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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1172/77 of 1 June 1977 extending the application of Regulation (EEC) No 194/77 laying down certain 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 May Having regard to the Act of Accession ( J), 1977' shall be replaced by '30 June 1977'. Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the Council adopted, on 3 November 1976, a Article 2 set of resolutions concerning certain external and internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ; 1 . The fishing quotas granted to Poland, the GDR Whereas, in Regulation (EEC) No 1 94/77 (2), the and the USSR for the period 1 to 30 June 1977 shall Council laid down, for the period 1 January to 31 be the same, on a pro rata basis, as those granted to March 1977, certain interim measures for the conserva­ them during the period 1 January to 31 March 1977. tion and management of fishery resources applicable 2. The fishing quotas shall be granted subject to to vessels flying the flag of Poland, the GDR or the 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 Regula­ Whereas, consequently, pending these consultations, tion . The maximum number of vessels flying the flag the application of Regulation (EEC) No 194/77 and of the USSR permitted to fish at the same time in a the period of validity of the licences granted to vessels given zone for which a licence has been obtained is flying the flag of the countries in question was fixed in the Annex hereto . extended by Regulation (EEC) No 745/77 (3) for a period of two months, subject to any provisions which Article 4 might be adopted by the Council in the light of the outcome of the consultations to be held following the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its conclusion of framework agreements ; publication in the Official Journal of the European Whereas a further extension of Regulation (EEC) No Communities. 194/77 is necessary, together with the appropriate modifications, It shall apply until 30 June 1977.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 1 June 1977. For the Council The President J. SILKIN

(») OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. I2) OJ No L 25, 29. 1 . 1977, p. 46. (3) OJ No L 90, 8 . 4. 1977, p. 7.

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ANNEX

Maximum number of vessels of between 2 000 and 3 500 GRT permitted to fish at the same time in a given zone for which a licence has been obtained

ICES or ICNAF sub-area USSR

IV ICES 6 VI ICES 1 VII ICES 5 VIII ICES 2 XIV ICES 1 1 ICNAF 2

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