Council Regulation (EC) No 555/2005 of 17 February 2005 on the conclusion of the Protocol defining for the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2006 the tuna fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Democratic Republic of Madagascar on fishing off Madagascar
Date: 2005-02-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Madagascar, agreement (EU), financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, ratification of an agreement

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 555/2005

of 17 February 2005

on the conclusion of the Protocol defining for the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2006 the
tuna fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between
the European Economic Community and the Democratic Republic of Madagascar on fishing off
Madagascar

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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,

(3)

(4)

in the Community’s

It
is
Protocol.

interest

to approve that

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 Fisheries Agreement,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Under the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Democratic Republic of Madagascar
on fishing off Madagascar (2), the two parties conducted
negotiations to determine the amendments or additions
to be made to the Agreement at the end of the period of
application of the Protocol thereto.

As a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol defining
for the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2006 the
fishing opportunities and the
contribution
provided for in that Agreement was initialled on 8
September 2003.

financial

(1) Opinion of the European Parliament of 15 September 2004 (not yet

published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 73, 18.3.1986, p. 26.

Article 1

The Protocol defining for
the period 1 January 2004 to
31 December 2006 the tuna fishing opportunities and the
financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between
the European Economic Community and the Democratic
Republic of Madagascar on fishing off Madagascar is hereby
approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

(a)

tuna seiners:

Spain: 22 vessels

France: 16 vessels

Italy: 2 vessels

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(b) surface longliners:

Spain: 24 vessels

France: 10 vessels

Portugal: 6 vessels

No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the
monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in
third country waters and on the high seas (1).

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 applications
from any other Member State.

Article 4

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

Article 3

this Protocol are
Member States whose vessels fish under
obliged to notify the Commission of the quantities of each
stock taken in the Malagasy fishing zone in accordance with
the arrangements laid down in Commission Regulation (EC)

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
that of
the European
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 17 February 2005.

For the Council
The President

J.-C. JUNCKER

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