Council Regulation (EC) No 31/2008 of 15 November 2007 on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Madagascar
Date: 2007-11-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, Madagascar, agreement (EU), catch quota, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights

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

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REGULATIONS

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 31/2008

of 15 November 2007

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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation (1).

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,

Whereas:

Article 2

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

in the Protocol

Fishing
category

Tuna
fishing

Type of vessel

Member State

Licences or
quota

Freezer tuna seiners

Spain

(1)

(2)

(3)

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

and
providing Community

initialled

Fisheries

a

Tuna
fishing

Surface longliners over
100 GT

in the Community’s

is

It
Agreement.

interest

to approve that

Tuna
fishing

Surface longliners of
100 GT or below

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

Demersal
fishing

Exploratory line or
bottom longline fishing

France

France

Italy

Spain

France

Portugal

United
Kingdom

France

23

19

1

25

13

7

5

26

5

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

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.

(1) For the text of the Agreement, see OJ L 331, 17.12.2007, p. 7.

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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 Madagascar’s 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).

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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 Brussels, 15 November 2007.

For the Council
The President

M. L. RODRIGUES

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