CELEX: 51978PC0448
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-01
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down the number of licences to be issued to vessels flying the flag of Canada fishing within the 200-mile fishing zones of the Member States off the West Greenland coast (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                               Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
          laying down the number of licences to be issued to
          vessels flying the flag of Canada fishing within the
          200-mile fishing zones of the Member States off the
                           West Greenland coast
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 C0M(78 ) 448 final
 ---pagebreak---                        EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
       The Council adopted at its meeting of 24 / 25 July 1978 Regulation ( EEC ) No .
1851 / 78 laying down certain conservation measures applicable to vessels flying
the flag of Canada in Community waters off the west coast of Greenland .
Under this Regulation / the number of licences to be issued to Canadian fishing
vessels was l»eft open , pending consultations with the Canadian authorities .
       These consultations have now taken place , and the Commission now proposes
that six licences be issued to Canadian vessels wishing to fish in the waters
concerned .                     '    '
 ---pagebreak---                                Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
               Laying down the number of licences to be issued to vessels
              flying the flag of Canada fishing within the 200-mile fishing
              zones of the Member States off the West Greenland coast
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 1851 / 78 of 25 July 1978 laying down
 certain conservation and management measures for common fishery ressources off the
West Greenland coast applicable in 1978 to vessels flying the flag of Canada(1 ), and
 in particular Article 3 paragraph 2 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal f rom *the Commission ,
Whereas under Regulation ( EEC ) No . 1851 / 78 , fishing by Canadian vessels in the
waters concerned was made subject to licence / the total number of licences to
be fixed at a later date by the Council after consultations with the Canadian
authorities ;                       1     ,                       ' .                 ■ ■ '/
Whereas these consultations have now taken place , and it is therefore necessary
for the Community to fix the appropriate number in order that fishing may begin
as soon as possible ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                        Article 1
In accordance with Article 3 , paragraph 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No.1851 / 78 ,
six licences valid for . the period up to 31 December 1978 may be issued by the
Commission to vessels flying the flag of Canada .
                                        Artide 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its
publication in the Official Journal of the' European Communities . .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly appli cable in all
Member States .                                      ' ;
          „      ,                                            FOR THE COUNCIL ,
Done at Brussels ,                                             The President
< 1 ) OJ n° L 211 of 1.8.1978 , p. 26 .
 ---pagebreak---                          TIMETABLE ANNEX
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1 ) Nature of the timetable
    Obligatory deadline resulting from Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 1851 / 78
    of 25.7.78 .
2 ) Reasons for deadline
    The Regulation referred to above lays down that fishing licenses must
    be on board Canadian . vessels with effect from six weeks after the entry
    into force of the Regulation , that is , before 5 September 1978 .  The
    Council must therefore take a decision on the basis of this proposal at
    the beginning of September .
3 ) Consultation of the European Parliament :     not necessary .