31977R2158

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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2158 /77 of 30 September 1977 laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of the USSR

THE CQUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Article 2 COMMUNITIES, Fishing within the fishing zones referred to in Article Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 1 by vessels flying the flag of the USSR shall be Economic Community, subject to the granting of a licence on behalf of the Community by the Commission and to observance of Having regard to the Act of Accession, the conditions set out in the licence .

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Article 3 Whereas the Council adopted, on 3 November 1976, a set of resolutions concerning certain external and internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ; When an application for a licence is submitted to the Commission, the following information shall be Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 1 94/77 (') the supplied : Council laid down, for the period 1 January to 31 March 1 977, certain interim measures for the conserva­ (a) name of the vessel ; tion and management of fishery resources applicable (b) registration number and external identification to vessels flying the flag of the USSR, which were letters and numbers ; subsequently extended by Regulations (EEC) No 745/77 (2), (EEC) No 11 72/77 (3) and (EEC) No (c) port of registration ; 1413/77 (4); (d) gross tonnage and overall length ; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1413/77 expired on 30 (e) call sign . September 1 977 ; whereas, however, account being taken of the quantities of catches the allocation of which has been accepted by the Community within Article 4 the framework of ICNAF in ICNAF zone 1 , it is necessary to authorize vessels flying the flag of the 1 . The maximum number of vessels of between Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to continue to 2 000 and 3 950 GRT permitted to fish at the same make certain catches in that zone, time is laid down as seven .

2. Should vessels of a tonnage of less than 2 000 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : GRT be used, the .number of licences and the maximum number of vessels permitted to fish at the same time shall be calculated according to the Article 1 following conversion rates :

1 . From 1 October until 30 November 1977 vessels — up to 1 000 GRT : 2-5, flying the flag of the USSR shall be authorized to take — 1 000 to 2 000 GRT : 1-5 . only the catches laid down in the Annex within the 200-mile fishing zones of the Member States, situated off the North Sea and Atlantic coasts and covered by The figure for the number of vessels obtained by the Community rules on fisheries . above conversion rates shall, where appropriate, be rounded down to the nearest whole number. 2. The fishing quotas shall be granted subject to compliance with the conservation measures and super­ visory measures and other provisions governing Article 5 fishing in the zones referred to in Article 1 of Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 194/77 . Each licence shall be valid for one vessel only for a period not extending beyond 30 November 1977 and (>) OJ No L 25 , 29 . 1 . 1977, p . 46. for the species of fish indicated on the licence within (2) OJ No L 90 , 8 . 4. 1977, p . 7 . (J ) OJ No L 137, 3 . 6 . 1977, p. 13 . the quantitative and geographical limits referred to in (<) OJ No L 160, 30 . 6. 1977, p . 8 . the Annex .

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Article 6 regard in particular to the monitoring of the volume of catches taken by vessels from the USSR. Member States shall take measures to ensure, as far as possible, the enforcement of Articles 1 to 5 as regards the maritime waters coming, jupder their sovereignty Article 7 or falling under their jurisdiction, including in parti­ cular regular inspection of t|ie vessels of the USSR. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of In this connection, Member States and the Commis­ the European Communities. sion shall communicate to each other the information required for compliance with this Regulation, with It shall apply until 30 November 1977.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 September 1977. For the Council

The President A. HUMBLET

ANNEX

USSR fishing quotas for the period from 1 October to 30 November 1977

The zones concerned are those defined in the Annex to the Convention establishing the Interna­ tional Commission for the North-West Atlantic Fisheries Commission (ICNAF), in so far as they are situated in the fishing zones of the Member States extending up to 200 nautical miles from coasts bordering on the North Sea and the Atlantic, and covered by Community rules on fisheries.

Zone Quantity Species (tonnes)

Roundnose grenadier 1 (ICNAF) 1 216 Greenland halibut 1 (ICNAF) 3 760