CELEX: 31977R2479
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-08 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2479/77 of 8 November 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2366/77 laying down the interim measures for the conservation and management of North Sea herring

No L 287/8                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              11 . 11 . 77
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2479/77
                                                   of 8 November 1977
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 2366/77 laying down the interim measures for
                             the conservation and management of North Sea herring
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        tive in view of the type of fishing equipment used ;
COMMUNITIES,                                                       whereas, therefore, to take account of the social
                                                                   consequences of such a measure on this particular
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              local situation, a limited derogation should be made to
Economic Community,                                                the ban on the fishing of North Sea herring, in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       respect of the fishermen concerned in that Member
350/77 of 18 February 1977 laying down certain                     State,
interim measures for the conservation and manage­
ment of fishery resources ('), as last amended by Regu­            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
lation (EEC) No 1 673/77 (2), and in particular Article
1 (2) thereof,                                                                              Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 The following paragraph shall be added to Article 1 of
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2366/77 of 25                  Regulation (EEC) No 2366/77 :
October 1977 laying down the interim measures for                      'However, France shall be authorized to carry out
the conservation and management of North Sea                           direct fishing for North Sea herring in Division
herring (3) extended the ban on herring fishing in the                 VII d as defined by the International Council for
North Sea until 31 December 1977 pending a re­                         the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) catching up to a
examination of the situation ;                                         limit of 600 tonnes and subject to the conditions
                                                                       laid down in the Annex'.
Whereas, however, this measure affects certain local
small-scale inshore fishermen in one Member State
                                                                                            Article 2
particularly seriously ; whereas a large proportion of
their annual income comes from herring stocks fished               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
in close proximity to their coast during the period                 publication in the Official Journal of the European
under consideration, there being no possible alterna­               Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
               Done at Brussels, 8 November 1977 .
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                  A. HUMBLET
                                                           ANNEX
               The provisions of Article 1 (2) shall apply only to inshore fishermen operating from the port of
               Etaples, the ports on the Baie de Somme, Le Treport and Fecamp, with vessels of less than 30 GRT
               using gill nets or drift nets.
 0 ) OJ No L 48 , 19 . 2. 1977, p. 28 .
 (2) OJ No L 186, 26. 7. 1977, p. 30 .
 (3) OJ No L 277, 29. 10. 1977, p. 8 .