CELEX: 31978R2355
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-09 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2355/78 of 9 October 1978 providing for certain technical adjustments to Regulation (EEC) No 1848/78 laying down certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels registered in the Faroe Islands

11 . 10 . 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 285/ 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2355/78
                                                     of 9 October 1978
               providing for certain technical adjustments to Regulation (EEC) No 1848/78
               laying down certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery
                           resources applicable to vessels registered in the Faroe Islands
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas these measures must be taken without delay ;
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     whereas it is necessary to adopt them immediately as
                                                                  interim measures, on the basis of Article 103 of the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 103                Treaty, subject to their being included at a later date
 thereof,                                                         in the common agricultural policy,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas on 25 July 1978 the Council adopted Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 1848/78 laying down certain measures
 for the conservation and management of fishery                                             Article 1
 resources applicable to vessels registered in the Faroe
 Islands (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1848/78 shall be
 2084/78 (2) ;                                                    replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
 Whereas according to the management arrangements                                           Article 2
 agreed between the Community and Canada as
 regards certain joint stocks located in the Davis Strait         Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1848/78 shall be
 and in Baffin Bay, fishing for Greenland halibut autho­          replaced by the following :
 rized by either party must be permitted throughout
 the joint management zone ;                                          '1.    From 1 November 1978, fishing within
                                                                      ICES divisions IV and VI, and ICNAF zones 0 +
 Whereas the recent allocation by the Canadian author­                1 , under the quotas established in Article 1 , shall
 ities of a quota of Greenland halibut to the Faroe                   be subject to the granting of a licence issued by
 Islands may therefore lead to the fishing of a part of               the Commission on behalf of the Community and
 this quota in waters falling under the fisheries jurisdic­           to the observance of the conditions set out in the
 tion of the Community ;                                              licence.'
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1848/78 should there­
 fore be adjusted ;                                                                         Article 3
Whereas the consultations referred to in Article 3 (2)            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1848/78 have not yet taken                publication in the Official Journal of the European
 place ; whereas the entry into force of paragraph 1 of           Communities.
 the said Article should therefore be postponed until 1
 November 1978 :                                                  It shall apply until 31 December 1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Luxembourg, 9 October 1978 .
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                  H.-J . VOGEL
(») OJ No L 211 , 1 . 8 . 1978, p. 6.
(2) OJ No L 240, 1 . 9. 1978, p. 60.
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                                                                       ANNEX
                                                                      'ANNEX I
                                Fishing quotas for the period 1 January to 31 December 1978
                                  Species                                              Fishing zones                           Quantity
                                                                               ICES division or ICNAF zone                     (tonnes)
           Herring                                               Ilia north (Skagerrak)                                       1 000 (»)
           Ling                                                  VIb                                                            950
           Mackerel                                              IV, VI (north of 56° 30' N)                                41 000 (2)
           Norway pout                                           IV, Via (north of 56° 30' N)                               37 500 OO
           Sandeel                                               IV                                                         10 000 (J)
           Sprat                                                 IV, Via (north of 56° 30' N)                               30 000
           Northern             deep-water           prawn
           (Pandalus borealis)                                   ICNAF 0 + 1 (5)                                             7 400
           Tusk                                                  VIb                                                            550
           Blue whiting                                                                                                     15 000 O
           Greenland halibut                                     ICNAF 0 + 1 (5)                                              1 000 (7)
           Other white fish (by-catches only)                    IV, Via                                                      1 200
           (') East of Che line connecting Lindesnes to Hanstholm, from 1 April to 30 September 1978.
           (2) Of which at least 29 000 tonnes shall be fished exclusively from the western mackerel stock north of 60° N in division IV and
               north of 56° 30' N in division VI.
           (}) This quota may be exceeded by a maximum of 2 500 tonnes provided that total catches of Norway pout, sandeel and sprat do not
               exceed 77 500 tonnes.
           (4) Of which no more than 6 000 tonnes in division Via.
           (s) East of the median line.
           (') Fishing is permitted up to a limit of 15 vessels.
           f7) Less any quantities taken in the Canadian zone.'