Council Regulation (EC) No 830/2004 of 26 April 2004 on the conclusion of the Protocol defining for the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2008 the fishing opportunities and the 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
Date: 2004-04-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Guinea, agreement (EU), deep-sea fishing, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing rights

29.4.2004

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 830/2004

of 26 April 2004

on the conclusion of the Protocol defining for the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2008
the fishing opportunities and the 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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

The text of the Protocol is attached to 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,

Article 2

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

The fishing opportunities provided for in the Protocol

1.
shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:

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

(a) shrimp fishing:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 15 of the
Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Government of
the Republic of Guinea on
fishing off the Guinean coast (Agreement) (2), the two
Parties conducted negotiations to determine any amend-
ments or additions to be made to the Agreement at the
end of the period of application of the Protocol annexed
thereto.

those negotiations, a new Protocol
As a result of
defining for the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December
2008 the fishing opportunities and the financial contri-
bution provided for in the Agreement was initialled on
27 June 2003.

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 Agreement.

in the Community's interest

It
is
Protocol,

to approve that

— Spain: 1 050 GRT,

— Portugal: 300 GRT,

— Greece: 150 GRT;

(b) tuna seiners:

— France: 17 vessels,

— Spain: 17 vessels;

(c) pole-and-line tuna vessels:

— France: 7 vessels,

— Spain: 7 vessels;

(d) Surface longliners:

— Spain: 8,

— Portugal: 1.

2.
The fishing opportunities provided for in the Protocol for
fin-fish and cephalod fishing for 2004 shall be allocated among
the Member States as follows:

— Spain: 844 GRT

— Italy: 750 GRT

— Greece: 906 GRT

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Protocol defining for the period 1 January 2004 to 31
December 2008 the fishing opportunities and the financial
contribution provided for in the Agreement between the Euro-
the
pean Economic Community and the Government of
Republic of Guinea on fishing off the Guinean coast is hereby
approved on behalf of the Community.

If

fishing opportunities are increased from 2005 as
3.
compared with 2004 in accordance with Article 1 of
the
Protocol, these increases shall be allocated in proportion to the
fishing opportunities indicated above for 2004.

4.
If licence applications from these Member States do not
cover all the fishing opportunities laid down by the Protocol,
the Commission may take into consideration licence applica-
tions from any other Member State.

Article 3

(1) Opinion delivered on 1 April 2004 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(2) OJ L 111, 27.4.1983, 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.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 26 April 2004.

For the Council

The President

J. WALSH