Council Regulation (EC) No 2003/2004 of 21 October 2004 on the conclusion of the Protocol defining, for the period 3 December 2003 to 2 December 2007, the fishing opportunities and the financial compensation provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of Mauritius on fishing in Mauritian waters
Date: 2004-10-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Mauritius, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing rights, protocol to an agreement

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2003/2004

of 21 October 2004

on the conclusion of the Protocol defining, for the period 3 December 2003 to 2 December 2007,
the fishing opportunities and the financial compensation provided for by the Agreement between
the European Economic Community and the Government of Mauritius on fishing in Mauritian
waters

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

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

the traditional allocation of

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

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

The Protocol defining, for the period 3 December 2003 to 2
the fishing opportunities and the financial
December 2007,
compensation provided for by the Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Government of
Mauritius on fishing in Mauritian waters is hereby approved
on behalf of the European Community.

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation (3).

Whereas:

Article 2

(1)

(2)

(3)

In accordance with Article 12(3) of
the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the
Government of Mauritius on fishing in Mauritian
waters (2), the Contracting Parties held negotiations, at
the end of the period of application of the Protocol, in
order to determine by common accord the terms of the
Protocol for the following period and where appropriate,
any necessary amendments or additions to the Annex.

As a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol defining,
for the period 3 December 2003 to 2 December 2007,
the fishing opportunities and the financial compensation
provided for by the said Agreement was initialled on 11
September 2003.

in the Community's

is
It
Protocol.

interest

to approve this

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

— tuna

seiners:

France 16, Spain 22,

Italy 2, United

Kingdom 1,

— surface long-liners: Spain 19, France 23, Portugal 7,

— vessels fishing by line: France 25 gross registered tonnes

(GRT) per month on an annual average.

the

If licence applications from these Member States do not cover
all
the
Commission may take into consideration licence applications
from any other Member State.

fixed by the Protocol,

fishing opportunities

Article 3

The Member States whose vessels fish under this Agreement
shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock
caught within the Mauritius fishing zone in accordance with
Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 (4).

(1) Opinion delivered on 15 September 2004 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 159, 10.6.1989, p. 2.

(3) See page 3 of this Official Journal.
(4) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8.

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Article 4

Article 5

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

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
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 Luxembourg, 21 October 2004.

For the Council
The President

G. ZALM