Council Regulation (EC) No 2127/98 of 1 October 1998 relating to the conclusion of the Protocol setting out, for the period 28 February 1998 to 27 February 2001, the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros
Date: 1998-10-01
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Comoros, deep-sea fishing, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing regulations, protocol to an agreement

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2127/98

of 1 October 1998

relating to the conclusion of the Protocol setting out, for the period 28 February
1998 to 27 February 2001, the fishing opportunities and financial contribution
provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and
the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

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 Islamic Federal
Republic of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros (2),
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 the Protocol to the
Agreement;

Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol
establishing the fishing opportunities
and financial
compensation provided for in the abovementioned Agree-
the period from 28 February 1998 to 27
ment
February 2001 was initialled on 27 February 1998;

for

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

Whereas the method for allocating the fishing opportun-
ities among the Member States should be defined on the
basis of the traditional allocation of fishing opportunities
under the fisheries agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

the European Economic Community and the Islamic
the
Federal Republic of
Comoros
the
is hereby
Community.

the Comoros on fishing off
of

on behalf

approved

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

Article 2

The fishing opportunities fixed in the Protocol shall be
allocated among the Member States as follows:

(a) Tuna seiners:

(cid:190) Spain: 22 vessels
(cid:190) France: 21 vessels
(cid:190) Italy: 1 vessel

(b) Surface longliners:

(cid:190) Spain: 13 vessels
(cid:190) Portugal: 3 vessels.

If licence applications from these Member States do not
cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol,
the Commission may take into consideration licence
applications from any other Member State.

Article 3

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

Article 1

Article 4

The Protocol setting out, for the period 28 February 1998
to 27 February 2001, the fishing opportunities and finan-
cial contribution provided for in the Agreement between

(1) OJ C 292, 21. 9. 1998.
(2) OJ L 137, 2. 6. 1988, p. 19.

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

(3) For the text of the Protocol, see OJ L 217, 5. 8. 1998, p. 27.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 1 October 1998.

For the Council

The President

C. EINEM