CELEX: 51990PC0484(02)
Language: en
Date: 1990-10-17
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROTOCOL ESTABLISHING, FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1 AUGUST 1990 TO 31 JULY 1993, THE FISHING RIGHTS AND FINANCIAL COMPENSATION PROVIDED FOR IN THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA ON FISHING OFF THE COAST OF MAURITANIA

No C 282/6                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                10. 11. 90
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                                                    (Preparatory Acts)
                                               COMMISSION
            Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing, for the
            period 1 August 1990 to 31 July 1993, the fishing rights and financial compensation provided
            for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Republic of
                                    Mauritania on fishing off the coast of Mauritania
                                                   COM(90) 484 final
                                   (Submitted by the Commission on 25 October 1990)
                                                      (90/C 282/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, a new
                                                                Protocol establishing for the period 1 August 1990 to 31
                                                                July 1993, the fishing rights and financial compensation
                                                                provided for in the aforementioned Agreement was
                                                                initialled on 31 July 1990;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                Whereas, pursuant to Article 155 (2) (b) of the Act of
                                                                Accession, it is for the Council to determine the
                                                                procedures appropriate to take into consideration all or
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and              part of the interests of the Canary Islands when it adopts
Portugal, and in particular Article 155 (2) (b) thereof,        decisions, case by case, particularly with a view to the
                                                                conclusion of fisheries agreements with third countries;
                                                                whereas the case in point calls for the said procedures to
                                                                be determined;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve this
                                                                Protocol,
Having regard      to  the opinion    of   the  European
Parliament,
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas, before the end of the period of validity of the
current Protocol, in accordance with the second
paragraph of Article 13 of the Agreement between the                                       Article 1
European Economic Community and the Islamic
Republic of Mauritania on fishing off the coast of              The Protocol establishing, for the period 1 August 1990
Mauritania ('), the two Parties negotiated to determine         to 31 July 1993, the fishing rights and financial compen-
the amendments or additions to be introduced into the           sation provided for in the Agreement between the
Annex to the said Agreement and into the Protocol at            European Economic Community and the Government of
the end of the period of application of the Protocol;           the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on fishing off the
                                                                coast of Mauritania is hereby approved on behalf of the
                                                                Community.
O OJ No L 388, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1.                              The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation.
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                           Article 2                                                       Article 3
With a view to taking into consideration the interests of        The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
the Canary Islands, the Protocol referred to in Article 1        designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement
and, in so far as is necessary for its application, the          in order to bind the Community.
provisions of the common fisheries policy relating to the
conservation and management of fishery resources shall
also apply to vessels sailing under the flag of Spain which
are recorded on a permanent basis in the registers of the                                  Article 4
relevant authorities at local level (registros de base) in
the Canary Islands, under the conditions specified in            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Note 6 to Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No                 following its publication in the Official Journal of the
1135/88 of 7 March 1988 concerning the definition of             European Communities.
the concept of 'originating products' and methods of
administrative cooperation in trade between the customs
territory of the Community, Ceuta and Melilla and the            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
Canary Islands (').                                              directly applicable in all Member States.
(l) OJ No L 114, 2. 5. 1988, p. 1.