31977R0747

No L 90 / 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 4. 77

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 747/77 of 5 April 1977 extending the application for Sweden of certain provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 373/77 laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of certain non-member countries

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 373/77 '31 March Having regard to the Act of Accession (*), 1977' shall be replaced by '30 June 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 Sweden for the internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ; period 1 April to 30 June 1977 shall be the same as those granted to it during the period 1 January to 31 Whereas in Regulation (EEC) No 373/77 (2) the March 1977 . Council laid down, for the period 1 January to 31 March 1977, certain interim measures for the conserva­ A fishing quota of 5 000 tonnes of blue whiting shall, tion and management of fishery resources applicable, moreover, be granted to Sweden for experimental in particular, to vessels flying the flag of Sweden ; purposes for the period 1 to 30 April 1977.

Whereas the consultations now being held under the 2. The fishing quotas shall be granted subject to framework agreement in order to lay down the rules compliance with the conservation measures and super­ governing fishing, in particular in the Community visory measures and other provisions governing fishing zone, have not yet been completed ; fishing in the zones referred to in Article 1 of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 373/77. Whereas, consequently, pending the completion of these consultations, the application of Regulation Article 3 (EEC) No 373/77 should be extended, for Sweden, for a period of three months, subject to any provisions This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its which may be adopted by the Council in the light of publication in the Official Journal of the European the outcome of the consultations, while adding a Communities. special quota of blue whiting for experimental purposes, It shall apply from 1 April until 30 June 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 53, 25. 2. 1977, p. 1 .