Council Regulation (EC) No 2027/2006 of 19 December 2006 on the conclusion of the Fisheries partnership agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cape Verde
Date: 2006-12-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Cabo Verde, 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 2027/2006

of 19 December 2006

on the conclusion of the Fisheries partnership agreement between the European Community and
the Republic of Cape Verde

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Article 2

establishing the European
Having regard to the Treaty
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),

The fishing opportunities set out
allocated among the Member States as follows:

in the Protocol shall be

Fishing category

Type of vessel

Member State

Licences or
quota

Tuna fishing

Surface longliners

Spain

Tuna fishing

Tuna fishing

Freezer tuna
seiners

Pole-and-line
tuna vessels

Portugal

Spain

France

Spain

France

41

7

12

13

7

4

Whereas:

(1)

The Community and the Republic of Cape Verde have
Partnership
negotiated
Agreement
fishermen with
fishing opportunities in the waters falling within the
sovereignty of the Republic of Cape Verde.

and
providing Community

initialled

Fisheries

a

(2)

That Agreement should be approved.

(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 Republic of Cape Verde
is hereby
approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation.

(1) Opinion delivered on 30 November 2006 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

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 this Agreement
shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock
caught within the Cape Verde fishing zone in accordance with
Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken by
Community fishing vessels in third country waters and on the
high seas (2).

Article 4

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

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following that of its publication in the Official
Journal of the
European Union (3).

(2) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8.
(3) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in
the European Communities by the Secretariat

the Official
General of the Council.

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2006.

For the Council
The President

J. KORKEAOJA