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ProposalforaCouncilDecisionontheconclusionofanAgreementintheformofanexchangeof
lettersconcerningtheprovisionalapplicationoftheAgreementonrelationsintheseafisheriessector
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomofMoroccoinitialledinBrusselson
15May1992
92/C217/01
COM(92)/296final
(SubmittedbytheCommissionon9July1992)
oftheinterestsofCeutaandMelillawhenitadoptsdecisions,
casebycase,particularlywithaviewtotheconclusionof
fisheriesagreementswiththirdcountries;whereasthesaid
proceduresneedtobedeterminedinthisparticularcase;
Whereas,inordertoavoidalonginterruptioninthefishing
activitiesofCommunityvessels,thetwopartiesalso
initialledanexchangeoflettersprovidingfortheprovisional
applicationoftheAgreementfrom1May1992;whereasitis
thereforeurgentthatthisexchangeoflettersbeconcludedas
soonaspossible,pendingtheconclusionoftheAgreementin
accordancewithArticles43and113oftheTreaty,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal,
andinparticularArticle155(2)(b)thereof,
HavingregardtotheAgreementonrelationsinthesea
fisheriessectorbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheKingdomofMoroccosignedinRabaton25May
1988(>),
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheCommunityandtheKingdomofMorocco
begannegotiationspursuanttoArticle12(2)ofthe
Agreementtodeterminethearrangementstoapplyafter
expiryoftheAgreement,whichmeanwhilewasprovisionally
extendeduntil30April1992;
WhereasfollowingthosenegotiationstheCommunityand
theKingdomofMoroccoinitialledanewAgreement
concerningtheirrelationsintheseafisheriessectorwhich
ensuresfishingopportunitiesforCommunityfishermenin
thewatersoverwhichMoroccohassovereigntyor
jurisdiction ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle155(2)(b)oftheActof
Accession,theCouncilisrequiredtodeterminethe
proceduresappropriatetotakeintoconsiderationallorpartArticle1
TheAgreementintheformofanexchangeofletters
concerningtheprovisionalapplicationoftheAgreementon
relationsintheseafisheriessectorbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheKingdomofMoroccois
herebyapprovedonbehalfoftheCommunity .
ThetextoftheAgreementisattachedtothisDecision.
Article2
Inordertotakeintoconsideration theinterestsofCeutaand
Melilla,theAgreementand,totheextentrequiredforits (')OJNoL181,12.7.1988,p.1.

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application,theprovisionsofthecommonfisheriespolicy
relatingtotheconservationandmanagementoffishery
resourcesshallalsoapplytovesselsflyingtheflagofSpain
whicharerecordedonapermanentbasisintheregistersof
thecompetentauthoritiesatlocallevel(registrosdebase)in
CeutaandMelilla,undertheconditionsdefinedinnote6of
AnnexItoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1135/88of7
March1988concerningthedefinitionoftheconceptof
'originatingproducts'andmethodsofadministrative
cooperationintradebetweenthecustomsterritoryoftheCommunity ,CeutaandMelillaandtheCanary
Islands(*).
Article3
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisherebyauthorizedto
designatethepersonsempoweredtosigntheAgreementin
theformofanexchangeoflettersinordertobindthe
Community .
(»)OJNoL114,2.5.1988,p.1.