Council Regulation (EC) No 722/2001 of 4 April 2001 on the conclusion 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: 2001-04-04
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Côte d'Ivoire, agreement (EU), catch quota, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement

12.4.2001

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 722/2001

of 4 April 2001

on the conclusion 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

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 (3), thereof,

fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire is hereby approved on
behalf of the Community.

The text of the Protocol

is attached to this Regulation.

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

Article 2

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Pursuant
to the Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
on fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire (3), the two
Parties conducted negotiations to determine the amend-
ments 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 those negotiations, a new Protocol setting
out, for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2003, the
fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided
for in the above Agreement was initialled on 26 May
2000.

is in the Community's interests to approve that

It
Protocol.

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

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

in the Protocol shall be

(a) d e m e r s a l s p e c i e s

Spain:

600 gross registered tonnes

(b) t u n a f i s h i n g

(i)

tuna seiners:

— France:
— Spain:

18 vessels
21 vessels

(ii)

surface longliners:

— Spain:
— Portugal: 5 vessels

15 vessels

(iii) pole-and-line tuna vessels

— France:
— Spain:

7 vessels
5 vessels.

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.

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.

Article 4

(1) OJ C 62 E, 27.2.2001, p. 87.
(2) Opinion delivered on 1.2.2001 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

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

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

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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