EC/Ivory Coast fisheries agreement: protocol for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004

PURPOSE : to conclude an Agreement extending the validity of the Protocol setting fishing opportunities and a financial contribution as provided for in the Agreement between the EC and the Cote d'Ivoire on fishing off the Cote d'Ivoire. LEGISLATIVE ACT : Council Regulation 154/2004/EC on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters extending for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 the validity of the Protocol setting fishing opportunities and a financial contribution as provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of C·te d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of C·te d'Ivoire. CONTENT : This Regulation approves the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters extending for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 the validity of the Protocol setting fishing opportunities and a financial contribution as provided for in the Agreement between the EEC and the C·te d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of C·te d'Ivoire. The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to the Regulation. The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol are allocated to Member States as follows: 1) demersal fishing: Spain: 600 GRT per month (annual average). 2) tuna fishing: tuna seiners - France: 18 vessels; - Spain: 21 vessels. 3) surface longliners: - Spain: 15 vessels; - Portugal: 5 vessels. 4) pole-and-line tuna vessels: - France: 7 vessels; - Spain: 5 vessels. If licence applications from these Member States do not exhaust the fishing opportunities set by the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 02/02/04.�