Article 1 Fishing opportunities
1. The fishing opportunities established under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the period of application of the extension of the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) category 1 – Vessels fishing for crustaceans other than spiny lobster and crab: Spain 4 150 tonnes Italy 600 tonnes Portugal 250 tonnes Within this category, a maximum of 25 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time; (b) category 2 – Black hake (non-freezer) trawlers and bottom longliners: Spain 6 000 tonnes Within this category, a maximum of six vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time; (c) category 3 – Vessels fishing for demersal species other than black hake with gear other than trawls: Spain 3 000 tonnes Within this category, a maximum of six vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time; (d) category 4 – Tuna seiners (12 500 tonnes – reference tonnage): Spain 17 annual licences France 8 annual licences (e) category 5 – Pole-and-line tuna vessels and surface longliners (7 500 tonnes – reference tonnage): Spain 14 annual licences France 1 annual licence (f) category 6 – Pelagic freezer trawlers: Germany 12 560 tonnes France 2 615 tonnes Latvia 53 913 tonnes Lithuania 57 642 tonnes Netherlands 62 592 tonnes Poland 26 112 tonnes United Kingdom 8 531 tonnes Ireland 8 535 tonnes During the period of application of the extension of the Protocol, the following number of quarterly licences shall be held by Member States: Germany 4 France 2 Latvia 20 Lithuania 22 Netherlands 16 Poland 8 United Kingdom 2 Ireland 2 Member States shall inform the Commission if certain licences may be placed at the disposal of other Member States. Within this category, a maximum of 19 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time; (g) category 7 – Non-freezer pelagic vessels: Ireland 15 000 tonnes If not used, these fishing opportunities shall be transferred to category 6 according to the method of allocation of that category; (h) category 2a – Black hake (freezer) trawlers: Spain: Black hake 3 500 tonnes Squid 1 450 tonnes Cuttlefish 600 tonnes Within this category, a maximum of six vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time. 2. The time limit referred tp in Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 within which the Member States must confirm that they are not fully using the fishing opportunities granted to them under the Protocol, shall be set at ten working days as from the date on which the Commission informs them that the fishing opportunities are not being fully used.
Article 2 Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply as from the date of provisional application of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters.