2000/813/EC: Council Decision of 14 December 2000 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol setting out for the period 3 May 2000 to 2 May 2002 the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on fishing off the coast of Angola
Date: 2000-12-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Angola, agreement (EU), deep-sea fishing, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement

L 329/16

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Official Journal of the European Communities

27.12.2000

COUNCIL DECISION

of 14 December 2000

on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the
provisional application of the Protocol setting out for the period 3 May 2000 to 2 May 2002 the
fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on
fishing off the coast of Angola

(2000/813/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:

opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by
the Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on
fishing off Angola 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.

The Community and the Republic of Angola have held
negotiations with a view to determining amendments or
additions to be made to the Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Government of
the People's Republic of Angola on fishing off the coast
of Angola (1) at the end of the period of application of
the Protocol annexed to the said Agreement.

Article 2

The fishing opportunities fixed in the Protocol shall be

1.
allocated among the Member States as follows:

As a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol was
initialled on 6 July 2000.

(a) shrimp vessels:

— Spain:

Under that Protocol, Community fishermen have fishing
opportunities in the waters under the sovereignty or
jurisdiction of the Republic of Angola for the period 3
May 2000 to 2 May 2002.

In order to avoid interruption of fishing activities by
Community vessels, the new Protocol should be applied
as soon as possible. For this reason, both parties have
initialled an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters providing for the initialled Protocol to be provi-
sionally applied from the day following the date of
expiry of the previous Protocol. That Agreement should
be approved subject
to a definitive decision under
Article 37 of the Treaty.

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

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

6 550 gross registered tonnage (GRT)
per month, averaged over the year, 22
vessels;

(b) demersal fishing vessels:

— Spain:

— Portugal:

— Italy:

— Greece:

1 650 GRT per month, averaged over
the year,

1 000 GRT per month, averaged over
the year,

650 GRT per month, averaged over the
year,

450 GRT per month, averaged over the
year;

(c) freezer tuna seiners:

— France:

— Spain:

7 vessels,

11 vessels;

(d) surface longliners:

— Portugal:

5 vessels,

— Spain:

20 vessels;

(e) pelagic fishing vessels:

— Ireland:

2 vessels.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters
concerning the provisional application of the Protocol setting
out for the period 3 May 2000 to 2 May 2002 the fishing

(1) OJ L 341, 3.12.1987, p. 1.

2.
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.

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The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person or persons empowered to sign the
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 14 December 2000.

For the Council

The President

J. GLAVANY