EC/Guinea-Bissau fisheries agreement: protocol for the period from 16th June 2001 to 15th June 2006

PURPOSE : to conclude a fishing agreement between the EEC and Guinea-Bissau. LEGISLATIVE ACT : Council Regulation 829/2004/EC on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of amendments to the Protocol establishing the fishing opportunities and the compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 2001 to 15 June 2006, and in Decision 2001/179/EC setting the terms for financial support to Guinea-Bissau in the fisheries sector. CONTENT : This Regulation approves the above-mentioned Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, The fishing opportunities provided for in the Fisheries Agreement will be allocated among the Member States as follows: shrimp: - Italy 1 776 GRT, - Spain 1 421 GRT, - Portugal 1 066 GRT, - Greece 137 GRT; fin-fish/cephalopods: - Spain 3 143 GRT, - Italy 786 GRT, - Greece 471 GRT; tuna seiners: - Spain 20 vessels, - France 19 vessels, - Italy 1 vessel; surface longliners and pole-and-line vessels: - Spain 21 vessels, - France 5 vessels, - Portugal 4 vessels. If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State. The Member States whose vessels are fishing under the Fisheries Agreement are obliged to notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock taken in Guinea-Bissau's fishing zone in accordance with the arrangements laid down in Commission Regulation 500/2001/EC. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 30/04/04.�