EC/Cape Verde fisheries agreement: protocol for the period from 1st July 2001 to 30 June 2004

PURPOSE : to present a proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cape Verde on fishing off the coast of Cape Verde for the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2004. CONTENT : the Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cape Verde expired on 5 September 2000. A new Protocol was initialled by both parties on 7 June 2001 fixing the technical and financial conditions governing the fishing activities of Community vessels in Cape Verdean waters during the period 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2004. The Commission proposes, on this basis, that the Council adopt the new Protocol. A proposal for a Council Decision on the provisional application of the new Protocol pending its definitive entry into force is the subject of a separate procedure. Furthermore, the fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: - tuna seiners: France: 19 vessels Spain: 18 vessels - pole-and-line tuna vessels: France: 6 vessels Spain: 10 vessels Portugal: 2 vessels - surface longliners: Spain: 52 vessels Portugal: 10 vessels - bottom longliners: Portugal: 630 GRT per month, averaged over the year, with no more than four vessels fishing simultaneously. 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.�