Council Regulation (EC) No 924/2002 of 30 May 2002 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the extension of the 2000-2001 Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Revolutionary People's Republic of Guinea on fishing off the Guinean coast for the period 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002
Date: 2002-05-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Guinea, agreement (EU), deep-sea fishing, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing licence, fishing regulations, fishing rights

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 924/2002

of 30 May 2002

on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the
extension of the 2000-2001 Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribu-
tion provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Govern-
ment of the Revolutionary People's Republic of Guinea on fishing off the Guinean coast for the
period 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002

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:

The European Community and the Republic of Guinea
have held negotiations to determine the amendments or
additions to be made to the Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Government of
the Revolutionary People's Republic of Guinea on
fishing off the Guinean coast (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 (4), approved by Regulation
(EC) No 445/2001 (5), for one year, from 1 January
2002 to 31 December 2002, by means of an Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters initialled on 22
October 2001, pending the conclusion of the nego-
tiations on the amendments to be agreed for
the
Protocol.

It is in the Community's interest to approve that exten-
sion.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The allocation of the fishing opportunities for trawlers
and tuna boats among the Member States should be
confirmed,

— France

— Spain

the Government of the Revolutionary People's Republic of
Guinea on fishing off the Guinean coast for the period 1
January 2002 to 31 December 2002 is hereby approved on
behalf of the European Community.

The text of this Agreement is attached to this Regulation (6).

Article 2

The fishing opportunities for trawlers and tuna boats fixed in
Article 1 of the Protocol shall be allocated pro rata temporis
among the Member States as follows:

(a) fin-fish/cephalopods

— Spain

— Italy

— Greece

(b) shrimps

— Spain

— Portugal

— Greece

(c) tuna seiners

— France

— Spain

(d) pole-and-line tuna vessels

(e) surface longliners

— Spain

— Portugal

844 GRT

750 GRT

906 GRT

1 050 GRT

300 GRT

150 GRT

19 vessels

19 vessels

7 vessels

7 vessels

14 vessels

2 vessels

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

in the form of an Exchange of Letters
The Agreement
concerning the extension of the Protocol setting out the fishing
opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the
Agreement between the European Economic Community and

(1) Proposal of 28 January 2002 (not yet published in the Official

(2) Opinion delivered on 14 May 2002 (not yet published in the

Journal).

Official Journal).

(3) OJ L 111, 27.4.1983, p. 2.
(4) OJ L 250, 5.10.2000, p. 29.
(5) OJ L 64, 6.3.2001, p. 3.

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.

Article 3

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

(6) OJ L 116, 16.5.2002, p. 29.

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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