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AGREEMENT
amendingtheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
Government oftheDemocraticRepublicofSaoTomeandPrincipeonfishingoffSao
TomeandPrincipesignedatBrusselson1February1984
Article1
TheAnnexreferredtoinArticle4andtheProtocolreferredtoinArticle6oftheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheGovernmentoftheDemocraticRepublic
ofSaoTomeandPrincipeonfishingoffSaoTomeandPrincipe,signedon1February1984,
shallbereplacedbythetextsattachedtothisAgreement .
Article2
ThisAgreement ,drawnupinduplicateintheDanish,German,Greek,English,French,Italian,
Dutch,PortugueseandSpanishlanguages,eachofthesetextsbeingequallyauthentic,shallenter
intoforceonthedateofsignature.
Itshallapplywitheffectfrom1June1987.

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ANNEX
ConditionsforthepursuitoffishingactivitiesinSaoTomeandPrincipe'sfishingzoneby
Community vessels
1.Theprocedureforapplicationsfor,andissueof,licencesenablingvesselsflyingtheflagofaMember
StateoftheCommunitytofishinthefishingzoneofSaoTomeandPrincipeshallbeasfollows:
TherelevantCommunityauthorities,viatheauthoritiesoftheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommuni­
tiesonSaoTomeandPrincipe,shallpresenttotheMinistryforFisheries,throughthedesignatedSao
TomeandPrincipeauthorities,anapplicationforeachvesselthatwishestofishundertheAgreementat
least20daysbeforethedateofcommencement oftheperiodofvalidityrequested.
TheapplicationsshallbemadeontheformsprovidedforthatpurposebytheGovernment ofthe
DemocraticRepublicofSaoTomeandPrincipe,aspecinj£hofwhichisattached.
Licencesareissuedforagivenvessel.AttherequestoftheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,a
licenceissuedforonevesselmay,andinacaseofforcemajeureshall,bereplacedbyalicenceissuedfor
anotherCommunityvesselhavingthesamecharacteristics .
Oncesigned,licencesshallbedeliveredbytheSaoTomeandPrincipeauthoritiestotheshipownersor
theirrepresentatives viatheauthoritiesoftheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities onSaoTome
andPrincipe.
Licencesmustbeheldonboardatall-times.
2.Licencesshallbeissuedforaperiodofoneyearandshallberenewable .
ThefeesduebyshipownersprovidedforinArticle4oftheAgreementandreferredtoinArticle1ofthe
Protocolshallbesetat20ECUpertonnecaughtinSaoTomeandPrincipe'sfishingzone.
3.LicencesshallbeissuedfollowingpaymenttotheNationalBankofSaoTomeandPrincipeofalump
sumof1500ECUforeachfreezertunaseinerperyearand200ECUforeachpole-and-lmetunavessel
peryear,equivalenttothefeesfor:
75tonnesoftunacaughtperfreezertunaseinerper-year,
—10tonnesoftunacaughtperpole-and-line tunavesselperyear.
4.Aprovisionalstatementofthefeesdueforthefishingyearshallbedrawnupattheendofeachcalendar
yearonthebasisofthecatchstatementsmadebytheshipownersandforwardedsimultaneously tothe
competentauthoritiesofSaoTomeandPrincipeandthedepartmentsresponsibleattheCommissionof
theEuropeanCommunities .Thecorresponding amountshallbepaidtotheNationalBankofSaoTome
andPrincipenolaterthan31Marchofthecurrentyear.
Thefinalstatementofthefeesdueforthe.yearshallbedrawnupbytheCommissiondepartments
responsiblefollowingverificationofthevolumeofcatchbyaspecialistscientificbodyintheregion.
Thefinalstatementshallbenotifiedtotheshipowners ,whoshallhave30daystoacquittheirfinancial
obligations .
However,iftheamountislowerthantheabovementioned advance,theresultingbalanceshallnotbe
recoverablebytheshipowner .
5.BeforetheAgreemententersintoforce,theSaoTomeandPrincipeauthoritiesshallgivenoticeofthe
arrangements forthepaymentoffees,andinparticulartheaccountsandcurrenciestobeused.
6.EverytimetheyenterorleaveSaoTomeandPrincipe'sfishingzone,Communityvesselsshallcommuni­
catethevolumeofcatchheldonboardatthattimetotheradiostationonSaoTomeandPrincipe.The
callsignshallbecommunicated toshipownerswhenthelicenceisissued.Avesselcaughtfishingwithout
havingnotifiedtheradioofSaoTomeandPrincipeofitspresenceshallbeconsideredanunlicensed
vessel.
Vesselsshallallowonboardobsen^ersattherequestoftheauthoritiesofSaoTomeandPrincipe.Obser­
versshouldnotremainonboardanylongerthanthetimeneededtocarryoutspotchecksonthecatch.
7.Shouldfishingopportunities forfreezertrawlersbemadeavailabletoCommunityvesselsinaccordance
withthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle1oftheProtocol,suchvesselsshallnotbeauthorizedto_carry
outfishingactivitieswithinthe12-milezoneandmayberequiredtolandpartoftheircatchinorderto
meetlocalrequirements .

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APPLICATIONS FORAFISHINGLICENCE
1.Validfrom: to:
2.Nameofvessel:.
3.Nameofshipowner :
4.Portandregistrationnumber:
5.Typeoffishing:
6.Authorizedmeshsize:
7.Lengthofvessel:
8.Widthofvessel:
9.Grossregisteredtonnage:
10.Holdcapacity:
11.Enginerating:.
12.Type_ofconstruction :
13.Usualnumberofseamenaboard:
14.Radio/electricalequipment :
15.Mastersname:
^heaboveinformation isthesoleresponsibility oftheshipownerorhisrepresentative .
Dateofapplication,: