CELEX: 51987PC0392(02)
Language: en
Date: 1987-09-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION CONCERNING THE CONCLUSION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA ON FISHING OFF THE COAST OF MAURITANIA AND ADOPTING PROVISIONS FOR ITS APPLICATION

8.10.87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              N o C 269/7
                                                              II
                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the
              European Economic Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on fishing off the coast
                                  of Mauritania and adopting provisions for its application
                                                     COM(87) 392 final
                            (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 15 September 1987)
                                                       (87/C 269/09)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          fishing off the coast of Mauritania is hereby approved on
                                                                  behalf of the Community.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                  The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regulation.
thereof,
                                                                                                Article 2
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal, and in particular Article 155 (2) (b) thereof,          To take into consideration the interests of the Canary
                                                                  Islands, the Agreement and, to the extent necessary for
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                its implementation, the provisions of the common
                                                                  fisheries policy on the conservation and management of
Having regard       to  the   opinion  of   the   European        fishery resources shall also apply to vessels sailing under
Parliament,                                                       the flag of Spain which are recorded on a permanent
                                                                  basis in the registers of the competent authorities at local
Whereas the Community and Mauritania have                         level (enregistros de base) in the Canary Islands, as such
negotiated an Agreement, which was initialled on 14               recording is defined in Note 6 of Annex I to Council
May 1987, on fishing off the coast of Mauritania, which           Regulation (EEC) N o 570/86 of 24 February 1986
provides for fishing opportunities for fishermen from the         concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating
enlarged Community in the waters over which                       products' and methods of administrative cooperation in
Mauritania has sovereignty or jurisdiction;                       the trade between the customs territory of the
                                                                  Community, Ceuta and Melilla and the Canary
Whereas, pursuant to Article 155 (2) (b) of the Act of
                                                                  Islands (').
Accession, the Council is required to determine the pro-
cedures appropriate to take into consideration all or part
of the interests of the Canary Islands when it adopts                                           Article 3
decisions, case by case, in particular with a view to the
conclusion of fisheries agreements with third countries;          The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
whereas the said procedures need to be determined in               designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement
this particular case;                                              in order to bind the Community.
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve this
                                                                                                Article 4
Agreement,
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                   European Communities.
                          Article 1
The Agreement between the European Economic                        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
 Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on               directly applicable in all Member States.
                                                                   (l) O J N o L 5 6 , 1.3. 1986, p. 1.