Article 1 
1. From 1 January to 31 December 1995, vessels flying the flag of Lithuania are hereby authorized to fish for the species listed in Annex I, within the geographical and quantitative limits laid down therein and in accordance with this Regulation, in the 200-nautical-mile fishing zone of the Member States in the Baltic Sea. 2. Fishing authorized under paragraph 1 shall be limited to those parts of the 200-nautical-mile fishing zone lying seawards of 12-nautical-miles from the baselines from which the fishing zones of Member States are measured. 3. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, unavoidable by-catches of a species for which no quota is established in a zone shall be permitted within the limits fixed in the conservation measures in force in the zone concerned. 4. By-catches in a given zone of a species for which a quota is established in that zone shall be counted against the quota concerned. Article 2 1. Vessels fishing within the quotas fixed in Article 1 shall comply with the conservation and control measures and all other provisions governing fishing in the zones referred to in that Article, including the Recommendations of the 20th Session of the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission. 2. The vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall keep a log-book in which the information set out in Annex II shall be entered. 3. The vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall transmit to the Commission, in accordance with the rules laid down in Annex III, the information set out in that Annex. 4. Those vessels referred to in paragraph 1 which have chilled or refrigerated sea-water tanks shall keep on board a document certified by a competent authority and indicating the calibration of the tanks in cubic metres at 10-centimetre intervals. 5. The registration letters and numbers of vessels referred to in paragraph 1 must be clearly marked on the bow of each vessel on both sides. Article 3 1. Fishing under the quotas fixed in Article 1 shall be permitted only where a licence and a special fishing permit has been issued by the Commission on behalf of the Community at the request of the Lithuanian authorities and in compliance with the conditions set out in Annexes II and III. Copies of these Annexes and the licence and the special fishing permit shall be kept on board of each vessel. The vessels to be licensed for fishing in the Community zone during a given month will be notified at the latest by the 10th day of the preceding month. The Community shall process expeditiously requests for adjustments to a monthly list during is currency. However, for fishing in the fishing zone of Finland, only a yearly list of vessels to be licensed shall be stablished. 2. When an application for a licence and a special fishing permit is submitted to the Commission, the following information must be supplied: (a) name of vessel; (b) registration number; (c) external identification letters and numbers; (d) port of registration; (e) name and address of the owner or charterer; (f) gross tonnage and overall length; (g) engine power; (h) call sign and radio frequency; (i) intended method of fishing; (j) intended area of fishing; (k) species for which it is intended to fish; (l) period for which a licence is requested. 3. Licences and special fishing permits shall be issued provided that the number of licences valid at any time during a given month or year does not exceed the amounts mentioned in Annex I. 4. Only fishing vessels under 40 metres will be authorized except in the Swedish zone where vessels under 47 metres will be authorized. 5. Each licence and special fishing permit shall be valid for one vessel only. Where two or more vessels are taking part in the same fishing operation, each vessel must be in possession of a licence and special fishing permit. 6. Licences and special fishing permits may be cancelled with a view to the issue of new licences and special fishing permits. Such cancellations shall take effect on the day before the date of issue of the new licences and special fishing permits by the Commission. New licences and special fishing permits shall take effect from their date of issue. 7. Licences and special fishing permits shall be wholly or partially withdrawn before the date of expiry if the respective quotas fixed in Article 1 have been exhausted. 8. Licences and special fishing permits shall be withdrawn in the event of any failure to meet the obligations laid down in this Regulation. 9. For a period not exceeding 12 months, no licence and special fishing permit shall be issued for any vessel in respect of which the obligations laid down in this Regulation have not been met. 10. The Commission shall submit, on behalf of the Community, to Lithuania the names and characteristics of the Lithuanian vessels which will not be authorized to fish in the Community's fishing zone for the next month(s) as a consequence of an infringement of Community rules. Article 4 Vessels authorized to fish on 31 December may continue fishing as from the beginning of next year until the lists of vessels permitted to fish during the year in question are submitted to and approved by the Commission on behalf of the Community. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995. However, for the new Member States, the Regulation shall enter into force on the date of Accession. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1994. For the Council The President J. BORCHERT (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 56, 9. 3. 1993, p. 10. (3) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 132, 21. 5. 1987, p. 9.
Article 2 
1. Vessels fishing within the quotas fixed in Article 1 shall comply with the conservation and control measures and all other provisions governing fishing in the zones referred to in that Article, including the Recommendations of the 20th Session of the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission. 2. The vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall keep a log-book in which the information set out in Annex II shall be entered. 3. The vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall transmit to the Commission, in accordance with the rules laid down in Annex III, the information set out in that Annex. 4. Those vessels referred to in paragraph 1 which have chilled or refrigerated sea-water tanks shall keep on board a document certified by a competent authority and indicating the calibration of the tanks in cubic metres at 10-centimetre intervals. 5. The registration letters and numbers of vessels referred to in paragraph 1 must be clearly marked on the bow of each vessel on both sides. Article 3 1. Fishing under the quotas fixed in Article 1 shall be permitted only where a licence and a special fishing permit has been issued by the Commission on behalf of the Community at the request of the Lithuanian authorities and in compliance with the conditions set out in Annexes II and III. Copies of these Annexes and the licence and the special fishing permit shall be kept on board of each vessel. The vessels to be licensed for fishing in the Community zone during a given month will be notified at the latest by the 10th day of the preceding month. The Community shall process expeditiously requests for adjustments to a monthly list during is currency. However, for fishing in the fishing zone of Finland, only a yearly list of vessels to be licensed shall be stablished. 2. When an application for a licence and a special fishing permit is submitted to the Commission, the following information must be supplied: (a) name of vessel; (b) registration number; (c) external identification letters and numbers; (d) port of registration; (e) name and address of the owner or charterer; (f) gross tonnage and overall length; (g) engine power; (h) call sign and radio frequency; (i) intended method of fishing; (j) intended area of fishing; (k) species for which it is intended to fish; (l) period for which a licence is requested. 3. Licences and special fishing permits shall be issued provided that the number of licences valid at any time during a given month or year does not exceed the amounts mentioned in Annex I. 4. Only fishing vessels under 40 metres will be authorized except in the Swedish zone where vessels under 47 metres will be authorized. 5. Each licence and special fishing permit shall be valid for one vessel only. Where two or more vessels are taking part in the same fishing operation, each vessel must be in possession of a licence and special fishing permit. 6. Licences and special fishing permits may be cancelled with a view to the issue of new licences and special fishing permits. Such cancellations shall take effect on the day before the date of issue of the new licences and special fishing permits by the Commission. New licences and special fishing permits shall take effect from their date of issue. 7. Licences and special fishing permits shall be wholly or partially withdrawn before the date of expiry if the respective quotas fixed in Article 1 have been exhausted. 8. Licences and special fishing permits shall be withdrawn in the event of any failure to meet the obligations laid down in this Regulation. 9. For a period not exceeding 12 months, no licence and special fishing permit shall be issued for any vessel in respect of which the obligations laid down in this Regulation have not been met. 10. The Commission shall submit, on behalf of the Community, to Lithuania the names and characteristics of the Lithuanian vessels which will not be authorized to fish in the Community's fishing zone for the next month(s) as a consequence of an infringement of Community rules. Article 4 Vessels authorized to fish on 31 December may continue fishing as from the beginning of next year until the lists of vessels permitted to fish during the year in question are submitted to and approved by the Commission on behalf of the Community. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995. However, for the new Member States, the Regulation shall enter into force on the date of Accession. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1994. For the Council The President J. BORCHERT (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 56, 9. 3. 1993, p. 10. (3) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 132, 21. 5. 1987, p. 9.
Article 3 
1. Fishing under the quotas fixed in Article 1 shall be permitted only where a licence and a special fishing permit has been issued by the Commission on behalf of the Community at the request of the Lithuanian authorities and in compliance with the conditions set out in Annexes II and III. Copies of these Annexes and the licence and the special fishing permit shall be kept on board of each vessel. The vessels to be licensed for fishing in the Community zone during a given month will be notified at the latest by the 10th day of the preceding month. The Community shall process expeditiously requests for adjustments to a monthly list during is currency. However, for fishing in the fishing zone of Finland, only a yearly list of vessels to be licensed shall be stablished. 2. When an application for a licence and a special fishing permit is submitted to the Commission, the following information must be supplied: (a) name of vessel; (b) registration number; (c) external identification letters and numbers; (d) port of registration; (e) name and address of the owner or charterer; (f) gross tonnage and overall length; (g) engine power; (h) call sign and radio frequency; (i) intended method of fishing; (j) intended area of fishing; (k) species for which it is intended to fish; (l) period for which a licence is requested. 3. Licences and special fishing permits shall be issued provided that the number of licences valid at any time during a given month or year does not exceed the amounts mentioned in Annex I. 4. Only fishing vessels under 40 metres will be authorized except in the Swedish zone where vessels under 47 metres will be authorized. 5. Each licence and special fishing permit shall be valid for one vessel only. Where two or more vessels are taking part in the same fishing operation, each vessel must be in possession of a licence and special fishing permit. 6. Licences and special fishing permits may be cancelled with a view to the issue of new licences and special fishing permits. Such cancellations shall take effect on the day before the date of issue of the new licences and special fishing permits by the Commission. New licences and special fishing permits shall take effect from their date of issue. 7. Licences and special fishing permits shall be wholly or partially withdrawn before the date of expiry if the respective quotas fixed in Article 1 have been exhausted. 8. Licences and special fishing permits shall be withdrawn in the event of any failure to meet the obligations laid down in this Regulation. 9. For a period not exceeding 12 months, no licence and special fishing permit shall be issued for any vessel in respect of which the obligations laid down in this Regulation have not been met. 10. The Commission shall submit, on behalf of the Community, to Lithuania the names and characteristics of the Lithuanian vessels which will not be authorized to fish in the Community's fishing zone for the next month(s) as a consequence of an infringement of Community rules. Article 4 Vessels authorized to fish on 31 December may continue fishing as from the beginning of next year until the lists of vessels permitted to fish during the year in question are submitted to and approved by the Commission on behalf of the Community. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995. However, for the new Member States, the Regulation shall enter into force on the date of Accession. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1994. For the Council The President J. BORCHERT (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 56, 9. 3. 1993, p. 10. (3) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 132, 21. 5. 1987, p. 9.
Article 4 
Vessels authorized to fish on 31 December may continue fishing as from the beginning of next year until the lists of vessels permitted to fish during the year in question are submitted to and approved by the Commission on behalf of the Community. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995. However, for the new Member States, the Regulation shall enter into force on the date of Accession. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1994. For the Council The President J. BORCHERT (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 56, 9. 3. 1993, p. 10. (3) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 132, 21. 5. 1987, p. 9.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995. However, for the new Member States, the Regulation shall enter into force on the date of Accession. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1994. For the Council The President J. BORCHERT (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 56, 9. 3. 1993, p. 10. (3) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 132, 21. 5. 1987, p. 9.