CELEX: 31977R2972
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2972/77 of 29 December 1977 laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery recources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway

No L 351 /4                        Official Journal of the European Communities                             31 . 12 . 77
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2972/77
                                                of 29 December 1977
              laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of
                      fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                  sion on behalf of the Community and to observance
COMMUNITIES,                                                 of the conditions set out in the licence .
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                                     Article 3
Having regard to the Act of Accession,
                                                             When an application for a licence is submitted to the
                                                              Commission the following information shall be
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                             supplied :
Whereas the Council adopted, on 3 November 1976, a           (a)   name of the vessel ;
set of resolutions concerning certain external and           (b)   registration number ;
internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ;            (c)   external identification letters and numbers ;
                                                             (d)   port of registration ;
Whereas the consultations now being held between              (e)  name and address of the owner or charterer ;
Norway and the Community in order to lay down the             (f)  gross tonnage and overall length ;
rules governing their respective fishing rights have not      (g)  engine power ;
yet been completed ;                                          (h)  call sign and radio frequency ;
                                                              (i)  intended method of fishing ;
Whereas pending the outcome of these consultations,           (j)  intended area of fishing ;
it is necessary to adopt further autonomous interim           (k)  species intended to be fished ;
measures regulating Norwegian fishing in Community            (1)  period for which a licence is requested.
waters ;
Whereas the Community and Canada have agreed to                                         Article 4
coordinate their fisheries policy concerning certain
joint fish and shrimp stocks located in the Davies
Strait and Baffin Bay (ICNAF Zones 0 and 1 ),                  Each licence shall be valid for one vessel only. When
                                                              several vessels are taking part in the same fishing oper­
                                                              ation, each vessel must be in possession of a licence.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                        Article 5
                        Article 1
                                                               1 . The licence holder shall be required to comply
                                                               with the conditions of the licence and to notify a
 1.   The only catches which vessels flying the flag of        radio station of the Member States at the times stipu­
 Norway are authorized to make in the 200 nautical             lated in the licence, including inter alia details of the
 mile fishing zone situated off the coast of Greenland         vessel's position and the catch of each species.
 and covered by Community rules on fisheries are laid
 down in the Annex .
                                                               2.    The Member States radio stations shall immedi­
                                                               ately notify the Commission of messages transmitted
 2. The fishing quotas shall be granted subject to             by fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway in compli­
 compliance with the conservation and supervisory              ance with the licence .
 measures and other provisions governing fishing in
 the zones referred to in paragraph 1 .
                                                                                        Article 6
                         Article 2
                                                               Member States shall take measures to ensure, as far as
 Fishing within the zones referred to in Article 1 shall       possible, the enforcement of Article 1 in respect of
 be subject to the granting of a licence by the Commis­        the maritime waters coming under their sovereignty
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or falling under their jurisdiction, including the               name of the vessel involved and details of the action
regular inspection of vessels.                                   they have taken .
                                                                                        Article 8
                        Article 7
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Within 24 hours of detecting any infringement,                   following its publication in the Official Journal of
Member States shall inform the Commission of the                 the European Communities.
             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. SIMONET
                                                         ANNEX
                              Fishing quota for the period 1 January until 31 March 1978
                                                                            ICNAF              Quantity
                                       Species                               Zone              (tonnes)
              Shrimp                                                       0 + 1                2 000
             (Pandalus borealis)
              Less the quantities caught in the Canadian part of Zones ICNAF 0 + 1 .