CELEX: 31977R1057
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1057/77 of 17 May 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 350/77 laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources

24 . 5 . 77                         Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 128 / 5
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1057/77
                                                    of 17 May 1977
              amending Regulation ( EEC) No 350/77 laying down certain interim measures
                          for the conservation and management of fishery resources
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                   tion and management of fishery resources ('), as
COMMUNITIES,                                                  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 879/77 (2), shall be
                                                              replaced by the following :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 103                   '1 .   Fishing for North Sea herring shall be prohi­
thereof,                                                            bited from 28 February 1977 until 30 June 1977
                                                                    in sub-area IV and division Vll-d defined by the
Having regard to the Act of Accession , and in parti­               International Council for the Exploration of the
cular Article 102 thereof,                                          Sea .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                 However, the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall
Whereas all the latest scientific estimates of the North            be authorized to catch up to 1 500 tonnes of
Sea herring stock for 1977 are not yet available ;                  North Sea herring in June by direct fishing.
whereas, therefore, the prohibition on herring fishing              2. The Council , acting by a qualified majority
in the North Sea should be extended to 30 June 1977                 on a proposal from the Commission , shall lay
on the understanding that the Council will have to                  down , before 1 July 1977, the measures to be
adopt before 1 July 1977 the measures to be applied                 applied for the remaining part of 1977.
for the remaining part of 1977 ;
                                                                    These     measures shall      be determined    taking
Whereas, however, an exception to this prohibition                  account of the results of the latest available scien­
should be made for the Netherlands as a result of the               tific evidence concerning the North Sea herring
particular situation of that country ;                              stock for 1977 .'
Whereas the prohibition on herring fishing in the                                        Article 2
North Sea involves the risk that the fishing effort will
be transferred to other zones ; whereas herring fishing       Regulation (EEC) No 350/77 shall be supplemented
in the West of Scotland zone should therefore be regu­        by the following Article 2a :
lated,
                                                                    ' Artie e 2d
                                                                    Herring fishing shall be prohibited in division
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                       Vl-a defined by the International Council for the
                                                                    Exploration of the Sea (West of Scotland including
                        A rticle 1                                  Donegal Bay) until 30 June 1977 .'
The text of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 1 of Council                                   Article 3
Regulation (EEC) No 350/77 of 18 February 1977
laying down certain interim measures for the conserva­        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 17 May 1977.
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                                J. SILKIN
                                                              (') OJ No L 48 , 19 . 2 . 1977, p . 28 .
                                                              (2 ) OJ No L 106, 29 . 4 . 1977, p . 30 .