ANNEX 1

Summary list of the main fisheries legislation in the Mediterranean

Albania

• Law No. 7908 of 1995
• Decree No. 4650 of 9 March 1970 as amended by Decree No. 7366 of 9 March 1990

Algeria

• Decree No. 63-403 of 12 October 1963
• Legislative Decree No. 94-13 of 28 May 1994
• Law No. 01-11 of 2001
• Decree No. 96-121 of 1996

Croatia

• Article III of the Constitutional Decision by Parliament of 1991
• Maritime Code of 1994
• Marine Fisheries Act of 1997

Cyprus

• Fisheries Law of 1931
• Law No. 45 of 1964
• Law No. 8 of 5 April 1974
• Fisheries Regulations of 1990

Egypt

• Presidential Decision No. 1051 of 1958
• Decree of 15 January 1958
• Act No. 124 of 1983
• Declaration on 26 August 1983

European Union

• Council Regulation No. 3690/93 of 1993
• Council Regulation No. 1627/94 of 1994
• Council Regulation (EC) No. 2371/2002

France

• Decree of 9 Jan 1852
• Law No. 71-1060 of 1971
• Law No. 76-655 of 16 July 1976
• Decree No. 83-228 of 1983
• Decree No. 90-618 of 1990
• Decree No. 2001-426 of 2001

Greece

• Law No. 230 of 17 September 1936
• Royal Decree No. 666 of 1966
• Decree-Law No. 142/1969 of 1969
• Fisheries Code of 1970
• Presidential Order No. 373 of 1985

Israel

• Fisheries Ordinance No. 6 of 1937
• Law of 10 February 1953
• Law No. 5717-1956 of 1956 as amended by Law No. 5750-1990 of 5 February 1990

Italy

• Act No. 613 of 1967
• Navigation Code of 1942 as modified by Law No. 359 of 14 August 1974
• Law No. 41 of 1982
• Ministerial Decree of 20 October 1986

Lebanon

• Legislative Decree No. 138 of 7 September 1983
• Resolution No. 42/1 of 1999

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

• Law No. 2 of 18 February 1959
• Law No. 14 of 1989

Malta

• Continental Shelf Act of 29 July 1966
• Act No. XXXII of 1971
• Act No. XXXII of 10 December 1971 as modified by Act No. XXIV of 21 July 1978
• Act No. II of 2001

Monaco

• Sovereign Ordinance No. 5094 of 14 February 1973

Morocco

• Law No. 1-73-255 of 1973
• Law No. 1673-255 of 1973
• Law No. 1-73-211 of 1973
• Law No. 1-81 of 8 April 1981

Serbia and Montenegro

• Act of 23 July 1987

Slovenia

• Marine Fisheries Act of 2002

Spain

• Law No. 10/1977 of 4 January 1977
• Law No. 15/1978 of 20 February 1978
• Ministerial Order of 26/2/1999
• Royal Decree No. 1315/1997 of 1 August as modified by Royal Decree No. 431/2000 of 31 March 2000
• Law No. 3 of 2001
• Law No. 01-11 of 2001

Syrian Arab Republic

• Legislative Decree No. 304 of 28 December 1963
• Legislative Decree No. 304 of 28 December 1963 as amended by Law No. 37 of 16 August 1981
• Legislative Decree No. 30 of 1964

Tunisia

• Decree of 26 July 1951 as modified by Law No. 63-49 of 30 December 1963
• Law No. 73-49 of 2 August 1973
• Law No. 94-13 of 1994
• Order of 20/9/1994

Turkey

• Law No. 1380 of 1971
• Act No. 2674 of 20 May 1982
• Decree No. 86/11264 of 17 December 1986

List of international instruments consulted

• Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas (1993)

• Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (1995)

• Agreement for the Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (1995)

• International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (2001)

• 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea