Council Regulation (EC) No 953/2005 of 21 June 2005 relating to the conclusion of the Protocol setting out, for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2007, the fishing opportunities and financial contribution 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: 2005-06-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Côte d'Ivoire, common fisheries policy, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, protocol to an agreement

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 953/2005

of 21 June 2005

relating to the conclusion of the Protocol setting out, for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June
2007, the fishing opportunities and financial contribution 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Article 1

The Protocol setting out, for the period from 1 July 2004 to
30 June 2007, the fishing opportunities and financial contri-
bution 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 (3) is hereby approved on
behalf of the Community.

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

Article 2

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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 expiry of the
Protocol annexed to the Agreement
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.

The two parties negotiated a new Protocol setting out the
fishing opportunities and financial contribution between
9 and 13 November 2003 in Abidjan. This Protocol for
the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2007 was
initialled on 3 March 2004 in Brussels.

The allocation of the fishing opportunities among the
Member States and their obligation to report catches
should be confirmed.

(4)

That Protocol should be approved,

The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be

1.
allocated among the Member States as follows:

(a) demersal species:

Spain: 1 300 GT (gross tonnage) per month, averaged over
the year;

(b) tuna fishing vessels:

(i)

tuna seiners:

— France: 17 vessels,

— Spain: 17 vessels;

(ii)

surface longliners:

— Spain: 6 vessels,

— Portugal: 5 vessels;

(1) Opinion delivered on 26 May 2005 (not yet published in Official

Journal).

(2) OJ L 379, 31.12.1990, p. 3. Agreement as last amended by the
Protocol setting out, for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2003,
the fishing opportunities and financial contribution 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 (OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 3).

(iii) pole-and-line tuna vessels:

— France: 3 vessels.

(3) OJ L 76, 22.3.2005, p. 1.

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If licence applications from these Member States do not
2.
exhaust the fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol, the
Commission may consider licence applications from any other
Member State.

Article 3

Member States that have vessels fishing under the present
Agreement shall notify the Commission,
in accordance with
Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March
2001 laying down detailed rules
the application of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of
catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third country

for

waters and on the high seas, of the quantities of each stock
taken in the Côte d’Ivoire fishing zone (1).

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 5

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 June 2005.

For the Council
The President

F. BODEN

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