CELEX: 31986D0636
Language: en
Date: 1986-12-11 00:00:00
Title: 86/636/EEC: Council Decision of 11 December 1986 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Agreement amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, signed at Malabo on 15 June 1984 for the period starting on 27 June 1986

No L 372 / 18                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                          31 . 12 . 86
                                                       COUNCIL DECISION
                                                       of 11 December 1986
               on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the
               provisional application of the Agreement amending the Agreement between the European
               Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing
               off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, signed at Malabo on 15 June 1984 for the period starting on
                                                             27 June 1986
                                                        .  ( 86 / 636 / EEC )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                possible; for this reason , the two parties initialled an
                                                                         Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters providing
                                                                         for the provisional application of the initialled draft
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    Agreement from the date of expiry of the Agreement
Economic Community ,                                                     between the European Economic Community and the
                                                                         Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                       fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea approved on
Portugal , and in particular Article 155 ( 2 ) (b ) and Article          28 June 1984 ; whereas the Agreement in the form of an
167 ( 3 ) thereof,                                                       Exchange of Letters should be concluded subject to a
                                                                         definitive decision under Article 43 of the Treaty ,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Government of the
Republic of Equatorial Guinea , on fishing off the coast of
                                                                         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Equatorial Guinea (*), signed at Malabo on 15 June
1984 ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                                                     Article 1
                                                                         The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of the Agreement on
                                                                         concerning the provisional application of the Agreement
fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea , the Community
                                                                         amending the Agreement between the European Economic
and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea conducted
                                                                         Community and the Government of the Republic of
negotiations to determine the amendments or additions to
                                                                         Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial
be made to the Agreement at the end of the first three-year
                                                                         Guinea , signed at Malabo on 15 June 1984 for the period
period of application of the Agreement ;                                 starting on 27 June 1986 , is hereby approved on behalf of
                                                                         the Community .
Whereas, as a result of those negotiations , an Agreement
amending the Agreement was initialled on 25 June 1986 ;                  The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Whereas , under that Agreement , fishermen from the                                                     Article 2
enlarged Community retain the fishing opportunities open
to them in the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction
of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ;                                   With a view to taking into consideration the interests of the
                                                                         Canary Islands , the Agreement referred to in Article 1 and ,
                                                                         in so far as is necessary for its application , the provisions of
Whereas under the terms of Article 155 ( 2) (b ) of the Act of           the common fisheries policy relating to the conservation
Accession , it is for the Council to determine the procedures            and management of fishery resources shall also apply to
appropriate to take into consideration all or part of the                vessels which sail under the flag of Spain , which are
interests of the Canary Islands when it adopts decisions ,               recorded on a permanent basis in the registers of the
case by case, particularly with a view to the conclusion of              competent authorities at local level ('registros de base') in
fisheries agreements with third countries ; whereas , in the             the Canary Islands , under the conditions defined in Note 6
case in point, the procedures in question should be                      to Annex I to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 570 / 86 of
determined ;                                                             24 February 1986 concerning the definition of the concept
                                                                         of 'originating products' and methods of administrative
Whereas , in order to avoid any interruption in the fishing              cooperation in trade between the customs territory of the
activities of Community vessels , it is indispensable that the           Community , Ceuta and Melilla and the Canary
draft Agreement in question be approved as soon as                       Islands (2 ).
(») OJ No L 188 , 16 . 7 . 1984 , p. 1 .                                 ( 2 ) OJ No L 56 , 1 . 3 . 1986 , p. 1 .
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                                                         Article 3
             The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the
             Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community .
             Done at Brussels , 11 December 1986 .
                                                                                        For the Council
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                          K. CLARKE