31978R2579

No L 309/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 11 . 78

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2579/78 of 30 October 1978 laying down the number of licences for vessels registered in the Faroe Islands for fishing within the 200 mile fishing zones of the Member States

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community, Pursuant to Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1848/78, the number of licences valid for the period 1848/78 of 25 July 1978 laying down certain up to 31 December 1978 which may be issued by the measures for the conservation and management of Commission to vessels registered in the Faroe Islands fishery resources applicable to vessels registered in the is hereby fixed at : Faroe Islands ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2355/78 (2), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof, (a) 18 for fishing mackerel and sprat, in ICES subareas IV and VI 56° 30' N); Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, (b) 25 for fishing Norway pout and sandeel in ICES Whereas under Regulation (EEC) No 1848/78 fishing sub-area IV and in ICES division Via) (north of by vessels registered in the Faroe Islands in the waters 56° 30' N); corresponding to statistical sub-areas IV and VI as defined by the International Council for the Explora­ (c) 18 for fishing Northern deep water prawn, in tion of the Sea (ICES) and zones 0 +- 1 as defined in ICNAF zones 0 + 1 (east of the median line) ; the Annex to the Convention establishing the Interna­ (d) 10 for fishing ling and tusk in ICES division VIb) ; tional Commission for Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (e) five for fishing Greenland halibut in ICNAF zones (ICNAF) and falling under the jurisdiction of the 0 + 1 (east of the median line) ; Member States of the Community, was made subject, as from 1 November 1978, to the granting of a (f) 15 for fishing blue whiting. licence, the number of which was to be fixed after consultations with the Faroese authorities ; Article 2 Whereas these consultations have now taken place, and it is therefore necessary for the Community to lay This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1978 . down the appropriate number of licences,

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

(») OJ No L 211 , 1 . 8 . 1978 , p. 6. (*) OJ No L 285, 11 . 10 . 1978, p. 1 .