Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol amending the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Agreement on cooperation in the sea fisheries sector between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the period  1 August 2001  to  31 July 2006
Date: 2006-02-18
Institutions: European Community, Mauritania
Subjects: Mauritania, fishing agreement, interim agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

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Official Journal of the European Union

18.2.2006

AGREEMENT

in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol
amending the Protocol setting out
the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution
provided for in the Agreement on cooperation in the sea fisheries sector between the European
Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the period 1 August 2001 to 31 July 2006

A. Letter from the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Sir,

With reference to the Protocol, initialled on 31 July 2001, setting out the fishing opportunities and the
financial contribution provided for in the Agreement on cooperation in the sea fisheries sector between the
European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the period 1 August 2001 to 31 July
2006 and the outcome of the Joint Committee meetings held on 10 September 2004 and 15 and 16
I have the honour to inform you that the Government of the Islamic Republic of
December 2004,
Mauritania is prepared to apply,
in accordance with scientific opinion, a temporary reduction in the
fishing effort for the cephalopod fishing category, as specified in Datasheet No 5 of this Protocol, by
temporarily decreasing by five licences the fishing opportunities offered by the Protocol. The future reacti-
vation of those five licences shall be decided by common accord on the basis of the state of resources. The
Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania shall also decide on a second closed period of one month
for demersal fishing on a non-discriminatory basis. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
also undertakes to apply the amendments to the Protocol concerning the fishing opportunities laid down in
Fishing Datasheet No 8 for the pole-and-line tuna vessel and surface longliner fishing category by raising the
number of vessels in this category from 31 to 35, and those laid down in Fishing Datasheet No 9 for the
pelagic freezer trawler fishing category by raising the number of vessels in this category from 15 to 25, on a
provisional basis with effect from 1 January 2005, pending its entry into force, provided that the European
Community is prepared to do the same.

I should be obliged if you would confirm the European Community’s agreement to such provisional
application.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the Government of the Islamic
Republic of Mauritania

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Sir,

B. Letter from the European Community

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today’s date, worded as follows:

‘Sir,

With reference to the Protocol, initialled on 31 July 2001, setting out the fishing opportunities and the
financial contribution provided for in the Agreement on cooperation in the sea fisheries sector between
the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the period 1 August 2001 to 31
July 2006 and the outcome of the Joint Committee meetings held on 10 September 2004 and 15 and 16
December 2004, I have the honour to inform you that the Government of the Islamic Republic of
Mauritania is prepared to apply,
in accordance with scientific opinion, a temporary reduction in the
fishing effort for the cephalopod fishing category, as specified in Datasheet No 5 of this Protocol, by
temporarily decreasing by five licences the fishing opportunities offered by the Protocol. The future
reactivation of those five licences shall be decided by common accord on the basis of the state of
resources. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania shall also decide on a second closed
period of one month for demersal fishing on a non-discriminatory basis. The Government of the Islamic
Republic of Mauritania also undertakes to apply the amendments to the Protocol concerning the fishing
opportunities laid down in Fishing Datasheet No 8 for the pole-and-line tuna vessel and surface longliner
fishing category by raising the number of vessels in this category from 31 to 35, and those laid down in
Fishing Datasheet No 9 for the pelagic freezer trawler fishing category by raising the number of vessels in
this category from 15 to 25, on a provisional basis with effect from 1 January 2005, pending its entry
into force, provided that the European Community is prepared to do the same.

I should be obliged if you would confirm the European Community’s agreement to such provisional
application.’

I have the honour to confirm the European Commission’s agreement to such provisional application.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

On behalf of the European Community