Council Regulation (EC) No 1446/2007 of 22 November 2007 on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Mozambique
Date: 2007-11-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Community, Mozambique, fishery management, fishing agreement, fishing area, 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 1446/2007

of 22 November 2007

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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Fishing Category

Type of vessel

Member State

Licences

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,

Tuna fishing

Purse seine vessels

Spain

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Tuna fishing

Long-liners

France

Italy

Spain

France

Portugal

United Kingdom

23

20

1

23

11

9

2

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Community and the Republic of Mozambique have
negotiated and initialled a Fisheries Partnership Agreement
providing Community fishermen with fishing opportuni-
ties in the Mozambique fishing zone.

It is in the Community’s interest to approve the said
Agreement.

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 Com-
munity and the Republic of Mozambique (hereinafter referred to
as ‘the Agreement’)
the
Community (1).

is hereby approved on behalf of

If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all
the fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol, the Commission
may consider licence applications from any other Member State.

Article 3

The Member States whose vessels fish under the Agreement shall
notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught
within the Mozambique fishing zone in accordance with the pro-
cedure
by 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 (2).

provided

for

Article 4

Article 2

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

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

(1) See page 35 of this Official Journal.

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

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

Article 5

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

Done at Brussels, 22 November 2007.

For the Council
The President
M. PINHO