Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2001 of 4 April 2001 on the conclusion 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: 2001-04-04
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Equatorial Guinea, agreement (EU), catch quota, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement

12.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 102/15

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 723/2001

of 4 April 2001

on the conclusion 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

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),

Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea is hereby
approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Protocol

is attached to this Regulation (5).

Article 2

The fishing opportunities provided for in the Protocol

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

to the Agreement between the European
Pursuant
Economic Community and the Government of
the
Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of
Equatorial Guinea (3), hereinafter
the
‘Agreement’, the two Parties conducted negotiations with
a view to extending the Protocol (4), which was initialled
on 25 June 1997 and expired on 30 June 2000.

referred to as

As a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol estab-
lishing the fishing opportunities and financial compensa-
tion provided for in the Agreement for the period 1 July
2000 to 30 June 2001, hereinafter referred to as the
‘Protocol’, was initialled on 16 June 2000.

in the Community's

It
is
Protocol,

interest

to approve the

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(a) tuna seiners:
— France
— Spain
— Italy

(b) surface longliners:

— Spain
— Portugal

19 vessels
10 vessels
1 vessel

25 vessels
5 vessels

(c) pole-and-line tuna vessels

— France

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 person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind
the Community.

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

Article 4

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

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

Done at Luxembourg, 4 April 2001.

For the Council

The President

B. ROSENGREN

(1) OJ C 62 E, 27.2.2001, p. 288.
(2) Opinion delivered on 28 February 2001 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(3) OJ L 188, 16.7.1984, p. 2.
(4) OJ L 11, 17.1.1998, p. 33.

(5) OJ L 329, 27.12.2000, p. 41.