# Council Decision (EU) 2015/1565Show full title

Council Decision (EU) 2015/1565 of 14 September 2015 on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Declaration            on the granting of fishing opportunities in EU waters to fishing vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela            in the exclusive economic zone off the coast of French Guiana         

        - Previous
        - Next

U.K.

# Council Decision (EU) 2015/1565                     

# of 14 September 2015

# on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Declaration on the granting of fishing opportunities in EU waters                        to fishing vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the exclusive economic zone off the coast of                        French Guiana                     

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(2), in conjunction with                           Article 218(6)(a)(v) thereof,                        

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)Subject to their compliance with the applicable legally binding Union acts on the conservation and management of fishery resources,                              fishing vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela have operated in Union waters in the exclusive economic                              zone off the coast of French Guiana for many decades.

(2)The processing industry based in the French Guiana depends on the landings from those fishing vessels and therefore the continuity                              of those operations should be ensured.

(3)This Decision should replace Council Decision 2012/19/EU(1) which was annulled by the judgement of the Court of Justice of 26 November 2014(2) and the effects of which are being maintained until the entry into force of a new decision within a reasonable period of                              time. As the Declaration has already been notified to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, there is no need for a new notification                              thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

The Declaration addressed to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the granting of fishing opportunities in EU waters to                     fishing vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the exclusive economic zone off the coast of the                     French Guiana (hereinafter ‘the Declaration’) is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union.                  

The text of the Declaration is attached to this Decision.

# Article 2U.K.

This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.                  

Done at Brussels, 14 September 2015.

*For the Council*                            

*The President*                            

J. Asselborn                            

U.K.

# **Declaration addressed to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the granting of fishing opportunities in EU waters to fishing                                 vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the exclusive economic zone off the coast of French Guiana**

## 1.The European Union shall issue fishing authorisations to a limited number of fishing vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian                              Republic of Venezuela to fish in the part of the exclusive economic zone off the coast of French Guiana that lies more than                              12 nautical miles from the base lines, subject to the conditions set out in this Declaration.U.K.

## 2.In accordance with Article 22 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 of 29 September 2008 concerning authorisations for fishing                              activities of Community fishing vessels outside Community waters and the access of third country vessels to Community waters(3), the authorised fishing vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela shall, when fishing in the zone referred                              to in paragraph 1, comply with the provisions of the European Union common fisheries policy concerning the conservation and                              control measures and other European Union provisions governing fishing activities in that zone.U.K.

## 3.More particularly, authorised fishing vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela shall comply with any                              relevant European Union rules or regulations specifying, inter alia, the fish stocks that may be targeted, the maximum number                              of authorised fishing vessels and the proportion of catches to be landed into ports in French Guiana.U.K.

## 4.Without prejudice to the withdrawal of authorisations granted to individual fishing vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian                              Republic of Venezuela on grounds of their failure to comply with any relevant European Union rules or regulations, the European                              Union may at any time withdraw, by way of unilateral declaration, the specific undertaking expressed in this Declaration to                              grant fishing opportunities.U.K.

1

Council Decision 2012/19/EU of 16 December 2011 on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Declaration on the                              granting of fishing opportunities in EU waters to fishing vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela                              in the exclusive economic zone off the coast of French Guiana (OJ L 6, 10.1.2012, p. 8).                           

2

Joined Cases C-103/12 and 165/12, *European Parliament and Commission* v *Council*.                           

3

OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 33.