Agreement As To Transitional Rights Between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the one hand, and the Governments of Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands on the other
Source: 3 International Legal Materials 491-492 (1964)
The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the one hand, and the Governments of Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands on the other,
Hereby agree as follows:
Article 1
The provisions of Article 9(1) of the Fisheries Convention opened for signature on 9th March, 1964, shall apply as follows:
(a) Until 31st December, 1965, Belgian, French, German, Irish and Netherlands fishing vessels shall continue to have the right to fish off the coasts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, up to a limit of three miles measured from the baselines of the territorial sea;
(b) Until 31st December, 1966, Belgian, French, German, Irish and Netherlands fishing vessels shall also continue to have the right to fish up to a limit of three miles measured from the baselines of the territorial sea off those parts of the coasts of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland where straight baselines or bay-closing lines in excess of 10 miles are drawn.
Article 2
The provisions of Articles 4 and 5 of the Fisheries Convention shall during the transitional periods be applicable in the zones laid down in Article 1.
Article 3
The present Agreement shall be open for signature from 9th March, 1964 to 10th April, 1964. It shall enter into force, when it is signed by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as between that Government and any other Government which then signs, or has signed, it. In respect of any Government which signs the present Agreement thereafter, the date of entry into force shall be the date of signature by that Government.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed the present Agreement.
DONE at London this ninth day of March 1964, in the English and French languages, each text being equally authoritative, in a single original which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which shall transmit a certified true copy to each signatory Government.
