2007/854/EC: Council Decision of 4 December 2007 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the provisional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 2007 to  15 June 2011
Date: 2007-12-04
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Guinea-Bissau, agreement (EU), financial compensation of an agreement, fishery management, fishing agreement, fishing rights, protocol to an agreement, ratification of an agreement

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 4 December 2007

concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the provisional
application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided
for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of
Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 2007 to 15 June 2011

(2007/854/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

possible. Both parties have therefore initialled an Agree-
ment in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the provi-
sional application of the Protocol attached to the new
Fisheries Partnership Agreement from 16 June 2007.

(5)

(6)

It is in the Community’s interest to approve the Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters.

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Community has negotiated with the Republic of
Guinea-Bissau a new Fisheries Partnership Agreement pro-
viding Community vessels with fishing opportunities in
the waters over which Guinea-Bissau has sovereignty or
jurisdiction in respect of fisheries.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

As a result of those negotiations, a Fisheries Partnership
Agreement was initialled on 23 May 2007.

The existing Fisheries Agreement between the European
Community and the Government of the Republic of
Guinea-Bissau is repealed by the new Fisheries Partnership
Agreement.

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the pro-
visional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing oppor-
tunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries
Partnership Agreement between the European Community and
the Republic of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 2007
to 15 June 2011 is hereby approved on behalf of the Commu-
nity, subject to the Council Decision on its conclusion.

In order to guarantee the continuation of fishing activities
by Community vessels, it is essential that the new Fisheries
Partnership Agreement should be applied as quickly as

The texts of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters,
the Fisheries Partnership Agreement, its Protocol and the Annexes
thereto are attached to this Decision.

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Article 2

The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be

1.
allocated among the Member States as follows:

(a)

shrimp fishing:

Spain

Italy

Greece

Portugal

(b)

fin-fish/cephalopods:

Spain

Italy

Greece

(c)

tuna seiners and surface longliners:

Spain

France

Portugal

(d) pole-and-line vessels:

Spain

France

1 421

1 776

137

1 066

3 143

786

471

GRT

GRT

GRT

GRT

GRT

GRT

GRT

10

9

4

10

4

vessels

vessels

vessels

vessels

vessels.

If licence applications from the Member States referred to in
2.
paragraph 1 do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed 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 the Agreement
referred to in Article 1 shall notify the Commission of the quan-
tities of each stock caught within the Guinea-Bissau 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 President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the
persons empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.

Done at Brussels, 4 December 2007.

For the Council
The President
F. TEIXEIRA DOS SANTOS

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