# Council Decision of 16 December 2013 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Protocol            setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between            the European Union and the Republic of Seychelles (2014/5/EU)         

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# Council Decision

# of 16 December 2013

# on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities                        and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic                        of Seychelles                     

# (2014/5/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43, in conjunction with Article                           218(5) thereof,                        

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)On 5 October 2006, the Council approved the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic                              of Seychelles(1) (the ‘Agreement’) by means of Regulation (EC) No 1562/2006(2).

(2)The fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement were set out in a Protocol(3). The most recent Protocol expires on 17 January 2014.

(3)The Council authorised the Commission to negotiate with the Republic of Seychelles, on behalf of the Union, a new Protocol                              setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement (the ‘new Protocol’).

(4)As a result of those negotiations, the new Protocol was initialled on 10 May 2013.

(5)In order to guarantee the continuation of fishing activities by Union vessels, the new Protocol should be applied on a provisional                              basis as from 18 January 2014, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion.

(6)The new Protocol should be signed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

The signing on behalf of the Union of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided                     for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Seychelles (the ‘Protocol’) is hereby                     authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Protocol.                  

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

# Article 2U.K.

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol on behalf of the                     Union.                  

# Article 3U.K.

The Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis as from 18 January 2014, pending the completion of the procedures for                     its conclusion.                  

# Article 4U.K.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2013.

*For the Council*                            

*The President*                            

V. Jukna                            

1

OJ L 290, 20.10.2006, p. 2.                           

2

Council Regulation (EC) No 1562/2006 of 5 October 2006 concerning the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between                              the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles (OJ L 290, 20.10.2006, p. 1).                           

3

OJ L 345, 30.12.2010, p. 3.