No L 341/96 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.12. 93 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3691/93 of 21 December 1993 laying down for 1994 certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquacuiture (1), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Articles 2 and 7 of the Fisheries Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway (2), the Community and Norway have held consultations concerning mutual fishing rights in 1994 and the management of common biological resources; Whereas, in the course of these consultations, the delegations agreed to recommend to their respective authorities that certain catch quotas for 1994 should be fixed for the vessels of the other party; Whereas the Agreement of 19 December 1966 between Denmark, Norway and Sweden on reciprocal access to fishing in the Skagerrak and Kattegat provides that each party shall grant vessels of the other parties access to its fishing zone in the Skagerrak and part of the Kattegat up to four nautical miles from the baselines; Whereas the necessary measures should be taken to implement, for 1994, the results of the consultations held between the delegations of the Community and Norway and thus prevent any interruption of mutual fisheries relations as at 31 December 1993; Whereas it is for the Council to lay down the specific conditions under which such catches must be taken; Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the relevant control measures provided for (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 226, 29. 8. 1990, p. 48. in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (3); Whereas Article 3 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels (4) provides that all vessels with chilled or refrigerated sea-water tanks are to keep on board a document certified by a competent authority and specifying the calibration of the tanks in cubic metres at '10-centimetre intervals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: _Article 1 1. Vessels flying the flag of Norway are hereby authorized until 31 December 1994 to fish for the species listed in Annex I, within the geographical and quantitative limits laid down therein and in accordance with this Regulation, in the 200-nautical-mile fishing zone of the Member States in the North Sea, Skagerrak, Kattegat, Baltic Sea and Atlantic Ocean north of 43°00'N. : : 2. Fishing authorized pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be limited to those parts of the 200-nautical-mile fishing zone lying seawards of 12 nautical miles from the baselines from which the fishing zones of Member States are measured; however, fishing in the Skagerrak will be allowed seawards of four nautical miles from the Danish baselines. 3. Fishing in the parts of ICES division IIl a bounded in the west by a line drawn from the Hanstholm lighthouse to the Lindesnes lighthouse and in the south by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from there to the nearest point on the Swedish coast shall not be subject to quantitative limitations, with the exception of fishing for mackerel and saithe. (3) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. - (4) O] No L 132, 21. 5. 1987, p. 9.