CELEX: 51977PC0448
Language: en
Date: 1977-09-19
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Finland or Portugal (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                         COM(77)448 final .
                                                         Brussels , 19 September 1977 *
                                    Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
   laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of
fishery resources   applicable to vessels flying the flag of Finland or Portugal
                    ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COX(77 ) 448 final
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                               COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No
   laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of
fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Finland or Portugal
        THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
        Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
        Having regard to the Act of Accession ,
        Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
        Whereas the Council adopted , on 3 November 1976 , a set of resolutions concer­
        ning certain external and internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ;
        Whereas in Regulation ( EEC ) No 373 / 77 ( 1 ) the Council laid down , for theperiod
         1 January to 31 March 1977 , certain interim measures for the conservation and
         management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of
         certain non-member countries ^ and in particular of Finland and Portugal ;
         Whereas in Regulation ( EEC ) No 746 / 77 ( 2 ) the Council extended the application
        of certain provisions of Regulation ( EEC ) No 373/ 77 ;
         Whereas in Regulation ( EEC ) No 1412/ 77 ( 3 ) the Council laid down certain in­
         terim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources appli­
         cable to vessels flying the flag of Finland or Portugal ;
         Whereas the above Regulations were adopted in order to establish interim mea­
         sures pending the conclusion of negotiations between the Community and these
         countries with a view to concluding Framework Agreement on fisheries ;;,
        Whereas these negotiations have not yet been concluded , and it is therefore
        necessary to adopt further interim measures for a three-month period ,
        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                    *
                                        Article 1
                1.  The only catches which Finland and Portugal are authorized to make
        from 1 October unt i I 31 December 1977 in the 200 nautical mile fishing zones
        of the Member States situated off the North Sea and Atlantic coasts and co­
        vered by Community rules on fisheries , and the places where such catches may
        be made , are laid down in Annex 1 .
                2 . The fishing . quotas shall be granted subject to compliance with the
         conservation measures and supervisory measures and other provisions governing
        fishing in the 2ones referred to in Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 373/ 77.
         ( 1 ) 0J No L 53 , 25.2.1977 , p. 1 .
         ( 2 ) 0J No L 90 , 8.4.1977 , p. 8 .                                   • •/ • •
         ( 3 ) 0J No L 160,30.6.1977 , p. 5 .
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                               Article 2
       1 . Fishing within the zones deferred to in Article 1 by vessels flying
the flag of Finland or Portugal shall be subject to the granting of a licence        -
on behalf of the Community by the Commission .
       2 . Each licence shall be valid for one vessel only for a period not ex -     f.
tending beyond 31 December 1977 and for the species of fish indicated in the
licence within the quantitative and geographical * limits referred to In Arti -      ;
cle 1 .
       3 . The maximum number of vessels permitted to fish at the same time in
a given geographical zone is laid down in Annex II .
                               Article 3
       When an application for a licence is submitted to the authorities referred
to in Article 2 , the following information shall be supplied ?•
              a)  name of the vessel ;. .
              b)  registration number and external identification letters and
                  number ;
              c)  port of registration ;                       ^
              d ) gross tonnage and overall length ;
              e)  call sign .              ...
                                Article 4
        Member States shall take measures to ensure , as far as possible , the en- ^
 forcement of Articles 1 and 2 as regards the maritime waters coming under their
 sovereignty or falling under their jurisdiction , including in particular regu­
 lar inspection of the vessels of non-member countries .
         In this connection , Member States and the Commission shall communicate to
 each other the information required for compliance with this Regulation , with
  regard in particular to the monitoring of the volume of catches taken by vessels
  from the non-member countries concerned .
                                 Article 5
          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication
   in the Official Journal of the European Gommunities .
          It shall apply until 31 December 1977 .
          This Regulation- shall be binding in its entirety and directly appticable
    in all Member States .
           Done at Brussels ,                         For the Council
                                                       The President
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