2001/926/EC: Council Decision of 17 December 2001 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Agreement on cooperation in the sea fisheries sector between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the period 1 August 2001 to 31 July 2006
Date: 2001-12-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Mauritania, cooperation agreement, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing rights, sea fishing

22.12.2001

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 17 December 2001

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the
provisional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial
contribution provided for in the Agreement on cooperation in the sea fisheries sector between the
European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the period 1 August 2001 to 31
July 2006

(2001/926/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 300(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
have held negotiations with a view to determining
amendments or additions to be made to the Agreement
on cooperation in the sea fisheries sector between the
European Community and the Islamic Republic of Maur-
itania (1).

As a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol was
initialled on 31 July 2001.

Under that Protocol, Community fishermen have fishing
opportunities in the waters under the sovereignty or
jurisdiction of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the
period 1 August 2001 to 31 July 2006.

In order to ensure uninterrupted fishing activities by
Community vessels, it is essential that the new Protocol
be applied as quickly as possible; for this reason, the two
parties have initialled an Agreement in the form of an
the provisional
Exchange of Letters providing for

application of
2001.

the initialled Protocol

from 1 August

(5)

The method for allocating the fishing opportunities
among the Member States should be defined,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

An Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters
concerning the provisional application of the Protocol setting
out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution
provided for in the Agreement on cooperation in the sea
fisheries sector between the European Community and the
Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the period 1 August 2001
to 31 July 2006 is hereby approved on behalf of
the
Community.

The texts of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters and of the Protocol are attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The fishing opportunities fixed in the Protocol shall be allo-
cated among the Member States as follows:

Fishing category

Member State

Gross registered
tonnage
(GRT)

Number of vessels which
may be used

Crustaceans except lobsters

Spain

Italy

Portugal

4 364

1 091

545

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Fishing category

Member State

Gross registered
tonnage
(GRT)

Number of vessels which
may be used

Black hake

Demersal species other than black hake

Gear other than trawls

Demersal species — trawl

Cephalopods

Lobsters

Tuna seiners

Pole-and-line tuna vessels

Surface longliners

Pelagic species

Spain

Spain

Portugal

Spain

Spain

Italy

Portugal

Spain

France

Spain

Portugal

France

8 500

1 300

2 000

4 000

200

50

5

18

18

20

3

8

15

If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the
Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration licence applications from any other Member State.

The President of the Council
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.

is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2001.

For the Council

The President

A. NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK