Council Regulation (EC) No 563/2006 of  13 March 2006  concerning the conclusion of the Partnership Agreement between the European Community and Solomon Islands on fishing off Solomon Islands
Date: 2006-03-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Solomon Islands, fishing agreement, fishing rights, ratification of an agreement

13.4.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 105/33

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 563/2006

of 13 March 2006

concerning the conclusion of the Partnership Agreement between the European Community and
Solomon Islands on fishing off Solomon Islands

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, 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,

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The Community and Solomon Islands have negotiated
and initialled a Partnership Fisheries Agreement providing
Community fishermen with fishing opportunities in the
waters over which Solomon Islands has sovereignty or
jurisdiction in respect of fisheries.

That Agreement provides for economic, financial, techni-
cal and scientific cooperation in the fisheries sector with a
view to guaranteeing the conservation and sustainable
exploitation of resources, as well as partnerships between
undertakings aimed at developing economic activities in
the fisheries sector and related activities in the common
interest.

That Agreement should be approved.

The allocation of the fishing opportunities among the
Member States should be defined.

The Member States whose vessels fish under this Agree-
ment are to notify the Commission of the quantities of
each stock caught within the Solomon Islands fishing zone
in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC)
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 Com-
munity fishing vessels in third country waters and on the
high seas (2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Partnership Agreement between the European Community
and Solomon Islands on fishing off Solomon Islands (hereinafter
referred to as the Agreement) is hereby approved on behalf of the
Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation.

Article 2

The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the Agreement
shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:

— Freezer tuna seiners:

Spain:

France:

75 % of fishing possi-
bilities available

25 % of fishing possi-
bilities available

— Surface longliners:

Spain:

six vessels

Portugal:

four vessels.

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.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day follow-
ing 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 Brussels, 13 March 2006.

For the Council
The President
M. BARTENSTEIN

(1) Opinion delivered on 14 February 2006 (not yet published in the Offi-

cial Journal).

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