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set by the Chairman according to the urgency of the 
matter. An opinion shall be delivered by a majority of 54 
votes. 
4. The Commission shall adopt the measures and shall 
apply them immediately, where they are in accordance 
with the opinion of the Committee. Where they are not 
in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if 
no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall without 
delay submit a proposal to the Council on the measures 
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 Articles 155 (2) (b) and 
167 (3), 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 17 
of the Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Government of the Republic of 
Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal (x), as 
amended by the Agreement signed on 21 January 
1982 (2), and as further amended by the Agreement 
signed on 20 November 1985 (3), the Community and 
Senegal have conducted negotiations to determine the 
amendments or additions to be made to the said 
Agreement at the end of the period of application of the 
Protocol; 
Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, a draft 
Protocol laying down the fishing rights and 
compensation provided for in the Agreement between 
the European Economic Community and the 
Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off 
C) OJ No L 226, 29. 8. 1980, p. 15. 
O OJ No L 234, 9. 8. 1982, p. 9. 
(3) OJ No L 361, 31. 12. 1985, p. 87. to be adopted. The Council shall adopt the measures by 
a qualified majority. 
If the Council has not adopted any measures within 
three months of the date on which the proposal was 
referred to it, the Commission shall adopt the proposed 
measures and apply them immediately. 
Article 11 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
the coast of Senegal for the period from 1 October 1986 
to 28 February 1988 was initialled on 1 October 1986; 
Whereas that Protocol takes into consideration the 
interests of the fishermen of the Canary Islands and 
maintains fishing possibilities for fishermen of the 
enlarged Community in the waters under the sovereignty 
or jurisdiction of Senegal; 
Whereas it is in the interest of the Community to 
conclude that Agreement, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The Protocol laying down the fishing rights and 
compensation provided for in the Agreement between 
the European Economic Community and the 
Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off 
the coast of Senegal for the period from 1 October 1986 
to 28 February 1988 is hereby approved on behalf of the 
Community. 
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to 
designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol, in 
order to bind the Community. 
Article 3 
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. Proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing rights and 
compensation provided for in the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of 
Senegal and the European Economic Community on fishing off the coast of Senegal for the 
period from 1 October 1986 to 28 February 1988 
COM(86) 596 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 4 November 1986) 
(86/C 292/03)