EC/Comoros fisheries agreement: extension of the protocol for the period from 28 February 2004 to 31st December 2004

PURPOSE : to approve the Agreement extending the Protocol on fishing opportunities and financial contribution between the EEC and Comoros.

COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Regulation 172/2005/EC on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the extension of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic of The Comoros on fishing off The Comoros for the period from 28 February 2004 to 31 December 2004.

CONTENT : to recall, the Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement between the EC and the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros expired on 27 February 2004. This Regulation approves, on behalf of the Community, the Agreement extending the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic of The Comoros on fishing off The Comoros for the period from 28 February 2004 to 31 December 2004.

The Member States whose vessels fish under this Protocol shall be required to notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught in the Comorian fishing zone in accordance with Commission Regulation 500/2001/EC of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation 2847/93/EEC on the monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third country waters and on the high seas.

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 05/02/2005.