No L 363/104 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.12. 94 'COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3374/94 of 20 December 1994 laying down for 1995 certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Poland and the Russian Federation THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com- munity, 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 shall be managed by the Com- . munity; Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the agreement on fisheries of 1 February 1978, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Republic of Poland have held consulta- tions concerning their mutual fishing rights for 1995; Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the agreement on fisheries of 11 December 1992, the King- dom of Sweden and the Russian Federation have held con- sultations concerning their mutual fishing rights for 1995; Whereas, in the course of these consultations, the delegations agreed to recommend to their respective authorities that cer- tain catch quotas for 1995 should be fixed for the vessels of the other Party; Whereas the necessary measures should be taken to imple- ment, for 1995, the results of the consultations held with Poland and the Russian Federation; Whereas it is for the Council to lay down the specific con- ditions under which catches by vessels flying the flag of Poland and the Russian Federation must be taken; Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the control measures provided for by Council Regulation No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (3); () OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. (®) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. Whereas Article 3 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules con- cerning 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 com- petent authority and indicating the calibration of the tanks in. cubic metres at 10-centimetre intervals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. From 1 January to 31 December 1995: (a) vessels flying the flag of Poland are hereby authorized to fish for the species listed in Annex I, in the 200-nau- tical-mile fishing zone of the Member States in the Bal- tic Sea; (b) vessels flying the flag of the Russian Federation are " hereby authorized to fish for the species listed in Annex II, in the 200-nautical-mile fishing zone of the Member States in the Baltic Sea; within the geographical and quantitative limits laid down in these Annexes and in accordance with this Regulation. ~ 2. Fishing authorized under paragraph 1 shall be limited to those parts of the 200-nautical-mile fishing zone lying sea- wards 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 mea- sures in force in the zone concerned. 4. By-catches in a given zone of a species for which a quota is established in that zone shall be counted against the quota concerned. Article 2 1 1. Vessels fishing within the quotas fixed in Article 1 shall comply with the conservation and control measures and all other provisions governing fishing in the zones referred to in that Article. Vessels fishing within the Baltic Sea shall also comply with the Fishery Rules of the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission as amended during the 20th Session. () OJ No L 132, 21.5. 1987, p. 9.