Council Regulation (EC) No 444/2001 of 26 February 2001 relating to the conclusion of the Protocol defining, for the period 3 December 1999 to 2 December 2002, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Mauritius on fishing in the waters of Mauritius
Date: 2001-02-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Mauritius, agreement (EU), financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing area

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 444/2001

of 26 February 2001

relating to the conclusion of the Protocol defining, for the period 3 December 1999 to 2 December
2002, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement
between the European Community and the Government of Mauritius on fishing in the waters of
Mauritius

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),

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In accordance with the Agreement between the Euro-
pean Community and the Government of Mauritius on
fishing in Mauritian waters (3), the Contracting Parties
held negotiations with a view to determining amend-
ments or additions to be made to the Agreement at the
end of the period of application of the Protocol.

for

these negotiations, a new Protocol
As a result of
defining,
the period 3 December 1999 to 2
December 2002, the fishing opportunities and the finan-
cial contribution provided for by the said Agreement,
was initialled on 3 December 1999.

in the Community's

It
is
Protocol.

interest

to approve this

The method for 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

pean Community and the Government of Mauritius on fishing
in the waters of Mauritius is hereby approved on behalf of the
Community.

The text of the Protocol

is attached to this Regulation (4).

Article 2

The fishing opportunities
allocated among the Member States as follows:

fixed in the Protocol

shall be

— tuna seiners: France 20, Spain 20,

Italy 2, United

Kingdom 1,

— surface long-liners: Spain 19, France 13, Portugal 8,

— vessels fishing by line: France 25 grt/month on an annual

average.

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 application from any
other Member State.

Article 3

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind
the Community (5).

Article 4

The Protocol defining, for the period 3 December 1999 to 2
December 2002, the fishing opportunities and the financial
contribution provided for by the Agreement between the Euro-

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

(1) OJ C 311 E, 31.10.2000, p. 160.
(2) Opinion delivered on 6 September 2000 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(3) OJ L 159, 10.6.1989, p. 2.

(4) OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 30.
(5) The date of entry into force of the Protocol will be published in the
Official Journal of the European Communities by the General Secretariat
of the Council.

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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