Declaration of the Commission of 27 July 1981

• Published date: 03 September 1981
• Subject Matter: Agriculture and Fisheries,Fisheries policy
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, C 224, 3 September 1981

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Declaration of the Commission of 27 July 1981

Official Journal C 224 , 03/09/1981 P. 0001

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DECLARATION OF THE COMMISSION

OF 27 JULY 1981

THE COUNCIL HAS NOT REACHED AN AGREEMENT ON THE FIXING OF THE TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCHES FOR 1981 AND THE ASSOCIATED DRAFT REGULATION FIXING THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING FISHING OPERATIONS WHEN TAKING THE TACS FOR 1981 OR ON THE DISTRIBUTION AMONG MEMBER STATES OF CERTAIN CATCH POSSIBILITIES IN 1981 AS PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION . THE COUNCIL HAS NOT YET SUCCEEDED IN EXERCISING THE COMPETENCE TO ADOPT MEASURES RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION OF THE RESOURCES OF THE SEA WHICH SINCE 1 JANUARY 1979 HAS BELONGED FULLY AND DEFINITIVELY TO THE COMMUNITY .

FOR ITS PART THE COMMISSION RECALLS , AS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COURT IN PARTICULAR IN THE JUDGMENT OF 5 MAY 1981 IN CASE 804/79 , THAT THE COMMISSION HAS CERTAIN RIGHTS AND DUTIES UNDER ARTICLE 155 OF THE TREATY . IN VIEW OF THE OVERRIDING PUBLIC INTEREST AND AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE , PENDING A FINAL DECISION BY THE COUNCIL , THE COMMISSION THEREFORE CALLS UPON ALL MEMBER STATES IN PURSUANCE OF THEIR RIGHTS AND DUTIES TO CONDUCT THEIR FISHING ACTIVITIES IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ENSURE THE COMPLIANCE OF VESSELS , WHICH ARE FLYING THEIR FLAG OR ARE REGISTERED IN THEIR TERRITORY , WITH THE COMMISSION'S EXISTING PROPOSALS AS DESCRIBED ABOVE .

THE COMMISSION DECLARES ITS...