CELEX: 31977R2970
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2970/77 of 29 December 1977 laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Sweden

31 . 12 . 77                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 351 / 1
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                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2970/77
                                                        of 29 December 1977
                laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of
                             fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Sweden
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                         Article 1
 Economic Community,
                                                                        1.   The only catches which vessels flying the flag of
 Having regard to the Act of Accession ,                               Sweden    shall be authorized     to  make  in  the  200
                                                                       nautical mile fishing zones of the Member States situ­
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    ated off the North Sea and Atlantic coasts and covered
                                                                       by Community rules on fisheries are laid down in the
 Whereas the Council adopted, on 3 November 1976, a                    Annex .
 set of resolutions concerning certain external and
 internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ;                     2. The fishing quotas shall be granted subject to
                                                                       compliance with the conservation and supervisory
 Whereas in Regulation (EEC) No 373/77 (') the                         measures and other provisions governing fishing in
 Council laid down , for the period 1 January to 31                    the zones referred to in paragraph 1 .
 March 1977, certain interim measures for the conserva­
 tion and management of fishery resources applicable
 to vessels flying the flag of certain non-member coun­                                        Article 2
 tries, and in particular Sweden ;
                                                                       Member States shall take measure to ensure, as far as
Whereas in Regulations (EEC) No 747/77 (2), (EEC)
 No 1414/77H and (EEC) No 2161 /77 (4) the Council                     possible, the enforcement of Article 1 as regards the
extended the application of certain provisions of Regu­                maritime waters coming under their sovereignty or
 lation (EEC) No 373/77 until 31 December 1977 ;                       falling under their jurisdiction, including in particular
                                                                       the regular inspection of vessels.
Whereas a framework agreement on fisheries has been
concluded between the Community and Sweden ;
                                                                                               Article 3
Whereas the consultations now being held under the
framework agreement in order to lay down the rules                    Within 24 hours of detecting any infringement,
governing fishing, in particular in the Community                      Member States shall inform the Commission of the
fishing zones, have not yet been completed ;                           name of the vessel involved and details of the action
                                                                       they have taken .
Whereas, pending the outcome of these consultations,
it is therefore necessary to adopt further interim
measures for an additional one-month period ,                                                  Article 4
(')  OJ  No  L 53 , 25 . 2 . 1977, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ  No  L 90 , 8 . 4 . 1977, p. 10 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
(3 ) OJ  No  L 160 , 30 . 6 . 1977, p. 14 .                           following its publication in the Official Journal of
 4   OJ  No  L 250 , 30 . 9 . 1977, p. 20 .                            the European Communities.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 29 December 1977.
                                                                     For the Council
                                                                        The President
                                                                        H. S1MONET
                                                   ANNEX
                              Fishing quotas for the period 1 to 31 January 1978
                                                                     Zone                 Quantity
                                  Species                             ICES                 (tonnes )
            Haddock                                                    IV                     200
            Cod                                                        IV                       34
            Sprat                                                      IV                     833
            Mackerel                                                   IV                     354
            Whiting                                                    IV                       75
            Plaice                                                     IV                       17
            Norway pout and sand eel                                   IV                   2 000
            Herring                                                    IV             . token entry