2007/797/EC: Council Decision of 15 November 2007 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the provisional application of the amendments to the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Madagascar on fishing off the coast of Madagascar for the period from 1 January 2007 to  31 December 2012
Date: 2007-11-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Community, Madagascar, financial compensation of an agreement, fishery management, fishing agreement, fishing area, protocol to an agreement, ratification of an agreement

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 15 November 2007

on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the provisional
application of the amendments to the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial
contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Republic of Madagascar on fishing off the coast of Madagascar for the period from
1 January 2007 to 31 December 2012

(2007/797/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

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

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Article 37,
in conjunction with
Article 300(2), thereof,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Community and the Republic of Madagascar have
negotiated and initialled a Fisheries Partnership Agreement
providing Community fishermen with fishing opportuni-
ties in the waters falling within the sovereignty of the
Republic of Madagascar.

is in the Community’s interest

It
Agreement.

to approve that

It is necessary to guarantee the pursuit of fishing activities
from the date of expiry of the previous Protocol (1) until
the date of entry into force of the Protocol setting out the
fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided
for in that Agreement.

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the pro-
visional application of the amendments to the Protocol setting
out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided
for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Republic of Madagascar on fish-
ing off the coast of Madagascar for the period from 1 January
2007 to 31 December 2012 is hereby approved on behalf of the
Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The Agreement shall apply provisionally from 1 January 2007.

Article 3

(1) Approved by Council Regulation (EC) No 555/2005 of 17 February

2005 (OJ L 94, 13.4.2005, p. 1).

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

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Fishing category

Type of vessel

Member State

Licences
or quota

Tuna fishing

Freezer tuna seiners

Tuna fishing

Surface longliners over
100 GT

Tuna fishing

Surface longliners of
100 GT or below

Spain

France

Italy

Spain

France

Portugal

United
Kingdom

France

Demersal
fishing

Exploratory line or bottom
longline fishing

France

23

19

1

25

13

7

5

26

5

Article 4

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).

Article 5

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the
persons empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the
Community.

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

For the Council
The President
M. L. RODRIGUES

Done at Brussels, 15 November 2007.

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