18.6.1986   

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 162/39

1.

At the invitation of the Government of the Republic of France, a Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the States Parties to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas was held in Paris on 9 and 10 July 1984.

2.

The following States were present at the Conference: Angola, Benin, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, France, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Japan, Republic of Korea, Morocco, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, United States, Uruguay, USSR and Venezuela.

3.

The European Economic Community, invited as an observer, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations were present at the Conference and participated in the proceedings.

4.

The Conference used as a basis for its discussion the final report of the Eighth Regular Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas held in Madrid, 9 to 15 November 1983.

5.

The Conference agreed upon the attached Protocol relating to the modification of Articles XIV, XV and XVI of the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.

6.

The Conference also agreed that the provisions of Article XIV, paragraph 4, contained in the abovementioned Protocol, will, upon their entry into force, be applicable to the European Economic Community with the understanding that the European Economic Community will have the rights and obligations of a single Contracting Party, especially as concerns voting and contributions to the budget of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.

7.

The Conference took note of the explanations offered by the Japanese representative regarding the problems of a procedural nature which were not resolved during the course of the meeting. The representative, however, in a spirit of compromise, did not oppose the consensus reached in the Conference in order to ensure the early admission of the European Economic Community to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.

8.

The Conference requested the Governments of the Contracting Parties to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas to proceed to implement the internal procedures necessary for the approval, ratification or acceptance of the Protocol, so as to ensure its entry into force as soon as possible.