Council Regulation (EC) No 1801/2006 of 30 November 2006 on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Date: 2006-11-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Mauritania, cooperation agreement (EU), economic development, fishery management, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing rights, ratification of an agreement

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1801/2006

of 30 November 2006

on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and
the Islamic Republic of Mauritania

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(3)

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

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

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

Article 1

The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European
Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania is hereby
approved on behalf of the Community.

Whereas:

(1)

The European Community and the Islamic Republic of
Mauritania have negotiated and initialled a Fisheries Part-
nership Agreement providing Community fishermen with
fishing opportunities in the waters falling within the
sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, (here-
inafter referred to as the Partnership Agreement).

(2)

It is in the Community's interest to approve the Part-
nership Agreement.

The text of the Partnership Agreement is attached to this Regu-
lation.

Article 2

fishing opportunities

The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol setting
1.
out
contribution
the
provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement (hereafter
referred to as the Protocol), shall be allocated among the
Member States as follows:

and financial

Fishing category

GT or maximum number of
licences per licence period

Member State

GT, licences or annual
catch ceiling by
Member State

Category 1: Fishing vessels specialising in
crustaceans other than crawfish and crab

9 440 GT

Spain

Italy

Portugal

Category 2: Black hake trawlers and
bottom longliners

3 600 GT

Spain

7 183 GT

1 371 GT

886 GT

3 600 GT

Category 3: Vessels fishing for demersal
species other than black hake with gear
other than trawls

2 324 GT

Spain

1 500 GT

United Kingdom

800 GT

Malta

24 GT

(1) Opinion delivered on 16 November 2006 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

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Fishing category

GT or maximum number of
licences per licence period

Member State

GT, licences or annual
catch ceiling by
Member State

Category 4: Pelagic freezer trawlers
fishing for demersal species

Category 5: Cephalopods

750 GT

Greece

750 GT

18 600 GT
43 licences

Spain

Italy

Category 6: Crawfish

300 GT

Portugal

Category 7: Freezer tuna seiners

36 licences

Category 8: Pole-and-line tuna vessels and
surface longliners

31 licences

Spain

France

Malta

Spain

France

Portugal

39 licences

4 licences

300 GT

15 licences

20 licences

1 licence

23 licences

5 licences

3 licences

Category 9: Pelagic freezer trawlers

22 licences for a maximum
ceiling of 440 000 tonnes

Netherlands

190 000 tonnes

Lithuania

Latvia

Germany

120 500 tonnes

73 500 tonnes

20 000 tonnes

United Kingdom

10 000 tonnes

Portugal

6 000 tonnes

France

Poland

Spain

10 000 tonnes

10 000 tonnes

300 GT

Category 10: Crab fishing

300 GT

Category 11: Non-freezer pelagic vessels

15 000 GT per month,
averaged over the year

2.
Under the Protocol, unused category 11 fishing opportu-
nities (non-freezer pelagic vessels) may be used by category 9
(pelagic freezer trawlers) at a rate of a maximum 25 licences per
month.

If

licence applications for category 9 (pelagic freezer
3.
per
the maximum permitted number
exceed
trawlers)
reference period,
the Commission shall give priority to
forwarding applications from vessels which made most use of
licences in the ten months preceding that licence application.

For

category 11 (non-freezer pelagic

the
4.
Commission shall
forward licence applications once it has
received an annual fishing plan detailing applications by vessel
(specifying the number of GT planned for each month of

vessels),

for every month of

activity,
to the
Commission not later than 1 March of the year during which
the fishing plan applies.

the year) and sent

In the event of applications for more than 15 000 GT per
month averaged over the year, the award shall be carried out
on the basis of the table of applications and of the fishing plans
referred to in the first subparagraph.

fishing opportunities

The management of

5.
shall be
conducted in full accordance with Article 20 of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the
conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources
under the Common Fisheries Policy (1).

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.

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

Article 3

The Member States whose vessels fish under the Partnership
Agreement shall notify the Commission of the quantities of
each stock caught within the Mauritanian fishing zone in
accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001
of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the moni-

toring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third
country waters and on the high seas (1).

Article 4

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Partnership Agreement in
order to bind the Community (2).

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following 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, 30 November 2006.

For the Council
The President

L. HYSSÄLÄ

(1) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8.
(2) Plus the sum of the contributions to be paid by shipowners as
provided for in Chapter III of Annex I, paid directly to Mauritania
into the account provided for in Chapter IV of Annex I, which is
estimated at EUR 22 million per year.