COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 520/2007of 7 May 2007laying down technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory speciesand repealing Regulation (EC) No 973/2001THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 37 thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,Whereas:(1) The Community has by Decision 98/392/EC (1) approvedthe United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seawhich contains principles and rules relating to theconservation and management of the living resourcesof the sea. In the framework of its wider internationalobligations, the Community participates in efforts madein international waters to conserve fish stocks.(2) Pursuant to Decision 86/238/EEC (2) the Community hasbeen a Contracting Party to the International Conventionfor the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, hereinafter ‘theICCAT Convention’, since 14 N...