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Legal instrument	Regulation
Number legal act	Regulation 2001/973
Original proposal	COM(2000)353
CELEX number i	32001R0973

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Council Regulation (EC) No 973/2001 of 14 May 2001 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species

Official Journal L 137 , 19/05/2001 P. 0001 - 0009

Council Regulation (EC) No 973/2001

of 14 May 2001

laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),

Whereas:

• (1) 

  The Community has by Decision 98/392/EC(3) approved the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which contains principles and rules relating to the conservation and management of the living resources of the sea. In the framework of its wider international obligations, the Community participates in efforts arising in international waters to conserve fish stocks.

• (2) 

  Pursuant to Decision 86/237/EEC(4), the Community has been a Contracting Party to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, hereinafter called "the ICCAT Convention", since 14 November 1997.

• (3) 

  The ICCAT Convention provides a framework for regional cooperation on the conservation and management of tunas and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and adjoining seas by setting up an International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, hereinafter called the "ICCAT", and adopting recommendations on conservation and management in the Convention area which become binding on the Contracting Parties.

• (4) 

  The ICCAT has recommended a number of technical measures for certain stocks of highly migratory species in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, specifying inter alia authorised sizes and weights of fish, and restrictions on fishing within certain areas and time-periods, with certain gears, and on capacity. These recommendations are binding on the Community and should therefore be implemented.

• (5) 

  Certain technical measures adopted by the ICCAT were incorporated into Council Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 of 27 June 1994 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean(5) and Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms(6). In the interests of clarity, these measures should be brought together in this Regulation and the relevant Articles of the above Regulations should be repealed.

• (6) 

  To take into account traditional fishing practice in certain areas, specific provisions on the capture and retention on board of certain tuna species should be adopted.

• (7) 

  The Community has by Decision 95/399/EC(7) approved the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission. This agreement provides a useful framework for closer international cooperation and rational use of tunas and related species in the Indian Ocean by setting up the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, hereinafter called the "IOTC", and adopting recommendations on conservation and management in the IOTC area which become binding on the Contracting Parties.

• (8) 

  The IOTC has adopted a recommendation laying down technical measures for certain stocks of highly migratory species in the Indian Ocean. This recommendation is binding on the Community and should therefore be implemented.

• (9) 

  The European Community has by Decision 1999/337/EC(8) signed the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program and by Decision 1999/386/EC(9) decided to apply it on a provisional basis pending its approval. The Community should therefore apply the provisions laid down in this...

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