31978R2576

1 . 11 . 78 No L 309 /7 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2576/78 of 30 October 1978 allocating among the Member States certain catch quotas for vessels fishing in the Nowegian exclusive economic zone

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the allocation must take into account catches COMMUNITIES, already made by vessels of each of the Member States ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas information about actual catches should be Economic Community and in particular Article 103 made available in order to ensure that the allocations thereof, are respected ; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas these measures must be taken without delay, and it is therefore necessary to adopt them as interim Whereas on 3 November 1976 the Council adopted a measures, on the basis of Article 103 of the Treaty, set of resolutions concerning certain external and subject to their being included at a later date in the internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ; common agricultural policy, Whereas the Community and the Kingdom of Norway have negotiated a framework agreement on fisheries ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the Commission has submitted the above­ mentioned framework agreement to the Council for Article 1 approval ; The only catches which vessels flying the flag pf a Whereas the Community and Norway have held Member State are authorized to make from 1 August consultations concerning their mutual fishing alloca­ to 31 December 1978 in waters north of 62° 00 ' N tions for 1978 ; and falling within the Norwegian exclusive economic zone are set out in the Annex hereto. Whereas during the consultations the delegations agreed to recommend to their authorities that they fix certain catch quotas for 1978 for vessels of the other Article 2 party ; Member States shall periodically transmit to the Whereas it is the responsibility of the Community to Commission information concerning the catches, allocate the catch quotas in the Norwegian exclusive broken down by species, made by vessels flying their economic zone among the Community vessels flag fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic concerned ; zone . Whereas for this purpose it is necessary to allocate these quotas among the Member States of the Commu­ Article 3 nity ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Whereas the quotas agreed with Norway cover the publication in the Official Journal of the European whole of 1978, but the Council by Regulation (EEC) Communities. No 1847/78 (*) made an allocation only for the period 1 August to 31 October 1978 ; It shall apply until 31 December 1978.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 30 October 1978 . For the Council The President J. ERTL

H OJ No L 211 , 1 . 8 . 1978 , p. 4.

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ANNEX

Quantities referred to in Article 1 for the period 1 August to 31 December 1978

(Norwegian waters north of 62° 00' N)

(tonnes)

ICES sub-area Species Quotas Allocations or division

Cod I, I la) and lib) 13 190 Belgium : token entry France : 888 Germany : 4 664 United Kingdom : 7 638 Haddock I, IIa) and lib) 3 111 Belgium : token entry France : 664 Germany : 479 United Kingdom : 1 968 Saithe I, IIa) and lib) 9 619 Belgium : token entry France : token entry Germany : 7 982 United Kingdom : 1 637 Redfish I, IIa) and lib) 5 190 Belgium : token entry Germany : 3 228 United Kingdom : 1 962 Greenland halibut I, IIa) and lib) 1 303 Germany : 750 United Kingdom : 553 Other species I, IIa) and lib) 5 000 Belgium : token entry (as by catches) France : 690 ( !) Germany : 1 610 (J) United Kingdom : 2 700 (*)

P) Quota valid for the whole of 1978.