Council Regulation (EC) No 1491/2006 of 10 October 2006 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the extension of the Protocol establishing the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 2006 to 15 June 2007
Date: 2006-10-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Guinea-Bissau, agreement (EU), catch quota, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing regulations, protocol to an agreement, ratification of an agreement

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1491/2006

of 10 October 2006

on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the extension
of the Protocol establishing the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for
in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the
Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 2006
to 15 June 2007

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)

(2)

Under the terms of Article 17 of the Agreement between
the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and
the European Economic Community on fishing off the
coast of Guinea-Bissau (2), 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 any amendments or additions
requiring to be made to the Annex.

The existing Protocol was approved by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 249/2002 (3) and amended under the
Agreement approved by Council Regulation (EC) No
829/2004 (4). The two parties have now decided to
extend its validity for one year by means of an
Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters,
pending negotiations on the changes to be made to the
Protocol.

(3)

in the Community's

It
is
extension.

interest

to approve this

(1) Not yet published in the Official Journal.
(2) OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 34. Agreement as last amended by the
Protocol for the period from 16 June 2001 to 15 June 2006 (OJ
L 19, 22.1.2002, p. 35).
(3) OJ L 40, 12.2.2002, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 25.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters
the Protocol establishing the
concerning the extension of
fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided
for
in the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-
Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau for the period
16 June 2006 to 15 June 2007 (5),
is hereby approved on
behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be

1.
allocated to Member States as follows:

(a) shrimps:

— Italy

— Spain

— Portugal

— Greece

(b) fin-fish/cephalopods:

— Spain

— Italy

— Greece

(5) OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 9.

1 776 GRT
(gross registered tonnage)
1 421 GRT

1 066 GRT

137 GRT

3 143 GRT

786 GRT

471 GRT

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(c)

tuna seiners:

— Spain

— France

— Italy

20 vessels

19 vessels

1 vessels

(d) surface longliners and pole-and-line vessels:

— Spain

— France

— Portugal

21 vessels

5 vessels

4 vessels

by the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence appli-
cations from any other Member State.

Article 3

The Member States whose vessels fish under this Agreement
shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock
caught within the fishing zone of Guinea-Bissau in accordance
with the procedures provided for by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed
rules
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).

for

2.
If licence applications from the Member States referred to
in paragraph 1 do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 4

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

Done at Luxembourg, 10 October 2006.

For the Council
The President

H. HEINÄLUOMA

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