2008/151/EC: Council Decision of 12 February 2008 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 Côte d’Ivoire on fishing in Côte d’Ivoire’s fishing zones for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2013
Date: 2008-02-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Côte d'Ivoire, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing rights

22.2.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 48/37

COUNCIL DECISION

of 12 February 2008

concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the
the fishing opportunities and financial
provisional application of
the protocol setting out
contribution provided for
in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European
Community and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire on fishing in Côte d’Ivoire’s fishing zones for the
period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2013

(2008/151/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 300(2)
with Article 37 thereof,

establishing the European
in conjunction

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

Article 1

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
European
Community and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire on fishing in
Côte d’Ivoire’s fishing zones for the period from 1 July 2007
the
to 30 June 2013 is hereby approved on behalf of
Community.

partnership

agreement

between

the

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

The Community has negotiated with Côte d’Ivoire a
Fisheries Partnership Agreement providing Community
vessels with fishing opportunities in the waters over
which Côte d’Ivoire has sovereignty or jurisdiction in
respect of fisheries.

As a result of those negotiations, a new Fisheries Part-
nership Agreement was initialled on 5 April 2007.

The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

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

in the Protocol

The Agreement between the
European Economic
Community and the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire on
fishing off the coast of Cote d’Ivoire (1) is repealed by
the new Fisheries Partnership Agreement.

— 25 purse seiners,

— 15 surface longliners,

France:

Spain:

Spain:

Portugal:

10 vessels

15 vessels

10 vessels

5 vessels.

the

to guarantee

continuation of

fishing
In order
activities by Community vessels,
it is essential that the
new Fisheries Partnership Agreement should be applied
as quickly as possible. Both parties have therefore
initialled an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters providing for the provisional application from
1 July 2007 of the initialled Protocol attached to the
new Fisheries Partnership Agreement.

is

in the Community’s

It
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters.

interest

to approve that

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

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.

Article 3

The Member States whose vessels fish under the Agreement
referred to in Article 1 shall notify the Commission of the
quantities of each stock caught within Côte d’Ivoire’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 (2).

(1) OJ L 379, 31.12.1990, p. 3.

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

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Official Journal of the European Union

22.2.2008

The President of the Council
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.

is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 12 February 2008.

For the Council
The President

A. BAJUK