No C 276/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 15.10.87 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the conclusion of the Agreement amending the 
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the 
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe signed at Brussels on 1 February 1984 
COM(87) 414 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 23 September 1987) 
(87/C 276/09) 
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 Par­
liament, 
Whereas the Community and the Government of the 
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe have 
held negotiations pursuant to Article 8 of the Agreement 
on fishing off the coast of Sao Tome and Principe, 
which was approved by Council Regulation (EEC) No 
477/84 O to determine the amendments or additions to 
be made to the Agreement at the end of the first three-
year period of application; 
Whereas, following those negotiations, a draft 
Agreement amending that Agreement was initialled on 
27 May 1987; 
Whereas, pursuant to Article 155 (2) (b) of the Act of 
Accession, the Council is required to determine the pro­
cedures appropriate to take into consideration all or part 
of the interests of the Canary Islands when it adopts 
decisions, case by case, with a view to the conclusion of 
fisheries agreements with third countries; whereas the 
said procedures need to be determined in this particular 
case; 
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to conclude 
this Agreement, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The Agreement amending the Agreement between the 
European Economic Community and the Government of 
the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe on 
fishing off the coast of Sao Tome and Principe signed at 
Brussels on 1 February 1984 is hereby approved on 
behalf of the Community. 
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
To take into consideration the interests of the Canary 
Islands, the Agreement and, to the extent necessary for 
its implementation, the provisions of the common 
fisheries policy on the conservation and management of 
fishery resources shall also apply to vessels sailing under 
the flag of Spain which are recorded on a permanent 
basis in the registers of the competent authorities at local 
level (registros de base) in the Canary Islands, as such 
recording is defined in Note 6 of 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 
the trade between the customs territory of the 
Community, Ceuta and Melilla and the Canary 
Islands (2). 
Article 3 
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to 
designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement 
in order to bind the Community. 
Article 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. 
(') OJNo L54, 25. 2. 1984, p. 1. (2) OJNoL56, 1. 3. 1986, p. 1.