2000/814/EC: Council Decision of 14 December 2000 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol establishing, for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, 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: 2000-12-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Equatorial Guinea, agreement (EU), deep-sea fishing, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement

27.12.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 329/39

COUNCIL DECISION

of 14 December 2000

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the
provisional application of the Protocol establishing, for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, 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

(2000/814/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

ment between the European Economic Community and the
Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing
off the coast of Equatorial Guinea is hereby approved on behalf
of the Community.

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Pursuant
to the Agreement between the European
Community and the Government of the Republic of
Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial
Guinea (1), the two Parties conducted negotiations with a
view to extending for one year the Protocol annexed to
this Decision, which expired on 30 June 2000.

As a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol was
initialled on 16 June 2000.

The Protocol provides Community fishermen with
fishing opportunities from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001
in waters over which the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
has sovereignty or jurisdiction.

In order to avoid any longer interruption in the fishing
activities of Community vessels, it is essential that the
new Protocol be applied as soon as possible. For this
reason, the two Parties have initialled an Agreement in
the form of an Exchange of Letters providing for the
provisional application of the initialled Protocol from 1
July 2000. That Agreement
approved,
pending a final decision to be taken on the basis of
Article 37 of the Treaty,

should be

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 2

The fishing opportunities provided for in the Protocol

1.
shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:

(a) tuna seiners

(b) surface longliners

France
Spain
Italy

Spain
Portugal

(c) pole-and-line tuna vessels

France

19 vessels
10 vessels
1 vessel

25 vessels
5 vessels

8 vessels.

2.
If licence applications from those Member States do not
exhaust the fishing opportunities provided for in the Protocol,
the Commission 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.

Article 1

Done at Brussels, 14 December 2000.

The Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters
concerning the provisional application of the Protocol estab-
lishing, for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, the fishing
rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agree-

For the Council

The President

J. GLAVANY

(1) OJ L 188, 16.7.1984, p. 2. Agreement amended by the Agreement
approved by Regulation (EEC) No 252/87 (OJ L 29, 30.1.1987,
p. 1).