2002/999/EC: Council Decision of 11 December 2002 on the conclusion of the 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 by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2006
Date: 2002-12-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Senegal, catch quota, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing regulations

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COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 11 December 2002

on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provi-
sional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribu-
tion provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal for the period from 1
July 2002 to 30 June 2006

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(2002/999/EC)

Protocol from 1 July 2002. The Agreement in the form
of an Exchange of Letters should therefore be concluded,
subject to a final decision pursuant to Article 37 of the
Treaty.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Article 37 in conjunction with Article
300(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(5)

The allocation of the fishing opportunities among the
Member States, their obligation to report catches and the
obligation for Community shipowners to land tuna
catches in Senegal at their own expense in accordance
with point C of the Annex to the Protocol should be laid
down,

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In accordance with the Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Government of
the Republic of Senegal on fishing off
the coast of
Senegal (1), the two parties held negotiations with a view
to determining the amendments or additions to be made
to the Agreement at the end of the period of application
of the Protocol.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

As a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol was
initialled on 25 June 2002.

Article 1

The Protocol provides Community fishermen with
fishing opportunities in waters under the sovereignty or
jurisdiction of Senegal for the period from 1 July 2002
to 30 June 2006.

The new Protocol must come into force as soon as
possible to enable Community vessels to resume fishing.
Both parties therefore initialled an Agreement in the
form of an Exchange of Letters, temporarily applying the

The 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 by the Agreement between the European Commu-
nity and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing
off the coast of Senegal for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30
June 2006 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

(1) OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 17.

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

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Article 2

Article 3

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

Category 1

Category 2

Category 3

Category 4

Category 5

Category 6

233 gross registered
tonnes (GRT) per
quarter

704 GRT per quarter

563 GRT

3 000 GRT per month
averaged over the year

3 186 GRT per month
averaged over the year

314 GRT per month
averaged over the year

10 vessels

6 vessels

21 vessels

18 vessels

20 vessels

3 vessels

Greece

Spain

Italy

Spain

Spain

Portugal

Spain

France

Spain

France

Spain

Portugal

The obligation of direct landing by freezer tuna seiners set out
in point C (c) of the Annex to the Protocol shall be met by
Community shipowners on the basis of the following break-
down:

— vessels flying the French flag: 44 %

— vessels flying the Spanish flag: 56 %.

Article 4

The Member States whose vessels fish under this Decision shall
be required to notify the Commission of the quantities of each
stock caught in the Senegalese fishing zone in accordance with
Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 (1).

Article 5

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of
an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.

Done at Brussels, 11 December 2002.

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.

For the Council

The President

T. PEDERSEN

(1) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8.