Council Regulation (EC) No 2345/2002 of 16 December 2002 on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out, for the period from 3 August 2002 to 2 August 2004, the fishing opportunities 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
Date: 2002-12-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Angola, catch quota, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing regulations

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2345/2002
of 16 December 2002
on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out, for the period from 3 August 2002 to 2 August 2004,
the fishing opportunities 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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

The text of the Protocol

is attached to this Regulation (3).

the

regard

European
Having
Community, and in particular Article 37, in conjunction with
Article 300(2) and the first sentence of the first subparagraph
of Article 300(3) thereof,

establishing

Treaty

the

Article 2

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

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

— shrimp vessels:
— Spain

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In accordance with the Agreement between the Euro-
pean Economic Community and the Government of the
Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola (2), the two
parties held negotiations to determine any amendments
or additions to be made to the Agreement at the end of
the period of application of
the Protocol annexed
thereto.

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 August 2002 to 2 August 2004 was initialled on
30 June 2002.

It is in the Community's interest to approve the said
Protocol.

The method of allocating the fishing opportunities
among the Member States should be defined on the
basis of the traditional allocation of fishing opportunities
under the Fisheries Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Protocol setting out, for the period from 3 August 2002 to
2 August 2004, the fishing opportunities and the financial
contribution provided for by the Agreement between the Euro-
pean Economic Community and the Government of
the
Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola is hereby approved
on behalf of the Community.

(1) Opinion given on 5 December 2002 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 341, 3.12.1987, p. 2.

— demersal fishing vessels:

— Spain

— Portugal

— Italy

— Greece

1 850 GRT per month, averaged over
the year;
1 100 GRT per month, averaged over
the year;
750 GRT per month, averaged over
the year;
500 GRT per month, averaged over
the year;

— freezer tuna seiners:

— France
— Spain

6 vessels;
9 vessels;

— surface longliners:

— Portugal:

— Spain

4 vessels;

14 vessels;

— pelagic fishing vessels:

— Netherlands

2 vessels.

and/or Ireland

If licence applications from these Member States do not cover
all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commis-
sion may consider licence applications from any other Member
State.

Article 3

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

Article 4

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

(3) See page 92 of this Official Journal.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2002.

For the Council
The President

M. FISCHER BOEL