Council Regulation (EC) No 893/2007 of 23 July 2007 on the conclusion of a Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community, on the one hand, and the Republic of Kiribati, on the other
Date: 2007-07-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Community, Kiribati, common fisheries policy, financial compensation of an agreement, fishery management, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing rights, ratification of an agreement

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATIONS

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 893/2007

of 23 July 2007

on the conclusion of a Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community, on the
one hand, and the Republic of Kiribati, on the other

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Article 2

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Community has negotiated with the Republic of Kiri-
bati a Fisheries Partnership Agreement providing Commu-
nity vessels with fishing opportunities in the waters over
which Kiribati has sovereignty or jurisdiction in respect of
fisheries.

As a result of those negotiations, a new Fisheries Partner-
ship Agreement was initialled on 19 July 2006.

is in the Community’s interest

It
Agreement.

to approve that

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

— purse seine vessels France:
Spain:

27 % of available licences
73 % of available licences

— long-liners:

Spain:
Portugal:

six vessels
six vessels

If licence applications from these Member States do not cover
all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commis-
sion may consider licence applications from any other Member
State.

Article 3

The Member States whose vessels fish under the Agreement
referred to in Article 1 shall notify the Commission of the quan-
tities of each stock caught within the Kiribati 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

The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Com-
munity, on the one hand, and the Republic of Kiribati, on the
other, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

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

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation.

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

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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, 23 July 2007.

For the Council
The President
L. AMADO