COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2211/80

of 27 June 1980

on the conclusion of the Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(1),

Whereas by its resolution of 3 November 1976 on certain external aspects of the creation of a 200-mile fisheries zone in the Community with effect from 1 January 1977, the Council agreed that fishing rights for Community fishermen in the waters of third countries must be obtained and preserved by appropriate Community Agreements;

Whereas the Agreement on fisheries between the Community and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands signed on 15 March 1977 should be concluded,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regulation.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 11 of the Agreement(2).

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Communities

.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 June 1980.

For the Council

The President

A. SARTI

(1)  

OJ No C 182, 31.7. 1978, p. 55

.

(2)  The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the

Official Journal of the European Communities

by the General Secretariat of the Council.