Council Regulation (EU) 2025/1193 of 25 April 2025 on the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Community (2025–2029)
Date: 2025-04-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Côte d'Ivoire, France, Portugal, Spain, agreement (EU), catch quota, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing rights, protocol to an agreement, sea fishing








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2025/1193


2.7.2025







            COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2025/1193
         
of 25 April 2025
         
on the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Community (2025–2029)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:







(1)


On 17 March 2008, the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 242/2008 (1) on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Community (the ‘Agreement’). The Agreement entered into force on 18 April 2008.












(2)


The previous Protocol on the implementation of the Agreement expired on 31 July 2024.












(3)


On 4 March 2024, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire (‘Côte d’Ivoire’) for a new Protocol on the implementation of the Agreement. The negotiations were successfully concluded by the initialling on 21 November 2024 of the Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Community (2025-2029) (the ‘Protocol’).












(4)


In accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2025/1194 (2), the Protocol was signed on 6 June 2025, subject to its conclusion at a later date.












(5)


The fishing opportunities provided for in the Protocol should be allocated among the Member States for the entire period of its application.












(6)


This Regulation should apply as soon as possible in view of the economic importance of Union fishing activity in Côte d’Ivoire’s fishing zone and the need to minimise the duration of any interruption of that activity.












(7)


The Protocol will apply provisionally as from the date of its signature in order to allow fishing activity by Union vessels. This Regulation should therefore apply from the same date,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The fishing opportunities established under the Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Community (2025-2029) shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:






(a)


25 tuna seiners:






Spain:


14 vessels




France:


11 vessels;














(b)


7 surface longliners:






Spain:


5 vessels




Portugal:


2 vessels.










Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 6 June 2025.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 April 2025.


For the Council


The President

A. SZŁAPKA
            





(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 242/2008 of 17 March 2008 on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire (OJ L 75, 18.3.2008, p. 51, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/242/oj).

(2)  Council Decision (EU) 2025/1194 of 25 April 2025 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Community (2025-2029) (OJ L, 2025/1194, 2.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1194/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/1193/oj
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