Council Regulation (EC) No 764/2006 of  22 May 2006  on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco
Date: 2006-05-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU relations, Morocco, common fisheries policy, fishing agreement, fishing rights, ratification of an agreement

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 764/2006

of 22 May 2006

on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the
Kingdom of Morocco

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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,

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

Whereas:

(1)

The Community and the Kingdom of Morocco have negotiated and initialled a Fisheries Partnership
Agreement providing Community fishermen with fishing opportunities in the waters falling within the
sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Morocco.

(2)

It is in the Community's interest to approve that Agreement.

(3)

The method for allocating the fishing opportunities among the Member States should be defined,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco is
hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation.

(1)

Opinion of the European Parliament of 16 May 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

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

Article 2

Fishing category

Type of vessel

Member State

Licences or quota

Small-scale fishing/north, pelagic species

Seiners

Small-scale fishing/north

Bottom longliners,
<40 GT

Bottom longliners,
>40 GT<150 GT

Small-scale fishing/south

Demersal fishing

Bottom longliners

Trawlers

Spain

Spain

Portugal

Portugal

Spain

Spain

Portugal

Spain

Italy

Tuna fishing

Pole-and-line vessels

Spain

France

20

20

7

3

20

7

4

10

1

23

4

Industrial fishing for pelagic species

Germany

4 850 t

Lithuania

15 520 t

Latvia

8 730 t

Netherlands

19 400 t

Ireland

Poland

2 500 t

2 500 t

United Kingdom

2 500 t

Spain

Portugal

France

400 t

1 333 t

2 267 t

The management of fishing opportunities shall be conducted in full accordance with Article 20 of Council
Regulation (EC) 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of
fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1). If licence applications from these Member States do
not cover all the fishing opportunities laid down by the Protocol to the Agreement, the Commission may take
into consideration licence applications from any other Member State.

(1)

OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.

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Article 3

The Member States whose vessels fish under this Agreement shall notify the Commission of the quantities of
each stock caught within the Moroccan 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 Community fishing vessels in third country waters and on the high
seas (1).

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 22 May 2006.

For the Council

The President

J. PRÖLL

(1)

OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8.