Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of two agreements in the form of exchanges of letters concerning the extension of the protocol establishing the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the agreement between the European Economic Community and the government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal for the periods 1 May 2001 to 31 July 2001 and 1 August 2001 to 31 December 2001
Date: 2001-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Senegal, agreement (EU), deep-sea fishing, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement

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Proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of two Agreements in the form of exchanges
of letters concerning the extension of the Protocol establishing the fishing opportunities and
financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal
for the periods 1 May 2001 to 31 July 2001 and 1 August 2001 to 31 December 2001

(2001/C 304 E/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2001) 422 final (cid:151) 2001/0168(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 23 July 2001)

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,

2001 and 1 August 2001 to 31 December 2001 are hereby
approved on behalf of the European Community.

The texts of the two Agreement are attached to this Regulation.

Article 2

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

The fishing opportunities for trawlers and tuna vessels estab-
lished pro rata temporis by Article 1 shall be allocated among
the Member States as follows:

Whereas:

into

entered

(1) The European Community and the Republic of Senegal
the
negotiations
have
amendments or additions to be made to the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the
Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the
coast of Senegal (1) at the end of the period of application
of the Protocol thereto.

determine

to

(2) During the negotiations, the two Parties decided to extend
the current Protocol for two consecutive periods of three
months and five months, from 1 May 2001 to 31 July
2001 and from 1 August 2001 to 31 December 2001,
by means of exchanges of
letters initialled on 23 April
2001 and 1 June 2001, pending the conclusion of the
negotiations on the amendments
to be made to the
Protocol.

(3) It

is in the Community’s interest

to approve the two

extensions.

(cid:151) Category 1:

331 GRT (Greece)

(cid:151) Category 2:

3 750 GRT (Spain)

(cid:151) Category 3: 1 800 GRT

800 GRT (Italy)

1 000 GRT (Spain)

(cid:151) Category 4: 4 119 GRT

3 749 GRT (Spain)

370 GRT (Portugal)

(4) The method of allocating the fishing opportunities for
trawlers and tuna vessels among the Member States
under the expired Protocol and the method of allocating
the obligation on Community shipowners to land tuna
directly in Senegal, provided for in point C of Annex I to
the Protocol, should be confirmed,

(cid:151) Category 5:

5 vessels (Spain)

7 vessels (France)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(cid:151) Category 6:

Article 1

letters
The two Agreements in the form of exchanges of
concerning the extension of
the Protocol establishing the
fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for
in the Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off
the coast of Senegal for the periods 1 May 2001 to 31 July

(1) OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 17.

23 vessels (Spain)

18 vessels (France)

(cid:151) Category 7:

20 vessels (Spain)

3 vessels (Portugal)

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the fishing opportunities

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

fixed by the Protocol,

Article 3

The percentage of the catch that owners of Community freezer
tuna seiners are obliged to land directly in accordance with
point C of the Annex to the Protocol establishing the fishing
opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the
Agreement between the European Economic Community and
the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the

coast of Senegal for the periods 1 May 2001 to 31 July 2001
and 1 August 2001 to 31 December 2001 shall be pro rata
temporis as follows:

(cid:151) vessels flying the French flag 44 %

(cid:151) vessels flying the Spanish flag 56 %

Article 4

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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FIRST AGREEMENT

in the form of an exchange of letters on the extension of the Protocol establishing the fishing
opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of
Senegal for the period from 1 May 2001 to 31 July 2001

Sirs,

A. Letter from the Community

I have the honour to confirm that we agree to the following interim arrangements for the extension of the
Fisheries Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Senegal and the European Economic
Community, pending the conclusion of the negotiations on the amendments to be made to the Protocol to
the Fisheries Agreement:

1. The arrangements applicable over the last four years shall be extended for a period from 1 May 2001 to
31 July 2001. The Community’s financial contribution under the interim arrangements shall correspond
pro rata temporis to that provided for in Article 3 of the Protocol currently in force. The first payment
shall be made no later than 31 October 2001.

2. During the interim period, licences shall be issued within the limits laid down in Articles 1 and 2 of the
current Protocol on payment of fees or advances corresponding pro rata temporis to those laid down in
point A of Annex I and point A of Annex II to the Protocol.

I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that you are in agreement
with its contents.

Please accept, Sirs, the assurance of my highest consideration.

On behalf of the Council of the European Union

B. Letter from the Government of the Republic of Senegal

Sirs,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today’s date which reads as follows:

(cid:145)I have the honour to confirm that we agree to the following interim arrangements for the extension
of the Fisheries Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Senegal and the European
Economic Community, pending the conclusion of the negotiations on the amendments to be made to
the Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement:

1. The arrangements applicable over the last four years shall be extended for a period from 1 May
2001 to 31 July 2001. The Community’s financial contribution under the interim arrangements
shall correspond pro rata temporis to that provided for in Article 3 of the Protocol currently in
force. The first payment shall be made no later than 31 October 2001.

2. During the interim period, licences shall be issued within the limits laid down in Articles 1 and 2
of the current Protocol on payment of fees or advances corresponding pro rata temporis to those
laid down in point A of Annex I and point A of Annex II to the Protocol.

I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that you are in
agreement with its contents.(cid:146)

I have the honour to confirm that the above is acceptable to the Government of the Republic of Senegal
and that your letter and this letter constitute an agreement in accordance with your proposal.

Please accept, Sirs, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the Government of the Republic of Senegal

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SECOND AGREEMENT

in the form of an exchange of letters on the extension of the Protocol establishing the fishing
opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of
Senegal for the period from 1 August 2001 to 31 December 2001

Sirs,

A. Letter from the Community

I have the honour to confirm that we agree to the following interim arrangements for the extension of the
Fisheries Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Senegal and the European Economic
Community, pending the conclusion of the negotiations on the amendments to be made to the Protocol to
the Fisheries Agreement:

1. The arrangements applicable over the last four years shall be extended for a period from 1 August 2001
to 31 December 2001. The Community’s financial contribution under the interim arrangements shall
correspond pro rata temporis to that provided for in Article 3 of the Protocol currently in force. The first
payment shall be made no later than 31 December 2001.

2. During the interim period, licences shall be issued within the limits laid down in Articles 1 and 2 of the
current Protocol on payment of fees or advances corresponding pro rata temporis to those laid down in
point A of Annex I and point A of Annex II to the Protocol.

I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that you are in agreement
with its contents.

Please accept, Sirs, the assurance of my highest consideration.

On behalf of the Council of the European Union

B. Letter from the Government of the Republic of Senegal

Sirs,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today’s date which reads as follows:

(cid:145)I have the honour to confirm that we agree to the following interim arrangements for the extension
of the Fisheries Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Senegal and the European
Economic Community, pending the conclusion of the negotiations on the amendments to be made to
the Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement:

1. The arrangements applicable over the last four years shall be extended for a period from 1 August
the interim
2001 to 31 December 2001. The Community’s
arrangements shall correspond pro rata temporis to that provided for in Article 3 of the Protocol
currently in force. The first payment shall be made no later than 31 December 2001.

financial contribution under

2. During the interim period, licences shall be issued within the limits laid down in Articles 1 and 2
of the current Protocol on payment of fees or advances corresponding pro rata temporis to those
laid down in point A of Annex I and point A of Annex II to the Protocol.

I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that you are in
agreement with its contents.(cid:146)

I have the honour to confirm that the above is acceptable to the Government of the Republic of Senegal
and that your letter and this letter constitute an agreement in accordance with your proposal.

Please accept, Sirs, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the Government of the Republic of Senegal