Council Regulation (EC) No 1239/1999 of 10 June 1999 on the conclusion of the Protocol defining, for the period from 18 January 1999 to 17 January 2002, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles
Date: 1999-06-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Seychelles, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, protocol to an agreement

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1239/1999

of 10 June 1999

on the conclusion of the Protocol defining, for the period from 18 January 1999
to 17 January 2002, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution
provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the
Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
in
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,
conjunction with Article 300(2), first sentence, and (3),
first subparagraph thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

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

(1) Whereas,

of

in accordance with the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and
the Republic
off
Seychelles
Seychelles, signed in Brussels on 28 October 1987,
the Contracting Parties held negotiations with a
view to determining amendments to be made to
that Agreement at the end of the period of applica-
tion of the Protocol attached to the said Agree-
ment;

on fishing

(2) Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, a new
Protocol defining for the period from 18 January
1999 to 17 January 2002 the fishing opportunities
and the financial contribution provided for by the
abovementioned Agreement was initialled on 21
December 1998;

(3) Whereas it

is in the Community’s interest

to

approve that Protocol;

(4) Whereas

the allocation of

fishing possibilities
among the Member States should be determined
on the basis of the traditional allocation of fishing
possibilities under the fisheries agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

between the European Community and the Republic of
Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles is hereby approved on
behalf of the European Community.

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation (2).

Article 2

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

(a) freezer tuna seiners:

 Spain:
 France:
 Italy:
 United Kingdom:

(b) surface longliners:

 Spain:
 France:
 Portugal:

25 vessels

20 vessels

1 vessel

1 vessel

20 vessels

5 vessels

7 vessels.

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

Article 3

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

Article 1

Article 4

The Protocol defining, for the period from 18 January
1999 to 17 January 2002, the fishing opportunities and
the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement

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

(1) Opinion delivered on 15 April 1999 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) OJ C 131, 27.5.1999, p. 53.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 10 June 1999.

For the Council

The President

K.-H. FUNKE