Summary of the Order of 17 August 1972

Summaries of Judgments, ANot an official documenters of the Internationa
l Court of Justice

FISHERIES JURISDI(CT1OC NASE(FEDERAL REPIJBLIC OFGERMANY

v.ICEILAND I)NTERIM PR.OTECTION

O~~deo rf17 August:lW2

mightprejudictherightof theotherPartin respecofthe
adoptedbyfourteenvotestoone,theCourtindicated interim carryingout of whatever decision on themeritsthe Court
measuresof protectionintka Fisheries Jurisdiction casesayrender;
(UnitedKingdom v. Iceland;Federal Republicof Germany
v.Iceland). any measuresto enforce theRegulationsof4July 1972ng
against vessels registered in the United Kingdomand
engagedinfishingactivitiesinthewatersaroundIceout-
sidethetwelve-milefisheryzone;

administrative,judicialorothermeasuresagainst ships reg-
isteredin the United Kingdom,their crewsor otherrelated
persons,becauseoftheirhaving engagedinfishingactivities
In the firstofthe twoOrders, theCourtindicated,pendiinthewaters around Icelaoutsidethe twelve-mile fishery
its finaldecisionin theoc~zedingisnstitutedon 14April zone;
1972bytheGovernmentoftheUnited Kingdomagainstthe (e) theUnited Kingdomshouldensurethatvesselsregis-
GovernmentofIceland,thefollowingprovisionalmeasures: teredintheUnited Kingdomdonot takean annualcatchof
(a) the United Kingdomand the Republicof Iceland moreth;m170,000metrictonsof fishfromthe"Sea Area of
shouldeachofthemensurethiitnoactionofanykindistaken Iceland"as definedby the InternationalClouncilfor the
whichmightaggravateorexmndthedisputesubmittedto the ExploraaionoftheSeaas areaVa;
Court; V) theUnited KingdomGovernment shouldfurnish the
GovernmentofIceland and the RegisoftheCourtwithall
(b) the United Kingdom andthe Republicof Iceland relevantinformation, ordersissuedandangementsmade
should eachof them ensure that no action i.staken which

Continued on next pageconcerningthecontroland regulationof fishcatchesin the morethan 119,000metric tonsof fishfrom the"Sea Areaof
area. Iceland" as defined by the International Council forthe
Explorationofthe SeaasareaVa;
The Court also indicated that unlessf.had meanwhile The Court alsoindicatedthat unless ithad meanwhile
delivereditsfinaljudgmentinthecase,itwould,atanappro- delivereditsfinaljudgmentinthecase,itwould,atanappro-
priatetime before5 August 1973, review the matter at thepriatetimebefore 1.5August 1973,reviewthematterat the
requestofeitherpartyinordertodecidewh~ethetrheforego- requestofeitherpartyinordertodecidewhetherthe forego-
ing measures shouldcontinueor neededto be modifiedor ing measuresshoulidcontinueor neededto be modifiedor
revoked. revoked.

InthesecondOrder,theCourtindicated,pending itsfinal For thepurposesofthe proceedingsleadingtotheissueof
decisionintheproceedingsinstitutedon5;rune1972 bythe Sir MuhammadZlfrulla Khan; Vice-PresidentAmmoun;sident
Federal Republicof Germanyagainst theRepublicof Ice- JudgesSirGeraldFitzmaurice,PadillaNervo,Forster,Gros,
land,the followingprovisional measures: Bengzon,Petrbn, L,achs,Onyeama,Dillard, Ignacio-Pinto,
de Castro, Morozov,JimCnezdeArkhaga.
inthesameform,mutatismutandis,asinthefirst;paragraph
(e)readsasfollows:] Vice-PresidentAmmounandJudges ForsterandJimCnez
deArbchagaappendedaJoint Declarationtoeach Order.
(e) theFederal Republic shouldensurethat vesselsreg- Judge PadillaNe!rvoappendeda DissentingOpinion to
isteredintheFederal Republicdonottakeanannualcatchof each Order.