31. 12. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 363/93 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3371/94 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 Lithuania 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 the procedure provided for in the Agreement on fisheries relations between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Lithuania (%), and in particular Articles 3 and 6 thereof, the Community as con- stituted on 31 December 1994 and Lithuania have held con- sultations concerning their mutual fishing rights for 1995 and the management of common living resources; Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Agreement on fisheries of 25 November 1993 between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Republic of Lithuania, Swe- den and Lithuania have held consultations concerning their mutual fishing rights for 1995; ‘Whereas, in accordance with Articles 96 and 124 of the 1994 Act of Accession, fisheries agreements concluded by the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden with third countries shall be managed by the Community; 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 neceésary measures should be taken to imple- ment, for 1995, the results of the consultations held with Lithuania; ‘ Whereas it is for the Council to lay down the spéciﬁc con- - ditions under which catches by vessels flying the flag of Lithuania must be taken; Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the control measures provided for by Council () OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. (®» OJNo L 56, 9. 3. 1993, p. 10. Regulation 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 con- cerning 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 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, vessels flying the flag of Lithuania are hereby authorized to fish for the species listed in Annex I, within the geographical and quantitative limits laid down therein and in accordance with this Regu- lation, in the 200-nautical-mile fishing zone of the Member States in the Baltic Sea. 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-catchesina given zone of a species for which a quota is established in that zone shall be counted against the quota concerned. Article 2 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, including the Recommendations of the 20th Ses- sion of the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission. 2. The vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall keep a log- book in which the information set out in Annex II shall be entered. (®) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. (*) OJNoL 132, 21.5. 1987, p. 9.