CELEX: 31977R2114
Language: en
Date: 1977-09-26 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2114/77 of 26 September 1977 laying down interim measures for the conservation and management of North Sea herring

28 . 9 . 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 247/ 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2114/77
                                                    of 26 September 1977
              laying down the interim measures for the conservation and management of
                                                      North Sea herring
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       extended until "31 October 1977 pending an overall
COMMUNITIES,                                                      examination of fisheries problems,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                                        Article 1
350/77 of 18 February 1977 laying down certain
interim measures for the conservation and manage­                 The catch quotas authorized for direct fishing of
ment of fishery resources ('), as last amended by Regu­           North Sea herring in sub-zone IV and division VII (d)
lation (EEC) No 1 673/77 (2), and in particular Article           defined by the International Council for the Explora­
1 (2) thereof,                                                    tion of the Sea (ICES) are fixed at zero up to 31
                                                                  October 1977 for all Member States.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas     scientific   estimates      indicate   that  the
                                                                                        Article 2
extremely precarious situation of the North Sea
herring stock persists ; whereas, consequently, the ban           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
on herring fishing in the North Sea should be                     1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
               Done at Brussels, 26 September 1977.
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                               A. HUMBLET
(•) OJ No L 48 , 19 . 2. 1977, p. 28 .
(-') OJ No L 186, 26. 7 . 1977, p. 30.