CELEX: 51992PC0376
Language: en
Date: 1992-09-02
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION authorizing the Commission to terminate by mutual consent the fisheries agreements of the former German Democratic Republic with the Faroes and Norway

No C 252 / 4                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                29 . 9 . 92
              Proposal for a Council Decision authorizing the Commission to terminate by mutual consent
              the fisheries agreements of the former German Democratic Republic with the Faroes and
                                                          Norway
                                                      (92 /C 252 / 04)
                                                    COM(92) 376 final
                                   (Submitted by the Commission on 8 September 1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                        Norway); whereas unilateral termination of these
                                                                 agreements is not possible until after these dates, by
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            means of prior notice of not less than six months ;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,                                                        Whereas it is in the Community's interest to end these
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               agreements as soon as possible, by taking all appropriate
                                                                 steps ; whereas, unilateral notice of termination being
Having regard to the opinion of the European                     impossible in the immediate future, the Commission
Parliament,                                                      should be authorized to negotiate accords with the
                                                                 purpose of terminating by mutual consent the fisheries
Whereas following German unification on 3 October                agreements in question ;
1990 , the Community has succeeded to the fisheries
agreements concluded by the former German Demo­                  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
cratic Republic, which , before unification, made fisheries
agreements with the Faroes and Norway ;
                                                                                        Sole Article
Whereas the agreements with the said countries involve
essentially a quota exchange between cod and herring or         The Commission is hereby authorized to negotiate the
whiting ; whereas this arrangement made by the former           termination by mutual consent of the fisheries
German Democratic Republic is not in the interest of the         agreements concluded by the German Democratic
Community ;                                                     Republic with the Faroes and Norway.
Whereas these agreements are to expire on 31 March               In conducting the negotiations, the Commission shall be
1997 (with the Faroes) and 31 December 1996 (with               assisted by representatives of the Member States.