EC/Equatorial Guinea fisheries agreement: protocol from 1st July 2000 to 30 June 2001

PURPOSE: to conclude a Protocol establishing for the period 01.08.2000 to 30.06.2001 the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Eqatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Regulation 723/2001/EC CONTENT: The fishing opportunities provided for in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: a) tuna seiners: - France 19 vessels - Spain 10 vessels - Italy 1 vessel b) surface longliners: - Spain 25 vessels - Portugal 5 vessels c) pole-and-line tuna vessels - France 8 vessels. If licence applications from those Member States do not exhaust the fishing opportunities provided for in the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 15.04.2001.�