Council Regulation (EC) No 480/2008 of 26 May 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the amendments to the Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011 , the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles
Date: 2008-05-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Seychelles, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing rights, protocol to an agreement, ratification of an agreement

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REGULATIONS

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 480/2008

of 26 May 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the amendments to
the Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011, the fishing
opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

is in the Community’s interest

It
amendments to the Protocol,

to approve these

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January
2005 to 17 January 2011, the fishing opportunities and
the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the
Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles was
adopted by Council Regulation (EC) No 115/2006 on
23 January 2006 (2).

Under Article 9 of
the European
Community and Seychelles have held a meeting of the
Joint Committee.

the Agreement,

for

the

this meeting of

Following
Joint Committee,
amendments have been made to the Protocol setting
the period from 18 January 2005 to
out,
17 January 2011,
the fishing opportunities and the
financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Part-
nership Agreement initialled on 23 September 2004 and
adopted by Regulation (EC) No 115/2006 on 23 January
2006.

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters amending
the Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005
to 17 January 2011, the fishing opportunities and the financial
contribution provided for by the Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles
on fishing off Seychelles is hereby approved on behalf of the
Community.

The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters is attached to this Regulation (3).

Article 2

The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol and laid down
in Regulation (EC) No 115/2006 shall not be amended and are
confirmed as follows:

Types of fishing

Member State

Fishing opportunities

Tuna seiners

Surface longliners

France

Spain

Italy

Spain

France

Portugal

17 vessels

22 vessels

1 vessel

2 vessels

5 vessels

5 vessels

(1) OJ C 286 E, 23.11.2006, p. 481.
(2) OJ L 21, 25.1.2006, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 48, 22.2.2008, p. 33.

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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.

laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regu-
lation (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 3

The Member States whose vessels fish under this Agreement
shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock
caught within the Seychelles fishing zone in accordance with
Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001

Article 4

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

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

Done at Brussels, 26 May 2008.

For the Council
The President

D. RUPEL

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