Council Regulation (EC) No 1869/2003 of 20 October 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 Community and the Government of Mauritius on fishing in Mauritian waters for the period 3 December 2002 to 2 December 2003
Date: 2003-10-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Mauritius, agreement (EU), financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing rights

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1869/2003

of 20 October 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 Community and the Government of Mauritius on fishing
in Mauritian waters for the period 3 December 2002 to 2 December 2003

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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),

Whereas:

In accordance with Article 12(3) of
the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the
Government of Mauritius on fishing in Mauritian
waters (3), the Contracting Parties must enter into nego-
tiations, before the end of the period of validity of the
in order to determine by
Protocol to the Agreement,
common accord the terms of
for the
following period and, where appropriate, any necessary
amendments or additions to the Annex.

the Protocol

in the absence of

Since,
information which it was
awaiting, Mauritius was not ready to begin the negotia-
tions, the two Parties decided to extend the existing
Protocol (4) approved by Regulation (EC) No 444/
2001 (5) for a period of one year by means of an Agree-
ment in the form of an Exchange of Letters, pending the
negotiations on the amendments to be made to the
Protocol.

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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 Community and the Govern-
ment of Mauritius on fishing in Mauritian waters for the period
3 December 2002 to 2 December 2003 (6) is hereby approved
on behalf of the European Community.

Article 2

The fishing opportunities fixed in Article 1 of the Protocol shall
be allocated among the Member States as follows:

— tuna seiners: France 20, Spain 20, Italy 2, United Kingdom

1,

— surface longliners: Spain 19, France 13, Portugal 8,

— vessels fishing by line: France 25 grt per month, based on

an annual average.

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

The Member States whose vessels fish under the Agreement in
the form of an Exchange of Letters shall notify the Commission
of the quantities of each stock caught within the Mauritian
fishing zone in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC)
No 500/2001 (7).

The allocation of the fishing opportunities among the
Member States should be confirmed,

Article 4

(1) Proposal of 8 May 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(2) Opinion delivered on 24 September 2003 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(3) OJ L 159, 10.6.1989, p. 2.
(4) OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 30.
(5) OJ L 64, 6.3.2001, p. 1.

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

(6) OJ L 147, 14.6.2003, p. 40.
(7) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 20 October 2003.

For the Council

The President

P. MARONI