Council Regulation (EC) No 1660/2005 of 6 October 2005 on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros for the period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2010
Date: 2005-10-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Comoros, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing rights, protocol to an agreement

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1660/2005

of 6 October 2005

on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution
provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic
Federal Republic of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros for the period from 1 January
2005 to 31 December 2010

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

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,

Article 2

The fishing opportunities set out
allocated among the Member States as follows:

in the Protocol shall be

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

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

Whereas:

In accordance with the Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic
of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros (2), the two
parties held negotiations to determine amendments or
additions to be made to the Agreement at the end of
the period of application of
to the
Agreement.

the Protocol

As a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol setting
out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution
provided for in that Agreement for the period from 1
January 2005 to 31 December 2010 was initialled on 24
November 2004.

(a)

tuna seiners:

Spain:

21 vessels,

France:

18 vessels,

Italy:

1 vessel;

(b) surface longliners:

Spain:

12 vessels,

Portugal: 5 vessels.

the fishing opportunities

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

in the Protocol,

set out

It is in the Community’s interest to approve the said
Protocol.

Article 3

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,

Member States whose vessels fish under
this Protocol are
obliged to notify the Commission of the quantities of each
stock taken in the Comorian fishing zone in accordance with
the arrangements laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No
500/2001 (4).

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 4

Article 1

The Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial
in the Agreement between the
contribution provided for
European Economic Community and the
Islamic Federal
Republic of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros for the
period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2010 is hereby
approved on behalf of the Community.

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.

(1) Opinion delivered on 27 September 2005 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 137, 2.6.1988, p. 19.

(3) OJ L 252, 28.9.2005, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 6 October 2005.

For the Council
The President

A. DARLING