CELEX: 51980PC0291
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Date: 1980-05-30
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down for the year 1980 certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources off the West Greenland coast applicable to vessels flying the flag of a Member State (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                             COM(80)291 final.
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                                  v   Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
    laying down for the year 1980 certain measures for the conservation
    and management of fishery resources off the West Greenland coast
           applicable to vessels flying the flag of a Member State
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The purpose of "this proposal is to establish , for the year 1980 , the
terms and conditions for fishing in Community waters off West Greenland
by vessel b flying the flag of a Member State , taking into account the
outcome of consultations held in December 1979 and January 1980 between
the Community and Canada concerning the management of certain joint fish
stocks occurring in the Davis Strait and Baffin Bay.
These consultations , the Agreed Record of which is annexed hereto , were
held under the Agreement on Fisheries between the Community and Canada ,
concluded on 3 December 1979 » which both sides have agreed to extend'
until 31 December 1980 by an Agreement in the form of an exchange of
of letters approved to- the Council on 21 January 1980*
 ---pagebreak---                              Proposal for a
                      Council Regulation (EEC)
                laying down for the year 1980 certain measures for
                the conservation and management of fishery resources
                off the West Greenland coast applicable to vessels
                flying the flag of a Member State .
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
  and in particular Article 43 thereof.
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
  Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament /
; Whereas , on 14 April 1980 the Community and Canada signed an Agreement
  in the form of an exchange of letters extending until 31 December 1980
< their Agreement on fisheries concluded on 3 December 1979, and have held
  consultations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement concerning
  the management during 1980 of common fishery resources in the Davis Strait and
  Baffin Bay ;
  Whereas as a result of these consultations delegations from each of the two Parties
  have agreed to recommend to their authorities certain measures for the
  conservation and management of these resources , including the fixing of
  allocations for the vessels of the other Party and conditions for fishing by
  all vessels in the waters concerned;
  Whereas it is appropriate that the Community implement these agreed measures ,
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATIONS
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                                   ν
                                     Article 1
         1•    The area to which this Regulation applies shall be that part of the
         fisheries zones of Denmark and of Canada situated within subareas 0 and 1
        as defined by the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the
        Northwest Atlantic Fisheries .         :
        2 . Except as provided for in paragraph 3, the catches which vessels
        flying the flag of a Member State shall be authorized to take in the period
         1 January to 31 December 1980 in the area defined in paragraph 1 shall be
        limited to the quotas laid down in Annex I.
   *    3 . In addition to the quotas laid down in Annex I , Greenland ooastal fishermen
        shall be authorized to fish for deepwater prawn within twelve miles of
        baselines in the fishery zone of Denmark.
                                          Ν                   '
                                     Article 2
        1.     Vessels fishing in the fishery zone of Denmark for the quotas established
        in Article 1 shall comply with the conservation and control measures laid
        down in this Regulation and with any other measures governing fishing activities
          in that zone .                                    ^
                                                                \
      . 2 . Vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall keep a logbook as specified in
        Annex II * The original of the logbook shall be kept on board the vessel .
        The pink and blue copies of the logbook shall be sent each month to the
        Commission of the European Communities at the latest by the last day of the
         month in respect of the preceding month .
         3.    Vessels referred to in paragraph 1 over 80 gross registered tons shall
        transmit by radio to the authorities of their flag state , in accordance with
        the rales set out in Annex III , the information speoified in that Annex.
        4 * The registration letters and numbers of the vessels referred to in
        paragraph t shall be clearly marked on both sides of the bow of the vessel
        and on the superstructure .
                                     Article 3
        The authorities of the Member States shall retransmit the information received
; sie&iTfromivefeseliyflyiiigftheirsflag to the Commission as follows !       1
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          ( 1 ) entry and departure reports shall fee retransmitted on the
                day of receipt of the report ;
          ( 2) weekly catch reports shall be retransmitted within three
                working days of receipt of the report .
                               Article 4
  The Commission , on the basis of the information received from Member States in
  accordance with Article 3 , shall calculate the date at which the quotas laid
  down in Annex I wi 1 1 be fully utilized, and shall inform Member States that
  fishing by their vessels must cease from that date .
                               Article 5
  The competent authorities of the Member States shall take appropriate steps ,
  including the regular inspeotion of vessels , to ensure the enforcement of
  this Regulation*
                               Article 6
  Where an infringement is duly established, the competent authorities of the
  Member States shall , without delay, inform the Commission of the name of the
  vessel involved and of any action which they have taken.
                               Article 7
  This Regulation shall enter into foroe on the third day following its
< publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and direotly applicable in
  all Member States .
  Done at Brussels ,                                        For the Council
                                                             The President
 ---pagebreak---                                         ANNEX I
                                        Quotas
                                   Part of the area .   Quantities
           Species .           referred to in Article 1  ( tonnes )
 Greenland halibut                      entire area        19 450
  (Rheinhardtius
 hippoglossoides)
 Roundnose grenadier                    entire area         7 200
  ( Coryphaenoides
 rupestris)
 Deep-water prawn
  ( Pandalus borealis)
                                    NAPO eubarea 1   *
                                    outside 12 miles
                                    from base-lines
                                 - North of 68 N            3 000 ( 1 )
                                 - South of 68°K           19 620 ( 2)
                                  , NAF0 subarea 0           2 500
( 1 ) To be fished by Greenland coastal fishermen*
 ( 2) Minus any catches taken in NATO subarea 0.
 ---pagebreak---                             ATOIEX II -
The following logbook shall be used when fishing within the area referred
to in Artiolk 1 .
 ---pagebreak---                                 • - ΑΜΕΧ III                             ,
  1.         The information to "be transmitted by radio to the flag state of the
             vessel and the timetable for its transmission are as follows :     ,
  1*1 .      On each occasion the vessel enters the zone defined in Article 1
             paragraph 1 , hereafter referred to as ''the zone":
             (a ) the information specified under point 1.4 below;
             (b) the quantity ( l ) of each species of fish in the hold.
             In the event that the fishing operation requires repeated daily entries
             into the zone , a single communication on first entering the zone will
             suffice .
  1.2.1 . On each occasion the vessel leaves the zone :
             (a) the information specified under point 1.4 below;
             (b) the quantity of each species caught since the previous transmission;
        '    ( c) the quantity of each species transshipped since the vessel entered
                  the zone and the identification of the vessel of transshipment ;
             (d) the quantity of each species landed irj a port of the Community since
                  the vessel entered the zone ;
             (e ) the quantity of discards specified by species since previous
                  transmission ( when fishing for prawns only).
'           In the event that the fishing operations require repeated daily exits
            from the zone , a single communication on the last exit will suffice .
                                                   v                                 i
 1.2.2 . A notice of leaving at least 48 hours prior to the vessel 's scheduled
            exit from the zones referred to under 1.1 or that part of ICES division
            XIV under the fisheries jurisdiction of the Community.
 1.3 .      At weekly intervals , commencing on the seventh day after the vessel
            first enters the zone :
            (a) the information specified under 1.4 below;
            (b) the quantity of each species caught since the previous transmission ;
            ( c) the quantity of discards specified by species since previous
                  transmission.                                   .  v
 1.4 .      (a) The name , call sign, identification numbers and letters of the
                  vessel , and the name of the master ;
             (b)  the licence number if the vessel is licensed to fish ;
            ( c)  the sériai number of the message ;
             (d)  identification of the type of message ;
             ( e) the date , the time and the geographical position of the vessel .
 2.          If it is impossible , for reasons of force Majeure , for the message to
            be transmitted by the vessel , it may be transmitted on the vessel*s
            behalf by another vessel . „ ■ '
(1)       For purposes of this Annex, quantities shall be expressed in tonnes
          round-weight .
 ---pagebreak---  Form of comnruni cations                                    _
                                                               1
 The information specified under point 1 shall contain the following
 particulars , which shall be given in the following order :
– neune of vessel .
- call sign ,
- external identification letters and numbers ,
- serial number of the message for the voyage in question ,
- indication of the type of message according to the following codes
   - message – when entering the zone :  IN"
   - message – when leaving the zone :  OUT    .
   - weekly message :   WKL, ,
- the geographical position
- the date on which fishing is expected to commence ;
- the quantity of each species of fish in the hold,
- the quantity of each species discarded since the previous transmission
- the quantity of each species transshipped since the previous transmission
- the quantity of each species landed in a port of the Community since the
   previous transmission :
– the naine of the master .
The code to be used to indicate the species in the communications referred
to above :                                                       '
A Deep-water prawn ( Pandalus borealis )
C Greenland halibut (Rheinhardtius hippoglossoides)
D' Cod (Cadus morrhua)
F Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
I Round–nose grenadier ( Coryphaenoides rupestris)
U Redfish ( Sebastes marinas)
R   Other