Council Regulation (EC) No 154/2004 of 26 January 2004 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters extending for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 the validity of the Protocol setting fishing opportunities and a financial contribution as provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire
Date: 2004-01-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Côte d'Ivoire, agreement (EU), deep-sea fishing, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing rights

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 154/2004

of 26 January 2004

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters extending for the period
1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 the validity of the Protocol setting fishing opportunities and a finan-
cial contribution as provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAD 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,

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Under the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing
off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire (2), before the period of
validity of
the Protocol annexed to the Agreement
expires, the contracting parties are to negotiate in order
to agree the content of the Protocol for the following
period and any changes or additions to be made to the
Annex.

Pending negotiations on changes to be made to the
existing Protocol approved by Regulation (EC) No 722/
2001 (3),
the two parties have decided to extend its
validity for one year by means of an Agreement in the
form of an Exchange of Letters.

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

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

(1) Opinion delivered on 18 December 2003 (not yet published in Offi-

cial Journal).

(2) OJ L 379, 31.12.1990, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 1.

Article 1

The Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters
extending for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004
the validity of the Protocol setting fishing opportunities and a
financial contribution as provided for
in the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the Republic
of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire 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 (4).

Article 2

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

(a) demersal fishing:

Spain: 600 GRT per month (annual average);

(b) tuna fishing:

(i) tuna seiners

— France: 18 vessels,

— Spain: 21 vessels;

(ii) surface longliners

— Spain: 15 vessels,

— Portugal: 5 vessels;

(iii) pole-and-line tuna vessels

— France: 7 vessels,

— Spain: 5 vessels.

licence applications from these Member States do not
If
exhaust
the
the fishing opportunities set by the Protocol,
Commission may consider licence applications from any other
Member State.

(4) OJ L 319, 4.12.2003, p. 19.

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Article 3

Member States which have vessels fishing under the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters shall
notify the Commission, in the manner specified by Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 (1), of the
quantities of each stock taken in the Côte d'Ivoire 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.

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2004.

For the Council

The President

B. COWEN

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