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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-1172/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-1172/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1985/1172",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EEC) No 1172/85 of 2 May 1985 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community, on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, on the other hand, concerning salmon fishing in Faroese waters",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-1172",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Regulation (EEC) No 1172/85\nof 2 May 1985\non the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community, on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, on the other hand, concerning salmon fishing in Faroese waters\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nHaving regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,\nWhereas the Community, on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, on the other hand, have held consultations on fishery matters of mutual interest;\nWhereas both Parties agreed that the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO) is the appropriate forum within which to regulate salmon fishing in the fisheries zone of the Faroe Islands;\nWhereas the Faroese authorities have confirmed that they will cooperate with the Community at the 1985 annual meeting of NASCO with a view to agreeing a regulatory measure fixing a quota for their catches in the fisheries zone of the Faroe Islands for the season starting on 1 October 1985 and ending on 31 May 1986;\nWhereas the Parties have agreed to hold further consultations should NASCO not adopt appropriate regulatory measures;\nWhereas at the conclusion of their consultations the two delegations initialled an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters;\nWhereas it is in the Community's interest to approve this Agreement,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No C 52, 26. 2. 1985, p. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Opinion delivered on 19 April 1985 (not yet published in the Official Journal)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}