EC/Senegal fisheries agreement: periods from 1st May to 31 July 2001 and 1st August to 31 December 2001

PURPOSE: To extend the fishing agreement between the Republic of Senegal and the European Union. CONTENT: The current Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement between the Community and the Republic of Senegal expired on 30 April 2001. Pending the conclusion of the negotiations on the amendments to be made to the Protocol, the two parties have decided to extend the expired Protocol for two consecutive periods of three and five months. These two extensions of the Protocol, setting out the technical and financial conditions governing the fishing activities of Community vessels off the coast of Senegal during the periods 1 May to 31 July 2001 and 1 August to 31 December 2001, were initialled by both parties on 23 April and 1 June 2001. A proposal for a Council decision on the provisional application of the two extensions pending their definitive entry into force is the subject of a separate procedure.�