CELEX: 51992PC0289(01)
Language: en
Date: 1992-07-03
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the provisional application of the Protocol establishing, for the period from 3 May 1992 to 2 May 1994, the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People' s Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola

25 . 7 . 92                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 188 / 7
               Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange
               of letters on the provisional application of the Protocol establishing, for the period from 3 May
               1992 to 2 May 1994, the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the
              Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's
                                             Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola
                                                           (92/C 188 /06)
                                                        COM(92) 289 final
                                           (Submitted by the Commission on 9 July 1992)
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           reason the two Parties have initialled an Agreement in
                                                                     the form of an exchange of letters providing for the
                                                                     provisional application of the initialled Protocol from the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                day following that on which the Protocol currently in
Economic Community,                                                  force expires ; whereas that Agreement should be
                                                                     approved, pending a final decision to be taken on the
Having regard to the Agreement between the European                  basis of Article 43 of the Treaty,
Economic Community and the Government of the
People's Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola,
                                                                     HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
signed in Luanda on 1 February 1989 (*),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                            Article 1
Whereas the Community and the People's Republic of                  The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters on
Angola held negotiations to determine the amendments                 the provisional application of the Protocol establishing,
or    additions   to   be   made      to the  abovementioned         for the period from 3 May 1992 to 2 May 1994, the
Agreement on the expiry of the application period of the            fishing opportunities and financial compensation
third Protocol to the Agreement and currently in force ;            provided for in the Agreement between the European
                                                                     Economic Community and the Government of the
                                                                     People's Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola is
Whereas, as a result of those negotiations, a new                    hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
Protocol was initialled on 12 June 1992 ;
Whereas the Protocol provides Community fishermen                   The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
with fishing opportunities in waters over which the
People's Republic of Angola has sovereignty from 3 May                                        Article 2
 1992 to 2 May 1994 ;
                                                                    The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
Whereas, in order to avoid any interruption in the                  designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement
fishing activities of Community vessels, the new Protocol           in the form of an exchange of letters in order to bind the
should be applied as soon as possible ; whereas for this            Community.
(') OJ No L 341 , 3 . 12 . 1987 , p. 1 .