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Date: 1981-03-09 00:00:00
Title: Amendment of the Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the conclusion of an Agreement on Fisheries between the Government of Canada and the European Economic Community (submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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                                               COM(81)91 final
                                               Brussels , 9 March 1981
                        Amendment of the Recommendation for a
                                   COUNCIL DECISION
              concerning the conclusion of an Agreement on Fisheries
                  between the Government of Canada and the European
                                  Economic Community
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to
               the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty )
                     V                ;
COM ( 81 ) 91 final
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.         Article XIII of the draft Agreement on Fisheries between the
Government of Canada and the European Economic Community , whose text is annexed
to the recommendation for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the
                   (1 )
said agreement          , is between square brackets since , on the date when the
recommendation was submitted to the Council , no agreement had been reached
between the delegations concerning the contents of this Article .
            It has now been agreed between the two delegations that the present
draft Article Mill should be replaced by the text set out in the present
amendment .
2.          Two       other minor textual modifications have been agreed between
the two delegations . The second point in the present amendment consists of the
textual modifications concerned .
3.         The two delegations have agreed that the Community declaration
annexed to the draft Agreement on Fisheries , submitted in the recommendation
contained in DOC C0MC80 ) 887 FINAL , should be replaced by the declaration
which was annexed to the Fisheries Agreement between the Community and
 Canada which applied during 1979 and 1980 .
            The third part of the present amendment consists , therefore , of
the modification of the text of this declaration .
 ( 1 ) DOC C0MC80 ) 887 FINAL
 ---pagebreak---                            Amendment of the recommendation for a
                                           COUNCIL DECISION
             concerning the conclusion of an Agreement on Fisheries
            between the Government of Canada and the European
                                           Economic Community
1.         The text of Article XIII is replaced by the following text :
" This Agreement is without prejudice to any existing bilateral agreement
between a Member State of the Community and Canada relating to fisheries ",
 2.        Article X , paragraph 1 , is amended to read as follows :
 "1 . The two Parties shaLl consult periodically on questions relating to the
 application of this Agreement ".
            Article XII , paragraph 2 , is amended so that the word " European"
 is deleted from the Last line .
 3.         The Annex to the Agreement is replaced by the following Annex :
             . Community declaration concerning Article X|. of the Agreement on fisheries
                between the European Econo.mic Community and the Government of Canada
               Pursuant to the wish expressed by the Government of Canada, the Community confirms
               that i( considers Article XI' of the Agreement, which incorporate? provisions , that are
               traditionally used ip agreements concluded between the European pconoipic Community
               and third countries, as having no bearing upon the question of the legal status of the
               economic zone, currently under discussion at the Third £onference of the United
               Nations on the Uw of the Sea.         .