EC/Guinea fisheries agreement: protocol for the period from 1st January 2004 to 31 December 2008

PURPOSE : to conclude the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the EEC and Guinea. LEGISLATIVE ACT : Council Regulation 830/2004/EC on the conclusion of the Protocol defining for the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2008 the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea on fishing off the Guinean coast. CONTENT : This Regulation approves the above-mentioned Protocol on behalf of the Community. The text of the Protocol is attached to the Regulation. The fishing opportunities provided for in the Protocol will be allocated among the Member States as follows: shrimp fishing: - Spain: 1050 GRT, - Portugal: 300 GRT, - Greece: 150 GRT; tuna seiners: - France: 17 vessels, - Spain: 17 vessels; pole-and-line tuna vessels: - France: 7 vessels, - Spain: 7 vessels; Surface longliners: - Spain: 8, - Portugal: 1. The fishing opportunities provided for in the Protocol for fin-fish and cephalod fishing for 2004 will be allocated among the Member States as follows: - Spain: 844 GRT - Italy: 750 GRT - Greece: 906 GRT If fishing opportunities are increased from 2005 as compared with 2004 in accordance with Article 1 of the Protocol, these increases must be allocated in proportion to the fishing opportunities indicated above for 2004. Finally, if licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities laid down by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration licence applications from any other Member State. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 02/05/04.�