CELEX: 31978R2579
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-30 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2579/78 of 30 October 1978 laying down the number of licences for vessels registered in the Faroe Islands for fishing within the 200 mile fishing zones of the Member States

No L 309/ 12                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             1 . 11 . 78
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2579/78
                                                    of 30 October 1978
              laying down the number of licences for vessels registered in the Faroe Islands
                      for fishing within the 200 mile fishing zones of the Member States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                    Article 1
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Pursuant to Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
1848/78 of 25 July 1978 laying down certain                      1848/78, the number of licences valid for the period
measures for the conservation and management of                  up to 31 December 1978 which may be issued by the
fishery resources applicable to vessels registered in the        Commission to vessels registered in the Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           is hereby fixed at :
No 2355/78 (2), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,         (a) 18 for fishing mackerel and sprat, in ICES
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   subareas IV and VI 56° 30' N);
                                                                 (b) 25 for fishing Norway pout and sandeel in ICES
Whereas under Regulation (EEC) No 1848/78 fishing                    sub-area IV and in ICES division Via) (north of
by vessels registered in the Faroe Islands in the waters             56° 30' N);
corresponding to statistical sub-areas IV and VI as
defined by the International Council for the Explora­            (c) 18 for fishing Northern deep water prawn, in
tion of the Sea (ICES) and zones 0 +- 1 as defined in                ICNAF zones 0 + 1 (east of the median line) ;
the Annex to the Convention establishing the Interna­            (d) 10 for fishing ling and tusk in ICES division VIb) ;
tional Commission for Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
                                                                 (e) five for fishing Greenland halibut in ICNAF zones
(ICNAF) and falling under the jurisdiction of the                    0 + 1 (east of the median line) ;
Member States of the Community, was made subject,
as from 1 November 1978, to the granting of a                    (f) 15 for fishing blue whiting.
licence, the number of which was to be fixed after
consultations with the Faroese authorities ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas these consultations have now taken place,
and it is therefore necessary for the Community to lay           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
down the appropriate number of licences,                          1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Luxembourg, 30 October 1978 .
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                                   J. ERTL
(») OJ No L 211 , 1 . 8. 1978, p. 6.
(*) OJ No L 285, 11 . 10. 1978, p. 1 .