Council Regulation (EC) No 200/98 of 20 January 1998 on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cape Verde on fishing off the coast of Cape Verde for the period from 6 September 1997 to 5 September 2000
Date: 1998-01-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Cabo Verde, agreement (EU), financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing regulations

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 200/98

of 20 January 1998

on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing the fishing rights and financial
compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Republic of Cape Verde on fishing off the coast of Cape
Verde for the period from 6 September 1997 to 5 September 2000

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-
ment (1),

Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement between the Euro-
pean Economic Community and the Republic of Cape
Verde on fishing off the coast of Cape Verde (2), the two
parties conducted negotiations to determine the amend-
ments or additions to be made to the Agreement at the
end of the period of application of the Protocol annexed
thereto;

Whereas, as a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol
establishing the fishing rights and financial compensa-
tion provided for in the abovementioned Agreement for
the period 6 September 1997 to 5 September 2000 was
initialled on 10 July 1997;

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

Article 2

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

(cid:190) freezer tuna seiners:

France: 19 vessels
Spain: 18 vessels,

(cid:190) pole-and-line tuna vessels:

France: eight vessels
Spain: two vessels,

(cid:190) surface longliners:

Spain: 18 vessels
Portugal: eight vessels,

(cid:190) bottom longliners:

Portugal: three vessels.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 3

Article 1

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

The Protocol establishing the fishing rights and financial
compensation provided for in the Agreement between
the European Economic Community and the Republic of
Cape Verde on fishing off the Coast of Cape Verde for
the period from 6 September 1997 to 5 September 2000
is hereby approved on behalf of 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.

(1) OJ C 371, 8. 12. 1997.
(2) OJ L 212, 9. 8. 1990, p. 1.

(3) See page 16 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, 20 January 1998.

For the Council

The President

J. CUNNINGHAM