binding on any other
       Contracting Party 3$ days after the date on which the latter .
       notifies the Commission of the termination of its acceptance
       of tha recommendation ,,
              2.      In the case of, recommendations adopted under paragraph
       of Axticle 6 , paragraph 2 of Article 8 or paragraph 2 of
                                                                        S
      Article 9 , only .ths Contracting Party exercising fisheries
       jurisdiction in tha area in question may notify the commission
       of termination of its acceptance of the recommendation , in v<;.*
    . event it shall cease to be binding on any Contracting Party at
       the end of 90 daiys frora "'"he datvi of the notification .
         •  «                             •
              3»      The Cojjimiission sshrCLX nci^ify the Contracting Parties
       of any notification under this Art ic?,e immediately v:pcn the
       receipt thereof .
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                                AHTÏC1E 14
      1.   In the interest of the optimal performance of the
functions set out in Articles 4 , 5 and 6 , the Commission shall
seek information and advice from the International Council for
the Exploration of the Sea .        Such information and advice shall
be sought on matters related to the Commission 's activities and
falling within the competence of the Council , including
information and advice on thp biology and population dynamics
of the fish species concerned , the state of the fish stocks , the .
effect of fishing- on those stocks ^ and measures for their
conservation and management .
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      2.   In order to facilitate the tasks of the International
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Council for' the Exploration of the Sea in providing information
and advice to the Commission , the Commissi on shall seek to
establish , in cooperation with the Council , arrangements to
ensure that research . studies for this purpose , including joint
                   *•   ? .   "
studies , are encouraged and conducted efficiently and without
undue delay .               "     v              >
      3»   The Commission may establish working arrangements
with any other international organisation which has related
objectives .                               -
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                                AHTICIE 15
        1.   Without prejudica to the rights of Contracting
 Parties in regard to waters under their fisheries jurisdiction ,
 the Contracting Parties shall take such action , including 'the
 imposition of adequate sanctions for infractions , as may ha
 necessary to- make effective the provisions of this Convention
              %
 and to implement any recommendation which becomes binding under
 •.Article 12 ,               . " •-
        2.    Each Contracting Party shall transmit to the
 Commission an annual statement of tha actions it has taken
 pursuant to paragraph 1 ,
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                                        ARTICLE 16
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      1.  Each Contracting Party shall inform the Commission
   of its legislative measures and of any agreements which - it
   may have concluded , in so far as those measures and agreements
                                  I .
   relate to the conservation ancx utilisation of fishery resources
   in the Convention Area .                  !
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     2.   Each Contracting Party , shall, furnish on the request
                            »   •     •
   of the Commission any available ' scientific and . statistical
   information needed for the purposes of this Convention and
   such additional information . as - may be required under "
                          •   •    .       •
  Article 9 .
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                                  ARTICLE 17
      1.      Each Contracting Part^ shall pay the expenses of it
own delegation to all meetings held under this Convention .
      2o      At its first meeting the Commission chall adopt a
budget for its first financial year*'             At this meeting the
                                                *
Commission may also , as appropriate , adopt a budget for the
second financial year *               •            k
      3,      At- each annual session the Commission shall adept i
budget for the following financial year and a "budget estimate
for the financial year following thereafter®                 A draft budget
arid draft budget estimate shall be submitted by the President
of the Commission to the '-Contracting Parties not less than
               *             '·                                        ■  .
40 days before the meeting of ths Coasaissioh at which they
are to be considered .                  ;
      4, ■      The Commission shall determine the contributions
due from each Contracting Party under the annual budgets
according to the following formula :
      ( a)    one-third of the budget shall be divided
              equally among the Contracting Parties ,
      ( b ) . two-thirds of the budget shall be divided among
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              the Contracting Parties in proportion to their
              nominal catches in the Convention Area , on the
              basis of the International Council for the
              Exploration , of , the Sea      definitive           /
              catch statistics for the calendar year ending
              not more than 24 and not less than 18 months
              before the beginning of the budget year.'
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        • .j h ov/evcr, the tumual contribution of uny Contracting lar-y
          which has a population ot'lw than J00.000 inhabitants shall
          'be limited to a maximum or ^ or the total budget . When this
           contribution is so limited , the remaining part or the budget
           shall be divided, among the other Contracting Parties in accordance
           with sub-paragraphs (a) 'and <b). This' rule shall be elective
           for the rirst five budget years or the Commission and thereafter .
           it shall be subject to 'annual . review by the Commission which
           may change'it by a decision 'adopted by a three-fourths majority
           of all Contracting Parties .           V .
        5*      The Commission shall* notify each Contracting Party of
the contribution due from that Party as determined under paragraph 4 /
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            ' '    . '        ' •      .  - •   t      '  •'     ; *
aaid of the date . as determined by the Commission by which tnis
contribution shall be paid .
                          • •
          6.      The contribution of a Contracting Party which has
   ac?edcd to this Convention during the course of a financial
   year shall , in respect of that year , be a part proportional
   to thenumber of . corapOLete months remaining in the year of the
   . anual contribution calculated in accordance with paragraph 4 .
          7.      Contributions shall be payable in the currency of
   the country in which the Office of the Commission is located .                 -
          8.      A Contracting Party which has nob paid by the date
   determined by the Commission its contributions for two years
    shall not enjoy the . right of casting votes and of making '
                                     »
.   objections under this Convention until it has fulfilled i"ts
    obligations , unless , at the request of the Contracting Party
    concerncd r the Commission decides ©therv/is.e 0
           9a   - The Commission shall adopt ru3 cs for "the conduct •
    of its financial affairo .                                               • ••/•'
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                                ABTICLB 1.8
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j         By a qualified majority       the Commission may sub-divide
     the Convention Area into regions and itsay alter the boundarie
j
     and vary the number of. regions provided that the decision
     receives the affirmative vota of each Contracting Party
     exercising fisheries jurisdiction in any part of the area
     affected .
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          1.    Any Contracting Party may propose amendments to
  this Convention .     Any such proposed amendment shall be sent
  to the Secretary at least 90 days prior to the meeting at
  which the Contracting Party proposes it to be acted upon .
  The Secretary shall transmit the proposal immediately to the .
  Contracting Parties ,
         3,     The adoption of a proposed amendment Requires , a
  three-fourths majority of all Contracting Parties ,            The ■
  tfcxfc of any proposed iJiien&mrnt. so adopted shall be
  transmitted by the Commission to the Depositary which shall
  forthwith forward it to the Contracting Parties .
         3'.    An amendment shall take effect for the Contracting
 Parties 120 day3 following the date of the notification by the
 Depositary of receipt of written notification of approval by
  three-fourths of . all Contracting Parties , unless any other
 Contracting Party notifies the Depositary , within 90 days of the
  date of the notification by the Depositary of such receipt , that
  it objects to the ' amendment, in which case the amendment shall not
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  take effect for any Contracting Party .            A Contracting Party which
  has objected to an amendment nay at any time withdraw its
  objection .
           ••
                  If all objections to an amendment are withdrawn , the
  ajRiencLTient shall take effect for the Coni;racting Parties 120 days
. following the date of the notification by tlie Depositary of
                                          »       ,
  receipt of the last withdrawal ,,              ''
         4o     A Party which' ratifies ^ accepts / approves or accedes
  to this Convention after an amendment has been adopted in
  accordance with' paragraph £ shall be deemed to have . approved
  the said amendment®                '        ?.
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              Depositary shall promptly notify the Contracting
Parties of the receipt of notifications of approval of amendment
the receipt of notification of objection or withdrawal of
objections , and the entry into forca of amendment??.
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                                  ARÎlCLE 20 /
            1.    This Convention shall be opon for signature from 17
  i»ovci:;lov 19^0 to 2<3 February 1961 bytiia following parties : Bulgaria.
                                   1
  Cuba , Earmark in rer.pect of the Faroe Islands , the European Economic
  Comisunity , Finland , the German Democratic Kepublic , Iceland , Norway ,
  Poland , 'jrorfcu^al , Spain , Sweden and the Ilniou of Soviet Socialist
  Kcpublic ;;.       It shall b« ratified , accepted or^approvad ns soon as
 •ponsibTf* and the innti'urtents of i^atification , acceptance or approva?.
  shall be deposited with the Government cf the United Kingdom of
  Groat Britain and Northern Ii-elpnd , referred to in this Convention
  «;•; " t'-io u-jpor.itavy " , ;                    ;
           2.    This Convention shall tmter into force upon the deposit of
  instruments of ratification , acceptance or approval by not less
  than sevon Signatories , provided that these include at least throe
  Signatories exorcising fisheries jurisdiction within the Convention
  Ar:;f .      If , howe /or , this Convention has not entered into force one
  year jfcrota the date on \:hich this Convention is opened for signature ,
  but not less th^n five Signatories have deposited instruments of
  ratification , acceptance or approval , including; at least three
  Signatories exercising fisheries jurisdiction within the Convention
  Aren , these Signatories may agree among themselves by special
  protocol on tho da to on . vhich this Convention s'^all enter into foroe
  in            C3 :« this Convention shall enter into force with respect
  to b.v * party that ratifies , accepts or approves thereafter on the
  date of deposit , of its instrument of ratification , acceptance or
  approval .          -                .
                  Any of the parties referred to in paragraph 1 which has" •
  not : viv-ned this Convention may accede t^e^ftto at any tixue after it has
   enterod into forte in accordance with paragraph 2 .                                '
            4.    Any State not referred '.to in paragraph 1 , except a Member
.            of tho ilnropoan Economic Conurtlmi ty.» ist$y accede to this
   Cor.vnih'nn at roy tino aftvr it haw ontnred into force in
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accordance with paragraph 2 , provided that an application for '
accession of that Stats 1 meets with the approval of three-four't 4i~
of all the Contracting Parties'.
                                            .          *       >   • ,
      An application for accession shall be addressed in writing to
                             'V         •     •. ."i          *
the Depositary which    shall notify all Contracting Parties
thereof .  The application is approved if within .90 .days from
the date of, such notification three-fourths * of all the Parties
in respect of which this Convention has already entered into
force by that date have notified the Depositary of their
approval of the application .
      The Depositary shall notify tho Stuta applying for
accession and all Contracting Parties, of the result of the
application .
      5«   Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an
instrument of accession with - the' Depositary and shall take effect
                   \
on the date of its receipt .      As. from that date any Party which
           " this
accedes to xifa Convention shall be bound Ijy.the recommendations
which are , at the time , of its accession , binding on all the
 other Contracting Parties as well as by any other
recommendations which are , a-t that tiae ,. binding on one or more .
                 *         .              .       .         »
 of the Contracting Parties and are not specifically excluded
by the acceding Party in its instrument of accession ..
      6.    The Depositary shall inform all Signatories and all
 acceding Parties of all instruments of ratification , acceptance ,
 approval or accession deposited , and shall notify Signatories
                                      ¥
 of the date ajid the Parties in respect of which this Convention
 enters into force , r
       7 . The Depositary shall, call the first meeting of the
Commission as soon as practicable after the entry into force
of this Convention and shall coranunicate the provisional
a^snda to each Contracting' Party .
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                            »
      At any time after two years from the date on which this
Convention has entered into force    with respect- to  a
Contracting Party , that Party  may denounce the Convention
by means of a notification in writing addressed to the
Depositary .  Any such denunciation shall * take effect twelve
months after the date of its receipt , and shall be notified
to the Contracting Parties by the Depositary .
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                            ARTICLE- 22
       This Convention , of which the English        and French   texts
are equally authentic , shall be deposited with the Government
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .
The Depositary shall transmit duly certified copies to the
Signatories and acceding Parties , and shall register the
Convention in accordance wi'th Article 102 of the Charter of
thfc United Nations .               /    1
IN V/ ITM2SS Y« J I£R'20? the undersigned , being duly authorised
thereto , have signed this Convention .
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DONE AT LONDON this .......... day of ••>»•••••• • One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Eighty .
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 ---pagebreak---             KO JVr- H-K.Vïr ATLAilTXC FTGhrTRTES COMHXSSXON
          '   yOlU'TMG C -ir-lT? ' CM THE FUTURE OF NEAFC
>                          Lisbon : FEBRUARY X9BO
                            Vf-'            '
     It is agreed that the v/ording of Article 20(4 ) does not
preclude the accession of a Member State of. tho EEC on behalf
of any territory to which the Convention does not apply by
virtue of the ISSC 's . mrtic.i.pation .in the Convention .
                                       ».
                                      Office of the Commission
                                                Lisbon
                                           February 19Q0
908V80                                        eh               E
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                                                                                         ΒΑΤΚ ι
       1 . BHDCÎ.T LINS COIICOl'fED |        2987
       2. ACTION i Proposal for Council decision concerning                         the conclusion of a
          Convention on Future Multi lateral Cooperation in                         North-East Atlantic Fisheries .
   I 3. legal BA-.IS i            Article 43          -
      4 . objectives i           The Communities participation as a Contracting Party in the
          North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission - CNEAFC )
     5 . financial cot.'srxriwcE                     FOR ins Mjuorrxra TEAR   CURRENT MWAKCXAL TEAR FCLWVINO financial rm
     5.0 ΕΧΓΓ.ΤΙΛΜΕ                                                                                       ( 1981 )-
           -ClIARCô /) TO TltB EC BUDCfT
            ( Bin-XJN ir»/i iitcrvlnti ous )                                                             44.000 UCE
                                                              nihi I                    moi I
           -CHARGED TO RATIONAL AtMXNISTR.
           -C1IARCED TO OTHER NATIONAL GROUPS
     5.1 RECHI PT3
           -cr/N R2;ounci3 or rrE ec
            ( LEVI E3/CUSTOMS DUTIES )
           -NATIOMAL
                                                     TEAR                   T3SAK                   TEAR
     5.0.1 PLURI A-'TUAL PATTISI* 0P EXPOMTURZ
     5.1.1 PLURIANNUAL PATTERN 0? RECEIPT3                 48.000UCE                 52.000UCE           57.000UCE
     5*2 ketiiod or calculation The Community 's contribution to the NEAFC budget is' determined
        annually by this Commission under Article 17 of the Convention .
I 6.0 FINANCING POSSIBLE KITH CREDITS INSCRIBED IN RELEVANT CHAPTER OF CURItafT BUCOET t                    QBB0XO
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    6.1 FINANCING FC3SIBLE BY TRANSFER B^'EEH CHAPTERS OF CUH.iOT BUDGET ?                                  aa®/No
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I 6.2 NLCiiolTT FOR A SUFPLEISTAR* BUDGET 1                                                                 QES/ NO
 | 6 .3 CR-3iT3 TO BE WR1TI3I INTO FUTURE BUDGETS t
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