CELEX: 51990PC0374
Language: en
Date: 1990-07-31
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF IVORY COAST ON FISHING OFF IVORY COAST

No C 220/2                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                     4. 9. 90
                                                               II
                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the conclusion of the Agreement between the
              European Economic Community and the Republic of the Ivory Coast on fishing off the Ivory
                                                             Coast
                                                      COM(90) 374 final
                                       (Submitted by the Commission on 3 August 1990)
                                                         (90/C 220/02)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           fishing off the Ivory Coast is hereby approved on behalf
                                                                   of the Community.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation.
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,                                                                                     Article 2
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 With a view to taking into consideration the interests of
Portugal, and in particular Article 155 (2) (b) thereof,           the Canary Islands, the Agreement referred to in Article
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  1 and, in so far as is necessary for its application, the
                                                                   provisions of the common fisheries policy relating to the
Having regard       to   the   opinion   of   the  European        conservation and management of fishery resources shall
Parliament,                                                        also apply to vessels which sail under the flag of Spain,
Whereas the Community and the Ivory Coast have nego-               which are recorded on a permanent basis in the registers
tiated and initialled an Agreement on fishing which                of the relevant authorities at local level ('registros de
provides fishing opportunities for Community fishermen             base') in the Canary Islands, under the conditions
in waters over which the Ivory Coast has sovereignty or            specified in Note 6 to Annex I to Council Regulation
jurisdiction;                                                      (EEC) No 1135/88 of 7 March 1988 concerning the
                                                                   definition of the concept of 'originating products' and
Whereas, pursuant to Article 155 (2) (b) of the Act of             methods of administrative cooperation in trade between
Accession, it is for the Council to determine the                  the customs territory of the Community, Ceuta and
procedures appropriate to take into consideration all or           Melilla and the Canary Islands (').
part of the interests of the Canary Islands when it adopts
decisions, case by case, particularly with a view to the
                                                                                             Article 3
conclusion of fisheries agreements with third countries;
whereas the case in point calls for the said procedures to         The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
be determined;                                                     designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve this          in order to bind the Community.
Agreement,
                                                                                             Article 4
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                           Article 1                               European Economic Communities.
The Agreement between the European Economic                         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
Community and the Republic of the Ivory Coast on                   applicable in all Member States.
                                                                   (') OJ No L 114, 2. 5. 1988, p. 1.