CELEX: 31977R0745
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-05 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 745/77 of 5 April 1977 extending the application of Regulation (EEC) No 194/77 laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Poland, the GDR or the USSR

8 . 4 . 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 90/7
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 745/77
                                                      of 5 April 1977
               extending the application of Regulation (EEC) No 194/77 laying down certain
               interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources
                     applicable to vessels flying the flag of Poland, the GDR or the USSR
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                  Article 1
 Economic Community,
                                                                In Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 194/77 '31 March
 Having regard to the Act of Accession ('),                     1977' shall be replaced by '31 May 1977'.
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                        Article 2
 Whereas the Council adopted, on 3 November 1976, a
 set of resolutions concerning certain external and             1 . The fishing quotas granted to Poland, the GDR
 internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ;              and the USSR for the period 1 April to 31 May 1977
 Whereas in Regulation (EEC) No 1 94/77 (2) the                 shall be the same, on a pro rata basis, as those
 Council laid down, for the period 1 January to 31              granted to them during the period 1 January to 31
 March 1977, certain interim measures for the conserva­         March 1977.
 tion and management of fishery resources applicable
 to vessels flying the flag of Poland, the GDR or the           2. The fishing quotas shall be granted         subject to
 USSR ;                                                         compliance with the conservation measures     and super­
                                                                visory measures and other provisions           governing
 Whereas, since the adoption of that Regulation, those          fishing in the zones referred to in Article 1  of Regula­
 countries have requested the opening of negotiations           tion (EEC) No 194/77.
 with the Community for the conclusion of framework
 agreements on fisheries and these negotiations are still
                                                                                        Article 3
 in progress ; whereas, therefore, the consultations
 which should be held pursuant to the framework                 The period of validity of the licences granted to
 agreements in order to lay down the rules governing            vessels flying the flag of the countries in question
 fishing, in particular in the Community fishing zone,          pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 194/77 shall be
 have not yet been started ;                                    extended for the period of application of this
 Whereas, consequently, pending these consultations,            Regulation .
 the application of Regulation (EEC) No 194/77 and
 the period of validity of the licences granted to vessels                              Article 4
 flying the flag of the countries in question should be
 extended for a period of two months, subject to any            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
 provisions which may be adopted by the Council in              publication in the Official Journal of the European
 the light of the outcome of the consultations to be            Communities.
 held following the conclusion of framework agree­
 ments ,                                                        It shall apply from 1 April until 31 May 1977.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Luxembourg, 5 April 1977.
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                                D. OWEN
(>) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(2) OJ No L 25, 29 . 1 . 1977, p. 46.