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►B COUNCILDECISION
of►C1 10December2001 ◄
on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provi-
sional application of the Protocol establishing the fishing opportunities and the compensationprovidedforintheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheGovernmentoftheRepublicofGuinea-BissauonfishingoffthecoastofGuinea-Bissaufortheperiod16June
2001to15June2006
(2002/40/EC)
(OJL19,22.1.2002,p.32)
Correctedby:
►C1Corrigendum,OJL70,13.3.2002,p.23(2002/40/EC)
▼B
COUNCILDECISION
of►C1 10December2001 ◄
on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocolestablishing the fishing opportunities and the compensationprovided for in the Agreement between the European Economic
CommunityandtheGovernment oftheRepublicofGuinea-Bissau
on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June
2001to15June2006
(2002/40/EC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANUNION,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanCommunity,and
inparticularArticle300(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,Whereas:
(1)In accordance with the Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of
Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea Bissau(1), the
Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau have conductednegotiations to determine any amendments or additions to bemade to the Agreement at the end of the period of applicationoftheProtocolannexedthereto.
(2)Asaresultofthosenegotiations,anewProtocolestablishingthefishing opportunities and the compensation provided for in theAgreementwasinitialledon30May2001.
(3)UnderthisProtocol,Communityfishermenenjoyfishingoppor-
tunities in the waters falling within the sovereignty or
jurisdiction of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau for the periodfrom16June2001to15June2006.
(4)InordertoensureuninterruptedfishingactivitiesbyCommunityvessels,itisessentialthatthenewProtocolbeappliedasquickly
as possible. For this reason, the two parties have initialled an
Agreement inthe formofanExchange ofLetters providing forthe provisional application of the initialled Protocol from16June2001.
(5)TheAgreementintheformofanExchangeofLettersshouldbeapproved, pending a definitive decision under Article 37 of theTreaty.
(6)The method of allocating the fishing opportunities among theMemberStatesshouldbedefined onthebasisofthe traditional
allocation of fishing opportunities under the Fisheries Agree-
ment,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the
provisionalapplicationoftheProtocolestablishingthefishingopportu-
nities and the financial contribution provided for in the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the Government ofthe Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissaufortheperiod16June2001to15June2006isherebyapprovedonbehalfoftheCommunity.
ThetextsoftheAgreementintheformofanExchangeofLettersand
oftheProtocolareattachedtothisDecision.2002D0040—EN—10.12.2001—000.001—2
(1) OJL226,29.8.1980,p.34.
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Article 2
ThefishingopportunitiesprovidedforintheProtocolshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStatesasfollows:
(a) shrimps:
—Italy 3900GRT—Spain 2400GRT—Portugal 3050GRT—Greece 250GRT
(b) fin-fish/cephalopods:
—Spain 1870GRT—Italy 500GRT—Greece 430GRT
(c) tunaseiners:
—Spain 20vessels—France 19vessels—Italy 1vessel
(d) surfacelonglinersandpole-and-linevessels:
—Spain 25vessels—France 6vessels—Portugal 5vessels.
If licence applications fromthese Mem ber States do not cover all the
fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commission may
considerlicenceapplicationsfromanyotherMemberState.
Article 3
The Member States whose vessels are fishing under this Protocol are
obligedtonotifytheCommissionofthequantitiesofeachstocktakenin Guinea-Bissau's fishing zone in accordance with the arrangementslaid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March2001layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofCouncilRegula-
tion (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken by
Community fishing vessels in third country waters and on the highseas(
1).
Article 4
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the
persons empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind theCommunity.2002D0040—EN—10.12.2001—000.001—3
(1) OJL73,15.3.2001,p.8.