31977R2154

No L 250/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 9 . 77

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2154/77

of 27 September 1977

laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of a Member State fishing in Faroese waters and to vessels registered in the Faroe Islands

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ties is allocated on the basis of direct catches exclu­ COMMUNITIES, sively to vessels flying the United Kingdom flag, subject to 150 tonnes authorized as, by-catches for the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European vessels of the other Member States . Economic Community,

Article2¶

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 1 . The catches of herring from West of Scotland stocks which the vessels registered in the Faroe Whereas the Council adopted, on 3 November 1976, a Islands are authorized to take may not exceed 2 50Q set of resolutions concerning certain external and tonnes in the period ending 31 December 1977. internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ; 2. The fishing zones authorized for the catches of Whereas the Council has decided on certain interim herring referred to in paragraph 1 are those in which measures for the conservation and management of such catches have traditionally been recorded in pre­ fishery resources applicable to vessels registered in the vious years . Faroe Islands ; 3. The fishing quota referred to in paragraph 1 Whereas the said measures have been extended to 10 shall be granted subject to compliance with the conser­ September 1977 ; vation and monitoring measures, and other provisions

Whereas a Framework Agreement on fisheries has governing fishing activities in the zones in question . been concluded between the European Economic Article 3 Community and the Faroe Islands ; Member States shall take measures to ensure, as far as Whereas the; consultations now being held under the possible, the enforcement of Article 2 as regards the Framework Agreement in order to lay down the rules maritime waters coming under their sovereignty or governing fishing, in particular in the Community falling under their jurisdiction, including in particular fishing zone, have not yet been completed ; regular inspection of the vessels of non-member coun­ Whereas, pending the outcome of these consultations, tries . it is therefore necessary to adopt further interim Member States and the Commission shall communi­ measures until 31 December 1977 ; < cate to each other the information required, in parti­ Whereas it is necessary to take specific measures for cular concerning the monitoring of the volume of the conservation and management of certain species catches taken by vessels from the non-member coun­ during the period ending 31 December 1977, tries concerned and of compliance with the terms of Article 1 .

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 4

Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day i following its publication in the Official Journal of The Community catch quota for cod and haddock for the European Communities. the period ending 31 December 1977 in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the Faroese authori­ It shall apply until 31 December 1977.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 September 1977.

For the Council

The President

A. HUMBLET