Council Regulation (EC) No 923/2002 of 30 May 2002 on the conclusion of the Protocol defining, for the period from 18 January 2002 to 17 January 2005, the fishing possibilities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles
Date: 2002-05-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Seychelles, agreement (EU), deep-sea fishing, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing licence, fishing regulations, fishing rights

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 923/2002

of 30 May 2002

on the conclusion of the Protocol defining, for the period from 18 January 2002 to 17 January
2005, the fishing possibilities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off
Seychelles

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,

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 Republic of
Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles (2), signed in Brussels
on 28 October 1987, the two Parties held negotiations
with a view to determining amendments to be made to
that Agreement at the end of the period of application
of the Protocol attached to the said Agreement.

these negotiations, a new Protocol
As a result of
defining for the period from 18 January 2002 to 17
January 2005 the fishing possibilities and the financial
contribution provided for by the
abovementioned
Agreement was initialled on 28 September 2001.

is in the Community's interest

It
Protocol.

to approve that

The allocation of fishing possibilities among the Member
States should be determined on the basis of the tradi-
tional allocation of fishing possibilities under the Fish-
eries Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Protocol defining, for the period from 18 January 2002 to
17 January 2005, the fishing possibilities and the financial
contribution provided for by the Agreement between the Euro-
pean Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on
fishing off Seychelles is hereby approved on behalf of the
European Community.

Article 2

The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol are allo-
cated among the Member States as follows:

(a) Tuna seiners

— Spain
— France
— Italy
— United Kingdom

(b) Surface longliners

— Spain
— France
— Portugal

18 vessels
20 vessels
1 vessel
1 vessel

15 vessels
5 vessels
7 vessels

If
licence applications from these Member States do not
exhaust the fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol,
the Commission may take into consideration licence applica-
tions from any other Member State.

Article 3

The Member States whose vessels are fishing under
this
Protocol shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each
stock taken in Seychelles waters in accordance with the
arrangements laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No
500/2001 (4).

Article 4

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind
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 May 2002 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 119, 7.5.1987, p. 26.

(3) OJ L 134, 22.5.2002, p. 40.
(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, 30 May 2002.

For the Council

The President

M. A. CORTÉS MARTÍN