EC/Senegal fisheries agreement: protocol for the period from 2nd October 1994 to 1st October 1996

The Council adopted this regulation on the conclusion of a new fisheries protocol between the Community and Senegal. This protocol laid down the technical and financial conditions relating to the fishing activities of Community vessels in Senegalese waters for the period between 2 October 1994 and 1 October 1996. In particular, it provided for the following fishing opportunities: - licences for trawlers (demersal) not landing their catch in Senegal: 1 000 GRT/year (with the option of fishing with freezing facilities for 500 GRT); - licences for trawlers (deep-water demersal species) not landing their catch in Senegal: 4 000 GRT in each four-month period (with the option of fishing with freezing facilities for 1 000 GRT); - licences for trawlers (demersal) landing part of their catch in Senegal: 1 000 GRT/year; - licences for freezer trawlers (demersal) landing part of their catch in Senegal and fishing over a four-month period specified for each vessel by the Community: 2 000 GRT in each four-month period; - shrimp freezer trawlers (demersal) not landing their catch in Senegal: 5 000 GRT/year; - licences for 11 pole-and-line tuna vessels; - licences for 47 freezer tuna seiners; - licences for 6 surface longliners. In return, Senegal would be allocated: - financial compensation of ECU 15 800 000, payable in two equal annual instalments; - a contribution of ECU 458 000 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 230 000. The Commission would also contribute to the financing of the programmes to support the structures responsible for fisheries surveillance, the Ministry of Fisheries and non-industrial fishing to the tune of ECU 860 000, ECU 452 000 and ECU 200 000 respectively. The protocol would apply from 2 October 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 19 August 1995. �