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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the conclusion of Protocol 2 establishing for the 
period 1 April 1990 to 31 March 1991 the crawfish fishing opportunities and corresponding 
financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Kingdom of Morocco 
COM(90) 331 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 23 July 1990) 
(90/C 228/03) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal, and in particular Article 155 (2) (b) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas, pursuant to the fisheries Agreement between 
the European Economic Community and the Kingdom 
of Morocco, signed in Rabat on 26 May 1988 (*), the 
two Parties conducted negotiations to determine the 
amendments or additions to be made to the Agreement 
at the end of the period of application of Protocpl 2; 
Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, a new 
Protocol 2 establishing the crawfish fishing opportunities 
and corresponding financial compensation provided for 
in the abovementioned Agreement for the period 1 April 
1990 to 31 March 1991 was initialled on 20 March 1990; 
Whereas, pursuant to Article 155 (2) (b) of the Act of 
Accession, it is for the Council to determine the appro­
priate procedures to take into consideration all or part of 
the interests of the Canary Islands when it adopts 
decisions, case by case, particularly with a view to the 
conclusion of fisheries agreements with third 
(') OJ No L 181, 12. 7. 1988, p. 1. countries; whereas the case in point calls for the said 
procedures to be determined; 
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to conclude 
the Protocol, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Protocol 2 establishing for the period 1 April 1990 to 
31 March 1991 the crawfish fishing opportunities and 
corresponding financial compensation provided for in the 
fisheries Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Kingdom of Morocco is hereby 
approved on behalf of the Community. 
The text of Protocol 2 is attached to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
With a view to taking into consideration the interests of 
the Canary Islands, the Agreement referred to in Article 
1 and, in so far as is necessary for its application, the 
provisions of the common fisheries policy relating to the 
conservation and management of fishery resources shall 
also apply to vessels which sail under the flag of Spain, 
which are recorded on a permanent basis in the registers 
of the relevant authorities at local level ('registros de 
base') in the Canary Islands, under the conditions 
specified in Note 6 to Annex I to Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 570/86 of 24 February 1986 concerning the 
definition of the concept of 'originating products' and 
methods of administrative cooperation in trade between 
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the customs territory of the Community, Ceuta and 
Melilla and the Canary Islands ('). 
Article 3 
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to 
designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in 
order to bind the Community. 
(') OJ No L 56, 1. 3. 1986, p. 1. 
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
From 1 April 1990 to 31 March 1991 five crawfish 
fishing licences using only pots shall be granted each 
month for a total GRT not exceeding an average 600 in 
the southern zone. Unused GRT in the course of one 
three-month period may be offset during the following 
three-month periods. 
Vessels holding a crawfish fishing licence may only 
retain pots on board. 
Article 2 
At the request of Morocco and with a view to increasing 
knowledge of crawfish stocks, vessels authorized under 
this Protocol undertake to take on board a scientific 
observer designated by the Moroccan Ministry of 
Maritime Fishing and the Merchant Navy. 
The observer's conditions on board shall be those 
provided for in the Annex to the abovementioned 
Agreement. 
Article 3 
In accordance with Moroccan regulations, vessels auth­
orized under this Protocol shall not fish for crawfish in 
the period 1 July to 30 September of each year, corre­al rticle 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
sponding to the peak reproduction period of these 
species. 
Article 4 
The financial compensation for the period provided for 
in Article 1 shall be set at ECU 300 000, payable to the 
account of the Ministry for Maritime Fishing and the 
Merchant Navy at the Moroccan Treasury. 
Article 5 
Before expiry of this Protocol the Contracting Parties 
shall meet in the framework of the Joint Committee 
referred to in Article 10 of the Agreement in order to 
establish the fishing opportunities and the corresponding 
Community compensation for the following year. 
Article 6 
Protocol 2 annexed to the fisheries Agreement between 
the European Economic Community and the Kingdom 
of Morocco for the period 1 March 1988 to 28 February 
1990 is hereby repealed and replaced by this Protocol. 
Article 7 
This Protocol shall enter into force on the date on which 
it is signed. It shall be provisionally applicable from 
1 April 1990. PROTOCOL 2 
Establishing for the period 1 April 1990 to 31 March 1991 the crawfish fishing opportunities 
and corresponding financial compensation provided for in the fisheries Agreement between the 
European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco 
THE PARTIES TO THIS PROTOCOL, 
Having regard to the fisheries Agreement between the European Economic Community and 
the Kingdom of Morocco, signed in Rabat on 26 May 1988,