EC/Ivory Coast fisheries agreement: protocol for the period from 1st July 2000 to 30th June 2003

PURPOSE: to conclude a Protocol setting out, for the period 01.07.2000 to 30.06.2003, the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Cote d'IVoire. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Regulation 722/2001/EC. CONTENT: the fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be allocated to the Member states as follows: a) demersal species (Spain: 600 gross registered tonnes); b) tuna fishing: i) tuna seiners (France 18 vessels and Spain 21 vessels) ii) surface longliners (Spain 15 vessels and Portugal 5 vessels) iii) pole-and-line tuna vessels (France 7 vessels and Spain 5 vessels). If the licence applications from these Member States do not exhaust the fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 15.04.2001.�