2000/595/EC: Council Decision of 26 September 2000 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea on fishing off the Guinean coast for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2001
Date: 2000-09-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Guinea, agreement (EU), financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing regulations

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COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 26 September 2000

on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the
provisional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribu-
tion provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Govern-
ment of the Republic of Guinea on fishing off the Guinean coast for the period 1 January 2000 to
31 December 2001

(2000/595/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 300(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

The method of allocating the fishing rights among the
Member States should be defined on the basis of the
traditional allocation of fishing rights under the Fisheries
Agreement,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

between

European

Pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 15 of the
Agreement
Economic
the
Community and the Government of the Republic of
Guinea on fishing off
the
Community and the Republic of Guinea have conducted
negotiations to determine any amendments or additions
to be made to the Agreement at the end of the period of
application of the Protocol annexed thereto.

the Guinean coast (1),

As a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol was
initialled on 17 December 1999.

Under that Protocol, Community fishermen have fishing
rights in the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction
of the Republic of Guinea for the period 1 January 2000
to 31 December 2001.

In order to avoid any interruption in the fishing activi-
ties of Community vessels, it is essential that the new
Protocol be applied as quickly as possible. For this
reason, the two Parties initialled an Agreement in the
form of an Exchange of Letters providing for the provi-
sional application of the initialled Protocol from the day
following the date of expiry of the current Protocol. The
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters should
be approved, pending a definitive decision under Article
37 of the Treaty.

(1) OJ L 111, 27.4.1983, p. 1.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters
concerning the provisional application of the Protocol setting
out the fishing rights and financial contribution provided for in
the Agreement between the European Community and the
Government of the Republic of Guinea on fishing off the
Guinean coast for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December
2001 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The texts of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters and of the Protocol are attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The fishing rights set out in the Protocol shall be allocated
among the Member States as follows:

(a) fin-fish/cephalopods:

Spain:
Italy:
Greece:

(b) shrimps

Spain:
Portugal:
Greece:

844 grt
750 grt
906 grt

1 050 grt
300 grt
150 grt

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(c) tuna seiners:

France:
Spain:

(d) pole-and-line tuna vessels:

France:
Spain:

(e) surface longliners:

Spain:
Portugal:

19 vessels
19 vessels

7 vessels
7 vessels

14 vessels
2 vessels

If
licence applications from those Member States do not
exhaust the fishing rights set out in the Protocol, the Commis-

sion may consider 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 Agreement in the form of
an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community (1).

Done at Brussels, 26 September 2000.

For the Council

The President

C. TASCA

(1) The date of entry into force of the Protocol shall be published in
the Official Journal of the European Communities by the General Secre-
tariat of the Council.