EC/Ivory Coast fisheries agreement: protocol for the period from 1st July 1994 to 30th June 1997

The Council adopted this regulation concluding a new fisheries protocol between the Community and Côte d'Ivoire. This protocol laid down the technical and financial conditions covering fishing activities of Community vessels in Côte d'Ivoire waters between 1 July 1994 and 30 June 1997. The protocol thus provided for the following fisheries opportunities: licences for freezer trawlers designed to fish demersal species taking deepwater crustaceans, cephalopods and demersal fish to a total of 600 GRT per month, averaged over the year; - licences for 7 pole-and-line tuna vessels and surface longliners; - licences for 46 tuna seiners. In return, Côte d'Ivoire would be granted financial appropriations totalling ECU 2 500 000, including: - financial compensation for fisheries amounting to ECU 2 100 000, payable in three equal annual instalments, with this total increasing in proportion to the total quantities caught. In the case of tuna fishing, this compensation would cover a catch weight in Côte d'Ivoire waters of 7 500 tonnes of tuna fished per year. If the annual amount of tuna caught exceeded this quantity, the compensation would be increased by ECU 50 for each additional tonne caught; - a contribution of ECU 250 000 towards the financing of scientific or technical programmes to develop the fisheries industry; - awards for study and practical training to improve the skills and knowledge of fishermen, to a maximum of ECU 150 000. The protocol would apply from 1 July 1994 and enter into force on the date of its signature. The Council was authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the protocol in order to bind the Community. The regulation would apply from 3 August 1995. �