CELEX: 51977PC0567
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-04
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending the Council Regulation (EEC) laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of North Sea herring (Presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                                              COM(77)567         final
                                                              Brussels , 7 November 1977
                            Proposal for a
                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( ESC )
  amending the Council Regulation ( EEC ) laying down certain
  in                       for the conservation and management of
         Sea
           ( Presented by the Commission to the Council )
   C ^"n)'j3] final
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORAIIDUM
Following the deliberations in the Council at its meeting on
25 October on the particular social situation which might arise
because of the prohibition on North Sea herring fishing in the
period up to 31 December 1977 » and in view of the additional
information received since then on this situation, it is proposed
that an exceptional quota of 600 tonnes shall be granted to
certain inshore fishermen on the French coast between Staples and
la Baie de Seine .   This derogation applies only to fishermen
using small vessels equipped with gill or drift nets .
 ---pagebreak---                            Regulation amending
                    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ....
                           ' of 25 October 1977
      laying down the interim measures for the conservation and
                      management of North Sea herring
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 350/77 of 18 February 1977
laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management
                      1      ,  .     ,   . . _   , . . ,   v „         2
of fishery resources , as last amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 1673/77 ,
and in particular Article 1(2 ) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Regulation (EEC ) No        laying down the interim measures for the
conservation and management of North Sea herring prolonged the prohibition
on herring fishing in the North Sea until 31 December 1977 pending a
re-examination of the situation;
Whereas , however , this measure affects certain local small-scale inshore
fishermen in one Member State particularly seriously ; whereas a large
proportion of their annual resources comes from herring stocks fished in .
close proximity to their coast during the period under consideration,
without aiqy possible alternative in view of the type of fishing equipment
used ; whereas , therefore , to take account of the social consequences
of such a measure on this particular local situation, 3 limited -exception
should be made to the prohibition on the fishing of North Sea herring in
respect of the fishermen concerned in that Member State ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 OJ No L 48 » 19 February 1977 t P * 28 .
20J No L 186 , 26 July 1977 , p . 30.
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The following paragraph is added to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC ) No     /77
2.
However , Prance shall be authorized to carry out direct fishing for North
Sea herring in Division VII d, up to a limit of 600 tonnes and subject to
the conditions laid down in the Annex .
                            Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on
This Regulation shall be "binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                    For the Council
                                                       The President
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The provisions of Article l(2 ) shall apply only to inshore fishermen
operating from the ports of Etaples on the Baie de Somme , Le Treport
and Fecainp , with vessels of less than 30 GRT using gill nets or drift
nets .