2006/83/EC: Council Decision of  30 January 2006  on the signing on behalf of the European Community and provisional application of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters extending the Protocol setting out, for the period from  1 June 2005  to  31 May 2006 , the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe on fishing off the coast of São Tomé and Príncipe
Date: 2006-01-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: São Tomé and Príncipe, common fisheries policy, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing licence, interim agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 30 January 2006

on the signing on behalf of the European Community and provisional application of the Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters extending the Protocol setting out, for the period from 1 June
2005 to 31 May 2006, the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Democratic
Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe on fishing off the coast of São Tomé and Príncipe

(2006/83/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 300(2) thereof,

establishing the European

activities of Community vessels. The Agreement in the
form of an Exchange of Letters should therefore be
signed and applied on a provisional basis pending the
completion of the procedures required to conclude it.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(5)

fishing opportunities among the
The allocation of
Member States under the expired Protocol should be
confirmed,

Whereas:

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

(2)

Under the terms of the Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Government of
the
Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe on
fishing off the coast of São Tomé and Príncipe (1), the
Contracting Parties are to enter into negotiations, before
the period of validity of the Protocol to the Agreement
expires, to determine by mutual agreement the contents
of the Protocol for the period that follows and, where
applicable, the amendments or additions to be made to
the Annex thereto.

Pending negotiations on changes to be made to the
existing Protocol approved by Council Regulation (EC)
No 2348/2002 of 9 December 2002 on the conclusion
of the Protocol setting out, for the period from 1 June
2002 to 31 May 2005, the fishing opportunities and the
financial contribution provided for by the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the
Government of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé
and Príncipe on fishing off the coast of São Tomé and
Príncipe (2), the Parties have decided to extend its validity
for a further year by means of an Agreement in the form
of an Exchange of Letters.

Article 1

The signature of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters extending the Protocol setting out, for the period from 1
June 2005 to 31 May 2006,
the fishing opportunities and
financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between
the European Economic Community and the Government of
the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe on fishing
off the coast of São Tomé and Príncipe is hereby approved on
behalf of the Community, subject to conclusion of the said
Agreement.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The Agreement shall apply provisionally from 1 June 2005.

Article 3

The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be

1.
allocated to Member States as follows:

(3)

The Exchange of Letters provides Community fishermen
with fishing opportunities in waters under the sover-
eignty or jurisdiction of São Tomé and Príncipe from
1 June 2005 to 31 May 2006.

(4)

It is essential that the extension be applied as soon as
to avoid interrupting the fishing
possible in order

(1) OJ L 54, 25.2.1984, p. 2.
(2) OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 12.

(a)

tuna seiners:

France:

Spain:

18

18

(b) pole-and-line tuna vessels:

Portugal:

2

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(c) surface longliners:

Spain:

20

Portugal:

5

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).

Article 5

2.
If licence applications from these Member States do not
cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the
Commission may take into consideration licence applications
from any other Member State.

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of
an Exchange of Letters on behalf of the Community subject to
its conclusion.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 30 January 2006.

The Member States whose vessels fish under the Agreement
shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock
caught within the fishing zone of São Tomé and Príncipe in
in
accordance with the detailed arrangements
Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March

set out

For the Council
The President

U. PLASSNIK

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