CELEX: 51991PC0156(01)
Language: en
Date: 1991-05-07
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS CONCERNING THE PROVISIONAL APPLICATION OF PROTOCOL NO 2 ESTABLISHING FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 1991 TO 29 FEBRUARY 1992 THE CRAWFISH FISHING OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CORRESPONDING FINANCIAL COMPENSATION PROVIDED FOR IN THE FISHING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO

31.5.91                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 142/5
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                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange
              of letters concerning the provisional application of Protocol No 2 establishing for the period 1
              April 1991 to 29 February 1992 the crawfish fishing opportunities and the corresponding
              financial compensation provided for in the fishing Agreement between the European Economic
                                         Community and the Kingdom of Morocco
                                                        (91/C 142/03)
                                                     COM(91) 156 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission on 14 May 1991)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas, under Article 155 (2) (b) of the Act of
                                                                  Accession, it is for the Council to determine the
                                                                  procedures appropriate to take into consideration all or
                                                                  part of the interests of the Canary Islands when it adopts
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            decisions, case-by-case, particularly with a view to the
 Economic Community,                                              conclusion of fisheries agreements with third countries;
                                                                  whereas the case in point calls for the said procedures to
                                                                  be determined;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal, and in particular Article 155 (2) (b) thereof,
                                                                  Whereas, in order to avoid any interruption in the
                                                                  fishing activities of Community vessels, it is essential that
Having regard to the fishing Agreement between the                the Protocol in question be approved as soon as possible;
European Economic Community and the Kingdom of                    whereas, for this reason, the two Parties have initialled
Morocco signed in Rabat on 26 May 1988 (*),                       an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
                                                                  providing for the provisional application of the initialled
                                                                  Protocol from 1 April 1991; whereas the Agreement in
                                                                  the form of an exchange of letters should be concluded
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                  pending a final decision taken on the basis of Article 43
                                                                  of the Treaty,
Whereas the Community and the Kingdom of Morocco
conducted negotiations to determine the amendments or
additions to be made to the fishing Agreement at the end
of the period of application of Protocol No 2;                    HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, a new                                           Article 1
Protocol No 2 was initialled on 19 March 1991;
                                                                  The Agreements in the form of an exchange of letters
                                                                  concerning the provisional application of Protocol No 2
                                                                  establishing for the period 1 April 1991 to 29 February
Whereas, under that Protocol, Community fishermen                 1992 the crawfish fishing opportunities and corre-
have fishing rights in the waters under the sovereignty or        sponding financial compensation provided for in the
jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Morocco for the period             fishing Agreement between the European Economic
from 1 April 1991 to 29 February 1992;                            Community and the Kingdom of Morocco is hereby
                                                                  approved on behalf of the Community.
C) OJ No L 181, 12. 7. 1988, p. 1.                                The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
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                        Article 2                              (EEC) No 1135/88 of 7 March 1988 concerning the
                                                              definition of the concept of 'originating products' and
With a view to taking into consideration the interests of     methods of administrative cooperation in trade between
the Canary Islands, the Agreement referred to in Article      the customs territory of the Community, Ceuta and
1 and, insofar as is necessary for its application, the       Melilla and the Canary Islands (').
provisions of the common fisheries policy relating to the
conservation and management of fishery resources shall                                Article 3
also apply to vessels which sail under the flag of Spain,
which are recorded on a permanent basis in the registers      The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
of the relevant authorities at local level ('registros de     designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement
base') in the Canary Islands, under the conditions            in the form of an exchange of letters in order to bind the
specified in Note 6 to Annex I to Council Regulation          Community.
                                                              O OJ No L 114, 2. 5. 1988, p. 1.