Council Regulation (EC) No 114/98 of 18 December 1997 on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing for the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 2000 the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea
Date: 1997-12-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, Guinea, authorised catch, fishing agreement, fishing area, protocol to an agreement

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 114/98

of 18 December 1997

on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing for the period 1 July 1997 to 30
June 2000 the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government
of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial
Guinea

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 43, in conjunction
with the first sentence of Article 228(2) and the first
subparagraph of Article 228(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of
liament (1),

the European Par-

Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement between the Euro-
pean Economic Community and the Government of the
Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of
Equatorial Guinea (2), the two Parties conducted negotia-
tions to determine the amendments or additions to be
made to the Agreement at the end of the period of ap-
plication of the Protocol annexed thereto;

Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol
establishing the fishing rights and financial compensation
provided for in the abovementioned Agreement for the
period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 2000 was initialled on
25 June 1997;

Whereas it is in the Community’s interest to approve the
Protocol,

Equatorial Guinea is hereby approved on behalf of the
Community.

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation (3).

Article 2

The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol shall
be allocated among the Member States as follows:

— freezer tuna seiners:

France: 19 vessels,
Spain: 10 vessels,
Italy: 1 vessel,

— surface longliners:

Spain: 25 vessels,
Portugal: 5 vessels,

— pole-and-line tuna vessels:

France: 8 vessels.

If licence applications from those Member States do not
in the
the fishing possibilities provided for
exhaust
Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applica-
tions from any other Member State.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 3

Article 1

The Protocol establishing, for the period 1 July 1997 to
30 June 2000, the fishing rights and financial compensa-
tion provided for in the Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Government of the Re-
public of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of

(1) OJ C 371, 8. 12. 1997.
(2) OJ L 188, 16. 7. 1984, p. 2. Agreement as amended by the
Agreement approved by Regulation (EEC) No 252/87 (OJ L
29, 30. 1. 1987, p. 1).

The President of the Council
is hereby authorized to
designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in
order to bind the Community.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Communities.

(3) See page 33 of this Official Journal.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 18 December 1997.

For the Council

The President

F. BODEN