Council Regulation (EC) No 580/2002 of 25 March 2002 on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Gabonese Republic on fishing off the coast of Gabon for the period 3 December 2001 to 2 December 2005
Date: 2002-03-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Gabon, agreement (EU), financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing regulations, fishing rights

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 580/2002

of 25 March 2002

on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribu-
tion provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Gabonese
Republic on fishing off the coast of Gabon for the period 3 December 2001 to 2 December 2005

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

The text of the Protocol

is attached to this Regulation (3).

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,

Article 2

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

in the Protocol shall be

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

— tuna seiners:

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

Whereas:

— France:

— Spain:

20 vessels,

18 vessels;

— surface longliners:

— Spain:

20 vessels,

— Portugal:

6 vessels;

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

the

between

the Agreement

Under
European
Community and the Gabonese Republic on fishing off
the coast of Gabon (2), the two Parties have held nego-
tiations with a view to determining amendments or
additions to be made to that Agreement at the end of
the period of validity of the Protocol annexed thereto.

— trawlers:

— Spain:

— Greece:

900 GRT per month, averaged over the
year,

300 GRT per month, averaged over the
year.

As a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol setting
out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution
provided for in the above Agreement for the period
from 3 December 2001 to 2 December 2005 was
initialled on 20 September 2001.

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.

in the Community's

It
is
Protocol.

interest

to approve this

The allocation of the fishing opportunities among the
Member States should be defined,

Article 3

The Member States whose vessels fish under the Protocol shall
be required to notify the Commission of the quantities of each
stock caught in the Gabonese fishing zone in accordance with
the detailed rules provided by Commission Regulation (EC) No
500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the
monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in
third country waters and on the high seas (4).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 4

Article 1

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 the
financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between
the European Community and the Gabonese Republic on
fishing off the coast of Gabon for the period 3 December 2001
to 2 December 2005 is hereby approved on behalf of the
Community.

Article 5

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

(1) Opinion delivered on 14 March 2002 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 308, 18.11.1998, p. 4.

(3) OJ L 73, 15.3.2002, p. 19.
(4) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 March 2002.

For the Council

The President

A.M. BIRULÉS Y BERTRÁN