CELEX: 51989PC0443(02)
Language: en
Date: 1989-09-26
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROTOCOL ESTABLISHING FOR THE PERIOD FROM 27 JUNE 1989 TO 26 JUNE 1992 THE FISHING RIGHTS AND FINANCIAL COMPENSATION PROVIDED FOR IN THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA ON FISHING OFF THE COAST OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA

17. 10. 89                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            N o C 265/3
                                                               II
                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing for the
              period from 27 June 1989 to 26 June 1992 the fishing rights and financial compensation
              provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic
                             of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea
                                                      COM(89) 443 final
                                     (Submitted by the Commission on 26 September 1989)
                                                         (89/C 265/03)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                        Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                   The Protocol establishing for the period from 27 June
thereof,                                                           1989 to 26 June 1992 the fishing rights and financial
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 compensation provided for in the Agreement between
Portugal, and in particular Article 155 (2) (b) thereof,           the European Economic Community and the Republic of
                                                                   Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 Guinea is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
Having regard       to   the   opinion   of   the  European        The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation.
Parliament,
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement between the                     With a view to taking into consideration the interests of
European Economic Community and the Government of                  the Canary Islands, the Agreement referred to in Article
the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the               1 and, in so far as is necessary for its application, the
coast of Equatorial Guinea ('), signed at Malabo on 15             provisions of the common fisheries policy relating to the
June 1984 and amended by the Agreement signed at                   conservation and management of fishery resources shall
Brussels on 4 November 1987 (2), the two parties                   also apply to vessels which sail under the flag of Spain,
conducted negotiations to determine the amendments or              which are recorded on a permanent basis in the registers
additions to be made to the Agreement at the end of the            of the relevant authorities at local level ('registros de
period of application of the Protocol;                             base') in the Canary Islands, under the conditions
                                                                   specified in Note 6 to Annex I to Council Regulation
Whereas, as a result of those negotiations, a new
                                                                   (EEC) No 570/86 of 24 February 1986 concerning the
Protocol establishing the fishing rights and financial
                                                                   definition of the concept of 'originating products' and
compensation provided for in the abovementioned
                                                                   methods of administrative cooperation in trade between
Agreement for the period from 27 June 1989 to 26 June
                                                                   the customs territory of the Community, Ceuta and
1992 was initialled on 2 June 1989;
                                                                   Melilla and the Canary Islands (3).
Whereas, pursuant to Article 155 (2) (b) of the Act of                                       Article 3
Accession, it is for the Council to determine the
procedures appropriate to take into consideration all or           The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
part of the interests of the Canary Islands when it adopts         designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in
decisions, case by case, particularly with a view of the           order to bind the Community.
conclusion of fisheries agreements with third countries;                                     Article 4
whereas the case in point calls for the said procedures to
be determined;                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to conclude              European Communities.
the Protocol,
                                                                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
                                                                   directly applicable in all Member States.
O OJ No L 188, 16. 7. 1984, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 29, 30. 1. 1987, p. 1.                                 O OJ No L 56, 1. 3. 1986, p. 1.