Council Regulation (EC) No 459/2001 of 26 February 2001 on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out for the period from 3 May 2000 to 2 May 2002 the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola - Protocol setting out for the period from 3 May 2000 to 2 May 2002 the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola
Date: 2001-02-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Angola, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 459/2001

of 26 February 2001

on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out for the period from 3 May 2000 to 2 May 2002 the
fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on
fishing off Angola

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

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 text of the Protocol

is attached hereto.

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Article 2

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In accordance with the Agreement between the Euro-
pean Economic Community and the Government of the
People's Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola (3),
the two Parties held 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.

As a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol setting
out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution
provided for in the above Agreement for the period
from 3 May 2000 to 2 May 2002 was initialled on 6
July 2000.

in the Community's

It
is
Protocol.

interest

to approve the

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 ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

The fishing opportunities fixed in the Protocol shall be allo-
cated among the Member States as follows:

— shrimp vessels:

— Spain:

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

— demersal fishing vessels:

— Spain:

1 650 GRT per month, averaged over the
year,

— Portugal:

1 000 GRT per month, averaged over the
year,

— Italy:

— Greece:

650 GRT per month, averaged over the
year,

450 GRT per month, averaged over the
year;

— freezer tuna seiners:

— France:

7 vessels,

— Spain:

11 vessels;

— surface longliners:

— Portugal:

5 vessels,

— Spain:

20 vessels;

— pelagic fishing vessels:

— Ireland:

2 vessels.

(1) Proposal of 23 November 2000 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(2) Opinion delivered on 1 February 2001 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(3) OJ L 341, 3.12.1987, p. 2.

If licence applications from these Member States do not cover
all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commis-
sion 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 persons empowered to sign the Protocol
in order to bind the Community.

Article 3

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

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 26 February 2001.

For the Council

The President

M. WINBERG