Council Regulation (EC) No 241/2008 of 17 March 2008 on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Date: 2008-03-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Commission, Guinea-Bissau, agreement (EU), fishery management, fishing agreement, fishing rights

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 241/2008

of 17 March 2008

on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and
the Republic of Guinea-Bissau

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Article 2

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
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 (1),

Whereas:

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

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

The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the
1.
Agreement shall be allocated among the Member States as
follows:

(a) shrimp fishing:

Spain

1 421 GRT

Italy

1 776 GRT

Greece

137 GRT

Portugal

1 066 GRT

(b) fin-fish/cephalopods:

Spain

3 143 GRT

Italy

786 GRT

Greece

471 GRT

(c)

tuna seiners and surface longliners:

Spain

France

10 vessels

9 vessels

Portugal

4 vessels

in the Community’s

is

It
Agreement.

interest

to approve that

(d) pole-and-line vessels:

Spain

France

10 vessels

4 vessels

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

2.
If licence applications from the Member States referred to
in paragraph 1 do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed
by the Protocol to the Agreement, the Commission may take
into consideration licence applications from any other Member
State.

Article 1

Article 3

The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European
Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2)
is hereby
approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation.

(1) Opinion of 11 March 2008 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(2) OJ L 342, 27.12.2007, p. 5.

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 the Guinea-Bissau
fishing zone
in accordance with Commission Regulation
(EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed
rules
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 (3).

for

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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Article 4

The President of
Agreement in order to bind the Community.

the Council

is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 17 March 2008.

For the Council
The President

I. JARC