2002/913/EC: Council Decision of 11 November 2002 on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, and provisional application of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the extension of the Protocol setting out the fishing rights and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola for the period from 3 May to 2 August 2002
Date: 2002-11-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Angola, catch quota, deep-sea fishing, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing regulations

21.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 317/29

COUNCIL DECISION

of 11 November 2002

on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, and provisional application of the Agree-
ment in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the extension of the Protocol setting out the fishing
rights and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola for
the period from 3 May to 2 August 2002

(2002/913/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

hereby approved on behalf of the Community, subject to the
Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the said Agree-
ment.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The European Community and the Republic of Angola
have entered into negotiations to determine any amend-
ments or additions to be made to the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the
Government of the Republic of Angola on fishing off
Angola (2) at the end of the period of application of the
Protocol annexed thereto.

During the negotiations,
the two Parties decided to
extend the current Protocol for three months by means
of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
initialled on 26 April 2002, pending the conclusion of
the negotiations on the amendments to be made to the
Protocol.

Under the Exchange of Letters, Community fishermen
have fishing rights in the waters under the sovereignty
or jurisdiction of the Republic of Angola for the period
from 3 May 2002 to 2 August 2002.

the fishing activities of
To avoid an interruption of
Community vessels, the extension must be applied at the
earliest opportunity. The Agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters should therefore be signed subject to
a definitive decision under Article 37 of the Treaty.

(5)

The allocation of the fishing rights among the Member
States under the expired Protocol should be confirmed,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The signing of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters on the extension of the Protocol setting out the fishing
rights and the financial compensation provided for by the
Agreement between the European Economic Community and
the Government of the Republic of Angola on fishing off
Angola for the period from 3 May 2002 to 2 August 2002 is

(1) Proposal of 10 July 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(2) OJ L 341, 3.12.1987, p. 2.

Article 2

The Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be applied on a
provisional basis by the Community from 3 May 2002.

Article 3

The fishing rights established pro rata temporis by Article 1
shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:

— shrimp vessels:

— Spain

6 550 GRT per month, averaged over
the year, 22 vessels

— demersal fishing vessels:

— Spain

— Portugal

— Italy

— Greece

1 650 GRT per month, averaged over
the year

1 000 GRT per month, averaged over
the year

650 GRT per month, averaged over the
year

450 GRT per month, averaged over the
year

— freezer tuna seiners:

— France

— Spain

7 vessels

11 vessels

— surface longliners:

— Portugal

5 vessels

— Spain

20 vessels

— pelagic fishing vessels:

— Ireland

2 vessels.

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

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Official Journal of the European Communities

21.11.2002

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agree-
ment in the form of an Exchange of Letters on behalf of the Community, subject to its conclusion.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 11 November 2002.

For the Council

The President

B. MIKKELSEN