18.1.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 13/113 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 62/1999 of 18 December 1998 laying down for 1999 certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Poland 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 aquaculture ('), and in particular Article 8(4) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, in accordance with Article 124 of the 1994 Act of Accession, fisheries agreements concluded by the Kingdom of Sweden with third countries are managed by the Community; Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Agreement on fisheries of 1 February 1978, the Community, on behalf of the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Republic of Poland have held consultations concerning their mutual fishing rights for 1999; Whereas, in the course of these consultations, the delegations agreed to recommend to their respective authorities that certain catch quotas for 1999 should be fixed for the vessels of the other party; Whereas the necessary measures should be taken to implement, for 1999, the results of the consultations held with Poland; Whereas it is for the Council to lay down the specific conditions under which catches by vessels flying the flag of Poland must be taken; Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the relevant control measures provided for by Council Regulation No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (2); Whereas Article 3(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules (Y) OJ L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1181/98 (O] L 164, 9.6.1998, p. 1). (3) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2205/97 (OJ L 304, 7.11.1997, p. 1). concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels (}) provides that all vessels with chilled or refrigerated sea-water tanks are to keep on board a document certified by a competent authority and indicating the calibration of the tanks in cubic metres at 10-centimetre intervals; Whereas, for imperative reasons of common interest, this Regulation will apply from 1 January 1999, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. From 1 January to 31 December 1999, vessels flying the flag of Poland are hereby authorised 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 Baltic Sea. Fishing for cod shall be prohibited in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound from 1 July to 20 August 1999 inclusive. All fishing shall be prohibited from 15 May to 31 August 1999 within the area bounded by the following coordinates: — latitude 55° 30" N, longitude 15° 30" E, — latitude 55° 30" N, longitude 16° 10" E, — latitude 55° 15’ N, longitude 16° 10" E, — latitude 55° 15’ N, longitude 15° 30" E. 2. Fishing authorised under 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. 3. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, unavoidable by-catches of a species for which no quota is established in a zone shall be permitted within the limits fixed in the conservation measures in force in the zone concerned. () OJ L 132, 21.5.1987, p. 9.