Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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Series Title | COM |
Series Details | (2014) 373 final (24.06.14) |
Publication Date | 24/06/2014 |
Content Type | Policy-making |
An Agreement on reciprocal access to fishing in the Skagerrak and Kattegat between Denmark, Norway and Sweden was signed on 19 December 1966 and entered into force on 7 August 1967. This agreement, which was in addition to the 1980 bilateral fisheries agreement between the European Union and Norway, allowed for reciprocal access between those three countries to fish up to 4 nautical miles from their respective baselines in the Skagerrak and Kattegat, which are the waters between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Furthermore, the Agreement established that, for the purposes of such fishing, the area in question was deemed to constitute the high seas. Thus the Agreement regulated the relationship between the flag States, on the one hand, and the respective Coastal States, on the other. With the accession of Denmark and Sweden to the EU in 1973 and 1995 respectively, the Commission became responsible for the management of this Agreement on behalf of those two Member States. Consultations on the arrangements resulting from this Agreement have been held in parallel with consultations held under the 1980 bilateral fisheries agreement. The 1966 Agreement remained in force for an initial period of 35 years until 2002 and was subsequently extended for two five-year periods until 2012. Termination of the agreement was possible through giving three years notice by one or other Party prior to the date of expiry of any five-year period. On 29 July 2009, the Norwegian Foreign Ministry formally informed the Danish authorities, the Depositary Government of the Agreement, that they wished to terminate the Agreement with a formal denunciation in accordance with Article 3(3) of the Agreement. Consequently, the 1966 Agreement expired on 7 August 2012. Subsequently, Norway entered into formal negotiations with the Commission, on behalf of the European Union, with the aim of establishing a new Agreement on reciprocal access to fishing in the Skagerrak and Kattegat area. An Agreement was initialled on 24 October 2013, which is in conformity with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea as well as subsequent related provisions in other agreements. This new Agreement will maintain the exclusive access granted to vessels from Denmark, Norway and Sweden to each other's waters outside 4 nautical miles from the baselines. It will ensure continued reciprocal access for the two Member States and Norway to the respective waters of the other Parties in the Skagerrak area, whilst at the same time, ensuring sound conservation and management measures for fisheries in the area. Furthermore, it will allow for control measures in harmony with the principles of normal Coastal State jurisdiction, as is already the case for fisheries in the North Sea. |
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Source Link | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2014:373:FIN |
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Subject Categories | Business and Industry |
Countries / Regions | Europe, Norway |
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