2000/812/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 setting out, for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2003, the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire
Date: 2000-12-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Côte d'Ivoire, agreement (EU), deep-sea fishing, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement

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COUNCIL

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 setting out, for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2003, the
fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of
Côte d'Ivoire

(2000/812/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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

to the Agreement between the European
Pursuant
Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
on fishing off
the
Community and the Côte d'Ivoire conducted nego-
tiations to determine the amendments or additions to be
made to the Agreement at the end of the period of
application of the Protocol annexed thereto.

the coast of Côte d'Ivoire (1),

As a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol was
initialled on 26 May 2000.

Under the said Protocol, Community fishermen enjoy
fishing opportunities in waters under the sovereignty or
jurisdiction of Côte d'Ivoire from 1 July 2000 to 30 June
2003.

The Protocol in question must be applied at the earliest
opportunity if fishing activities by Community vessels
are not to be interrupted. To that end, the two Parties
initialled an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters providing for the provisional application of the
initialled Protocol from the day following that on which
the Protocol in force expired. That Agreement should be
approved pending a final decision to be adopted in
accordance with Article 37 of the Treaty.

(5)

The method of allocating the fishing opportunities
among the Member States should also be defined on the

(1) OJ L 379, 31.12.1990, p. 3.

basis of the traditional allocation of fishing opportunities
under the Fisheries Agreement,

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, for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2003, the fishing
opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the
Agreement between the European Economic Community and
the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte
d'Ivoire is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

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

Article 2

The fishing opportunities set out
allocated among the Member States as follows:

in the Protocol shall be

(a) demersal species:

Spain:

600 gross registered tonnes

(b) tuna fishing:

(i) tuna seiners
France:
Spain:

18 vessels
21 vessels

(ii) surface longliners

Spain:
Portugal:

15 vessels
5 vessels

(iii) pole-and-line tuna vessels

France:
Spain:

7 vessels
5 vessels.

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If licence applications from these Member States do not exhaust the fishing opportunities set out in the
Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State.

The President of the Council
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.

is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 14 December 2000.

For the Council

The President

J. GLAVANY