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Official Journal of the European Union
24.5.2011
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 501/2011
of 24 February 2011
on the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement
between the European Community and the Democratic Republic of So Tomé and Príncipe
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
third country vessels to Community waters ( 4 ), if the
fishing opportunities allocated to the Union under the
Protocol are not fully utilised, the Commission shall
inform the Member States concerned. The absence of a
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
reply within the deadlines, to be set by the Council, shall
Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,
be considered as confirmation that the vessels of the
Member State concerned are not making full use of
their fishing opportunities in the given period. Those
deadlines should be fixed.
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
(6) This
Regulation
should
enter
into
force
on
the
day
Whereas:
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union,
(1) On
23
July
2007,
the
Council
adopted
Regulation
(EC) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
No 894/2007 on the conclusion of a Fisheries Part
nership Agreement between the Democratic Republic of
So Tomé and Príncipe and the European Community ( 1 )
(the ‘Agreement’). A Protocol setting out the fishing
Article 1
opportunities and the financial contribution provided
The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol attached to
for by the Agreement ( 2 ) (the ‘former Protocol’) was
Decision 2011/296/EU on the signing and provisional
attached thereto. The former Protocol expired on
application shall be allocated among the Member States as
31 May 2010.
follows:
(2) A
new
Protocol
(the
‘Protocol’)
setting
out
the
fishing (a) tuna seiners:
opportunities and the financial contribution provided
for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement with the
Democratic Republic of So Tomé and Príncipe was
Spain 16
vessels
initialled on 15 July 2010. It provides Union vessels
France 12
vessels
with fishing opportunities in the waters over which the
Democratic Republic of So Tomé and Príncipe has
sovereignty or jurisdiction in respect of fisheries.
(b) surface longliners:
Spain 9
vessels
(3) On
24
February
2011,
the
Council
adopted
Decision
Portugal 3
vessels
2011/296/EU ( 3 ) on the signing and provisional
application of the Protocol.
Without prejudice to the Agreement and the Protocol, Regu
lation (EC) No 1006/2008 shall apply. If applications for fishing
authorisations from the Member States referred to in the first
(4) The
method
for
allocating
the
fishing
opportunities paragraph do not cover all the fishing opportunities set by the
among the Member States should be defined for the
Protocol, the Commission shall consider applications for fishing
duration of the Protocol.
authorisations from any other Member State in accordance with
Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008. The deadlines
referred to in Article 10(1) of that Regulation shall be set at
10 days.
(5) In
accordance
with
Article
10(1)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
1006/2008 of 29 September 2008 concerning author
isations for fishing activities of Community fishing
Article 2
vessels outside Community waters and the access of
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
( 1 ) OJ L 205, 7.8.2007, p. 35.
( 2 ) OJ L 205, 7.8.2007, p. 40.
( 3 ) See page 4 of this Official Journal.
( 4 ) OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 33.

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European
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 February 2011.
For the Council
The President
PINTR S.

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