Council Regulation (EC) No 115/2006 of  23 January 2006  on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out, for the period from  18 January 2005  to  17 January 2011 , the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles

25.1.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 21/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 115/2006
of 23 January 2006
on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 in conjunction with Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) Under the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles (2), the two parties conducted negotiations to determine the amendments or additions to be made to the Agreement at the end of the period of application of the Protocol thereto.
(2) As a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol defining for the period 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011 the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in that Agreement was initialled on 23 September 2004.
(3) It is in the Community's interest to approve that Protocol.
(4) The scale for allocating the fishing opportunities among the Member States should be defined on the basis of the traditional allocation of fishing opportunities under the Fisheries Agreement,