CELEX: 51987PC0086(02)
Language: en
Date: 1987-03-06
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE AGREEMENT AMENDING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR ON FISHING OFF THE COAST OF MADAGASCAR SIGNED IN ANTANANARIVO ON 28 JANUARY 1986

28.3.87                                       Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 81/3
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                                                             (Preparatory Acts)
                                                       COMMISSION
                 Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the conclusion of the Agreement amending the
                 Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the
                 Democratic Republic of Madagascar on fishing off the coast of Madagascar signed in Antana-
                                                        narivo on 28 January 1986
                                                             COM(87) 86 final
                                      (Presented by the Commission to the Council on 6 March 1987)
                                                               (87/C 81/03)
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 Agreement amending the Agreement between the
Having regard to the Commission proposal,                                European Economic Community and the Government of
                                                                         the Democratic Republic of Madagascar on fishing off
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                        the coast of Madagascar is hereby approved on behalf of
liament,                                                                 the Community.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 of Protocol 1 to the                      The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation.
Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Government of the Democratic Republic of                                                    Article 2
Madagascar on fishing off the coast of Madagascar,
                                                                         The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
signed at Antananarivo on 28 January 1986 ( l ), the
Community and the Democratic Republic of Mada-                           designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement.
gascar have conducted negotiations to determine the
amendments to be made to the Agreement;                                                             Article 3
                                                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Whereas, as a result of those negotiations, an Agreement                 following its publication in the Official Journal of the
amending the abovementioned fisheries Agreement was                      European Communities.
initialled on 28 November 1986; whereas by this
Agreement, fishermen from the enlarged Community                         This Regulation shall apply as from the date of signature
which have increased fishing possibilities in the waters                 of the Agreement in conformity with Article 3 of the
the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Madagascar;                           Agreement.
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to conclude                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
this Agreement,                                                          directly applicable in all Member States.
 (•) O J N o L 7 3 , 18. 3. 1986, p. 25.