CELEX: 51991PC0156(02)
Language: en
Date: 1991-05-07
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE CONCLUSION OF PROTOCOL NO 2 ESTABLISHING FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 1991 TO 29 FEBRUARY 1992 THE CRAWFISH FISHING OPPORTUNITIES AND CORRESPONDING FINANCIAL COMPENSATION PROVIDED FOR IN THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO

No C 142/8                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               31. 5. 91
              Draft proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the conclusion of Protocol No 2 establishing
              for the period 1 April 1991 to 29 February 1992 the crawfish fishing opportunities and corre-
              sponding financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European
                                   Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco
                                                       (91/C 142/04)
                                                    COM(91) 156 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission on 14 May 1991)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                                           Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                Protocol No 2 establishing for the period 1 April 1991 to
thereof,                                                        29 February 1992 the crawfish fishing opportunities and
                                                                corresponding financial compensation provided for in the
                                                                fisheries Agreement between the European Economic
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and              Community and the Kingdom of Morocco is hereby
Portugal, and in particular Article 155 (2) (b) thereof,        approved on behalf of the Community.
                                                                The text of Protocol No 2 is attached to this Regulation.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                           Article 2
Having regard       to  the  opinion    of  the   European
Parliament,                                                     With a view to taking into consideration the interests of
                                                                the Canary Islands, the Agreement referred to in Article
                                                                 1 and, insofar as is necessary for its application, the
Whereas, pursuant to the Fisheries Agreement between            provisions of the common fisheries policy relating to the
the European Economic Community and the Kingdom                 conservation and management of fishery resources shall
of Morocco, signed in Rabat on 26 May 1988 (*), the             also apply to vessels which sail under the flag of Spain,
two Parties conducted negotiations to determine the             which are recorded on a permanent basis in the registers
amendments or additions to be made to the Agreement             of the relevant authorities at local level ('registros de
at the end of the period of application of Protocol No 2;       base') in the Canary Islands, under the conditions
                                                                specified in Note 6 to Annex I to Council Regulation
                                                                 (EEC) No 1135/88 of 7 March 1988 concerning the
Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, a new               definition of the concept of 'originating products' and
Protocol No 2 establishing the crawfish fishing oppor-          methods of administrative cooperation in trade between
tunities and corresponding financial compensation               the customs territory of the Community, Ceuta and
provided for in the abovementiond Agreement for the             Melilla and the Canary Islands (2).
period from 1 April 1991 to 29 February 1992 was
initialled on 19 March 1991;
                                                                                           Article 3
                                                                The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
Whereas, under Article 155 (2) (b) of the Act of
                                                                 designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in
Accession, it is for the Council to determine the appro-         order to bind the Community.
priate procedures to take into consideration all or part of
the interests of the Canary Islands when it adopts
decisions, case-by-case, particularly with a view to the                                   Article 4
conclusion of fisheries agreements with third countries;
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
whereas the case in point calls for the said procedures to
                                                                 following its publication in the Official Journal of the
be determined;
                                                                 European Communities.
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to conclude           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
the Protocol,                                                    directly applicable in all Member States.
O OJ No L 181, 12. 7. 1988, p. 1.                                O OJ No L 114, 2. 5. 1988, p. 1.