Council Regulation (EC) No 2303/2001 of 15 November 2001 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: 2001-11-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, Senegal, catch quota, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing rights

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Official Journal of the European Communities

28.11.2001

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2303/2001

of 15 November 2001

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

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:

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 are hereby
approved on behalf of the Community.

The texts of
the two Agreements are attached to Council
Decision 2001/795/EC (4) of 29 October 2001 concerning
their signature and provisional application.

The European Community and the Republic of Senegal
have entered into negotiations to determine the amend-
ments 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 (3) at the end of the period of
application of the Protocol thereto.

the two Parties decided to
During the negotiations,
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 conclusions
of the negotiations on the amendments to be made to
the Protocol.

Article 2

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:

Category 1:

331 GRT

Greece

Category 2:

3 750 GRT

Spain

Category 3:

1 800 GRT

800 GRT

1 000 GRT

Italy

Spain

It is in the Community's interest to approve the two
extensions.

Category 4:

4 119 GRT

(1)

(2)

(3)

(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 defined,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

3 749 GRT

370 GRT

Spain

Portugal

Category 5:

5 vessels

7 vessels

Category 6:

23 vessels

18 vessels

Category 7:

20 vessels

Spain

France

Spain

France

Spain

Article 1

3 vessels

Portugal.

The two Agreements in the form of Exchanges of Letters
the Protocol establishing the
concerning the extension of
fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for

(1) OJ C 304 E, 30.10.2001, p. 188.
(2) Opinion delivered on 25 October 2001 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

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

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 applications from any
other Member State.

(4) OJ L 300, 16.11.2001, p. 41.

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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 Annex I 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:
— vessels flying the French flag:
— vessels flying the Spanish flag:

44 %
56 %.

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 Brussels, 15 November 2001.

For the Council

The President

M. AELVOET