Council Regulation (EC) No 1439/2001 of 10 July 2001 on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros for the period from 28 February 2001 to 27 February 2004
Date: 2001-07-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Comoros, deep-sea fishing, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing regulations, protocol to an agreement

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1439/2001

of 10 July 2001

on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution
provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic
Federal Republic of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros for the period from 28 February 2001
to 27 February 2004

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,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In accordance with the Agreement between the Euro-
pean Economic Community and the Islamic Federal
Republic of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros (2),
the two parties held negotiations to determine amend-
ments or additions to be made to the Agreement at the
end of the period of application of the Protocol attached
to it.

As a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol setting
out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution
provided for in the above Agreement for the period
from 28 February 2001 to 27 February 2004 was
initialled on 13 December 2000.

is in the Community's interest

It
Protocol.

to approve that

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 said Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros for the period
from 28 February 2001 to 27 February 2004 (hereinafter ‘the
Protocol’) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Protocol

is attached to this Regulation. (3)

Article 2

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

in the Protocol shall be

(a) Tuna seiners:

Spain:

France:

Italy:

18 vessels

21 vessels

1 vessel

(b) Surface longliners:

Spain:

Portugal:

20 vessels

5 vessels

the fishing opportunities set out

If licence applications from these Member States do not cover
the
all
Commission may take into consideration licence applications
from any other Member State.

in the Protocol,

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.

The Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial
contribution provided for in the Agreement between the Euro-
pean Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic

(1) Opinion delivered on 14 June 2001 (not yet published in the Offi-

cial Journal).

(2) OJ L 137, 2.6.1988, p. 19.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communi-
ties.

(3) See page 19 of this Official Journal.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 July 2001.

For the Council

The President

D. REYNDERS