CELEX: 31987D0517
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-05 00:00:00
Title: 87/517/EEC: Council Decision of 5 October 1987 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on fishing off the coast of Mauritania

No L 302 / 24                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                      24 . 10 . 87
                                                        COUNCIL DECISION
                                                          of 5 October 1987
                  on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the
                  provisional application of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and
                             the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on fishing off the coast of Mauritania
                                                            ( 87 / 517 / EEC )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                 between the European Economic Community and the
                                                                          Islamic Republic of Mauritania on fishing off the coast of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     Mauritania is hereby approved on behalf of the
Economic Community ,                                                      Community.
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal ,             The texts of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
and in particular Article 155 ( 2 ) ( b ) and Article 354 ( 3 )           Letters and of the Agreement are attached to this
thereof,                                                                  Decision .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the Community and Mauritania have negotiated                                                      Article 2
and initialled an Agreement on fishing off the coast of
Mauritania , which provides fishing opportunities for the                 To take into consideration the interests of the Canary
fishermen of the enlarged Community in the waters over                    Islands , the Agreement and , to the extent required for its
which Mauritania has sovereignty or jurisdiction ;                        implementation , the provisions of the common fisheries
                                                                          policy on the conservation and management of fishery
Whereas Decision 86 / 640 / EEC (*) authorized Portugal to                resources shall also apply to vessels sailing under the flag of
extend the fisheries cooperation agreement it concluded with              Spain which are recorded on a permanent basis in the
Mauritania on 6 January 1984 ;                                            registers of the competent authorities at local level (registros
                                                                          de base ) in the Canary Islands subject to the conditions
Whereas , pursuant to Article 155 ( 2 ) ( b ) of the Act of               defined in Note 6 of Annex I of Council Regulation ( EEC )
Accession , the Council is required to determine the                      No 570 / 86 of 24 February 1986 concerning the definition of
procedures appropriate to take into consideration all or part             the concept of 'originating products' and methods of
of the interests of the Canary Islands when it adopts                     administrative cooperation in the trade between the customs
decisions , case by case , in particular with a view to the               territory of the Community , Ceuta and Melilla and the
conclusion of fisheries agreements with third countries ;                 Canary Islands ( 2 ).
whereas the said procedures need to be determined in this
particular case ;
Whereas , in addition , in order to enable fishing by vessels of                                          Article 3
the enlarged Community to continue , the two parties have
initialled en Exchange of Letters providing for the                       The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
provisional application of the Agreement from 1 July 1987 ;               designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in
whereas it is therefore imperative to conclude that Exchange              the form of an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the
of Letters as soon as possible , pending conclusion of the                Community .
Agreement on the basis of Article 43 of the Treaty ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                          Done at Luxembourg, 5 October 1987 .
                             Article 1                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                                                     The President
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
concerning the provisional application of the Agreement                                                              N. WILHJELM
(») OJ No L 376 , 31 . 12 . 1986 , p. 111 .                               ( 2 ) OJ No L 56 , 1 . 3 . 1986 , p. 1 .