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This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty amending, with regard to Greenland, the Treaties establishing the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 January 1985. For the Council The President G. ANDREOTTI (1) OJ No C 172, 2.7.1984, p.

83. AGREEMENT on fisheries between the European Economic Community, on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the local Government of Greenland, on the other THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as "the Community", on the one hand, and THE GOVERNMENT OF DENMARK AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF GREENLAND, on the other hand, IN THE SPIRIT of cooperation resulting from the Community's decision to grant the status of overseas territory to Greenland and having regard to the Protocol on the special arrangements applicable to Greenland; RECALLING the status of Greenland, which is both autonomous and an integral part of one of the Member States of the Community; CONSIDERING the vital importance to Greenland of fisheries, which constitute an essential economic activity;

CONSIDERING their mutual interest in the conservation and rational management of fish stocks in the waters located off the coast of Greenland; WHEREAS, for the Community, the maintenance of the fishing activities, in Greenland waters, of vessels flying the flag of a Member State plays an essential part in the proper functioning of the common fisheries policy; WHEREAS the procedures for the accession of Denmark, with regard to Greenland, to the Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean (1) have been initiated ; whereas, pending their completion, appropriate steps will be taken by the authorities responsible for Greenland to regulate salmon fishing in Greenland waters in compliance with the obligations arising from that Convention, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

1. The authorities responsible for Greenland shall take all the measures necessary to ensure conservation and rational management of stocks and regulation of fisheries within the area of fisheries jurisdiction of Greenland. To this end, on the date of entry into force of this Agreement, they shall implement measures corresponding to those in force the previous day.

2. Community fishing vessels shall, when fishing within the area of fisheries jurisdiction of Greenland, comply with the conservation measures, other terms and conditions, and all rules and regulations governing fishing activities in that area, as provided in paragraph 1.

3. The authorities responsible for Greenland shall notify in advance and in due time all new measures, terms, rules or regulations.

4. The provisions adopted pursuant to this Article and the controls carried out to ensure compliance with them shall take into account the need not to compromise the catch possibilities agreed.