CELEX: 51978PC0245
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Date: 1978-05-29
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) extending the interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Spain, for the period from 1 to 24 June 1978 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                                    COM(78)245 final.
                                                                     Brussels , 29 May 1978
                                      Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
               extending the interim measures for the conservation and
              management of fishery resources applicable to vessels
               flying the flag of Spain , for the period from 1 to 24 June 1978
                         ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission )
CC-X(78 ) 245 final .
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The interim fisheries regime for Spanish vessels is valid until 31 May 197°
(Regulation EEC N° 341/78)* It lias not been possible , despite the reopening
of negotiations , to arrive at the conclusion of a framework fisheries
agreement between the Community and Spain,
In the realistic prospect of a positive result of the negotiations in the
beginning of June that will make it possible to lay down proposals for a
fishery arrangement until 31*12.78 for the Council of 19 and 20 June , it is
proposed that the interim arrangement be only extended until 24 June .
The division of the hake quota is to be on the same prorata basis as in the
previous Regulation .  As for anchovy , fishing normally ceases around 30 June
2/3 of the remaining quantity has been allocated.-
 ---pagebreak---                                              PROPOSAL
                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC ) N°  /78
                                      of   May 1978
                 extending
                the       interim measures for the conservation and
                management of fishery resources applicable to
              - vessels flying the flag of Spain , for the period from 1 to 24 June 1978
TID-: COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and
in particular Article 103 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas , "by Regulation (EEC ) N° 34l/78(l ), the Council most recently extended
until 31 May 1978 , as regards vessels flying the flag of Spain , certain provisions
of Council Regulation (EEC ) N° 373/77 of 24 February 1977 laying down certain
interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources appli­
cable to vessels flying the flag of certain non-member countries ( 2 );
Whereas negotiations with Spain with a view to concluding a framework fisheries
agreement have not been able to be concluded before the expiry of the interim
rules laid down in Regulation (EEC ) N° 341/78 and it is therefore necessary to
extend the interim measures for a further short period ;
Whereas these measures must be taken witout delay and it is therefore necessary
to adopt them as interim measures on the basis of Article 103 of the Treaty ,
subject to their being included at a later date in the Common Agricultural
Policy,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                       Article 1
The only catches which vessels flying the flag of Spain are authorized to make
during the period from 1 to 24 June 1978 in the 200 nautical miles fishing zones
of the Member States situated off the North Sea and Atlantic coasts and covered
by Community rules on fisheries are those of the species set . out in the Annex ,
within the quantitative limits laid down therein and caught under the conditions
laid down in Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation ( EEC ) n° 341 / 78.
                                       Arti ele  2
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 7 of Regulation ( EEC ) n° 341 / 78, licences
delivered under that regulation shall remain valid until '24 June 1978.
New   requests for licences may be submitted to replace licences returned to the
Commission .
– 1        1 –                                                                   ••/•••
( 1 ) OJ N° L     , 1.2.1978, p. 3
(?) 0-J N° L 53, 25.2.1977 » P.l
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 197° »
This Regulation shall "be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,     May 197 8                             Por the Council
                                                             The President .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                          ANNEX
   1 # Fishing quotas for the period       1 to 24 June 1978 :
                                                    tces            Quantities
                      Species                       zone          ( in tonnes )
I Hake                                      j       VI     I                95".
                                                    VII                   324
                                                    VIII                  391 .
   Other species taken as "by-catches )             VI                     190
   of hake fishing in accordance           )        VII                    648   :
    with Article o"(1 )                    )         VIII                  782     '
 | Anchovy                                   I       VIII I           . 2.000        I
   2 . Number of standard-vessel ( 1 ) licences that may "be issued for each
          ICES zone                             '   4
                                                  %
                                                             1                         I
                                                      ICES     Number of standard
                  Type of fishing                     zone           vessels
                                              i
 I ( a) Hake             ■                            «                    14
                                                      VII                  50
                                                      VIII                  57
     ( b ) Anchovy                                    VIII
                                                                          140
     ( c ) Pishing exclusively with rods              VIII                 60
            from vessels, not exceeding
            50 GRT ; these vessels may not
            carry any other fishing gear
            on board
      ( ) A standard vessel is a vessel with a brake horse-power not
             exceeding 800 bhp # If the brake horse-power is greater than
             800 bhp the following conversion factors will be applied :
             - vessels exceeding 600 but not exceeding 1,100 bhp = 1.75
             - vessels exceeding 1,100 but not exceeding 1,500 bhp » 2.25
 ---pagebreak---   3. Maximum number of standard vessels ( ) which, may fish.
      simultaneously in any given zone for which a licence has "been
      obtained
(     "         ICES zone ^            j  Number of standard vessels
j VesseIs"referred.^o in podnt~2 ( a) 1
                   VI                            ■       9
                   vn                                   32 .
                   VIII
  Vessels referred to in point 2(c )                    50           I
                                             • •
                                              4
   7T
    ( ) A standard vessel is a vessel with a brake horse-power not
        exceeding 800 bhp . If the brake horse-power is greater than
        800 bhp the following conversion factors will be applied :
        - vessels exceeding 800 but not exceeding 1,100 bhp = 1.75
        - vessels exceeding 1,100 but not exceeding 1.500 bhp = 2.25