Council Regulation (EC) No 1765/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters 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 the Government of the Republic of Guinea on fishing off the Guinean coast for the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003
Date: 2003-09-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Guinea, agreement (EU), deep-sea fishing, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing rights

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1765/2003

of 29 September 2003

on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the exten-
sion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for
in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the
Republic of Guinea on fishing off the Guinean coast for the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December
2003

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, 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),

the Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Government of the Republic of Guinea on fishing off
the Guinean coast for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31
December 2003 is hereby approved on behalf of the European
Community.

The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters is attached to this Regulation (5).

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:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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 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) for a second one-year
period, from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003, by
means of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters, pending the conclusion of the negotiations on
the amendments to be made to the Protocol.

in the Community's interest

It
is
extension.

to approve that

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

— Spain:

— Italy:

— Greece:

(b) shrimps:

— Spain:

— Portugal:

— Greece:

(c)

tuna seiners:

— France:

— Spain:

Article 1

(d) pole-and-line tuna vessels:

in the form of an Exchange of Letters
The Agreement
concerning the extension of the Protocol setting out the fishing
in
opportunities and financial

contribution provided for

— France:

— Spain:

(1) Proposal of 10 March 2003 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(2) Opinion delivered on 3 September 2003 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(3) OJ L 111, 27.4.1983, p. 1.
(4) The current Protocol was approved by Regulation (EC) No 445/
2001 (OJ L 64, 6.3.2001, p. 3) and extended for one year by Regu-
lation (EC) No 924/2002 (OJ L 144, 1.6.2002, p. 3).

(e) surface longliners:

— Spain:

— Portugal:

(5) OJ L 133, 29.5.2003, p. 85.

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

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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.

of the Republic of Guinea in accordance with the detailed rules
of application laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No
500/2001 (1).

Article 3

Article 4

The Member States whose vessels fish under this Agreement in
the form of an Exchange of Letters shall notify the Commission
of the quantities of each stock caught within the fishing zone

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

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

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2003.

For the Council

The President

G. ALEMANNO

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