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Official Journal of the European Union
9.7.2011
REGULATIONS
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 660/2011
of 9 June 2011
concerning the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Protocol agreed between the European
Union and the Republic of Cape Verde setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial
contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties
currently in force
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
vessels of the Member State concerned are not making
full use of their fishing opportunities in the given period.
That deadline should be set.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,
(6)
Given that the current Protocol is due to expire on
31 August 2011, this Regulation should enter into
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
force on the day following its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Union and apply from
1 September 2011,
Whereas:
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1) On
19
December
2006
the
Council
adopted
Regulation
(EC) No 2027/2006 on the conclusion of the Fisheries
Article 1
Partnership Agreement between the European
Community and the Republic of Cape Verde ( 1 ) (here
1. The
fishing
opportunities
set
by
the
Protocol
agreed
inafter referred to as the ‘Partnership Agreement’).
between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde
setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial
contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership
(2) A
new
Protocol
to
the
Partnership
Agreement
was Agreement between the two parties currently in force (here
initialled on 22 December 2010 (hereinafter referred to
inafter referred to as the ‘Protocol’) shall be allocated among
as ‘the new Protocol’). The new Protocol provides EU
the Member States as follows:
vessels with fishing opportunities in the waters over
which Cape Verde has sovereignty or jurisdiction in
respect of fisheries.
(a) Tuna seiners
(3) On
9
June
2011,
the
Council
adopted
Decision
Spain 16
vessels
2011/405/EU ( 2 ) on the signing and on the provisional
application of the new Protocol.
France 12
vessels;
(4) The
method
for
allocating
the
fishing
opportunities (b) Surface longliners
among the Member States should be defined for the
period of application of the new Protocol.
Spain 26
vessels
(5) In
accordance
with
Article
10(1)
of
Council
Regulation
Portugal 9 vessels;
(EC) No 1006/2008 of 29 September 2008 concerning
authorisations for fishing activities of Community fishing
vessels outside Community waters and the access of third
(c) Pole-and-line tuna vessels
country vessels to Community waters ( 3 ), if it appears
that the fishing opportunities allocated to the Union
under the new Protocol are not fully utilised, the
Spain 7
vessels
Commission is to inform the Member States concerned.
The absence of a reply within the deadline to be set by
France 4
vessels.
the Council is to be considered as confirmation that the
2. Regulation
(EC)
No
1006/2008
shall
apply
without
( 1 ) OJ L 414, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
( 2 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
prejudice to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the
( 3 ) OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 33.
European Community and the Republic of Cape Verde.

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3. If
applications
for
fishing
authorisations
from
the
Member
Article 2
States referred to in paragraph 1 do not cover all the fishing
opportunities set out in the Protocol, the Commission shall
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
consider applications for fishing authorisations from any other
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Member State in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC)
No 1006/2008.
The deadline referred to in Article 10(1) of that Regulation shall
be set at 10 working days.
It shall apply from 1 September 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 9 June 2011.
For the Council
The President
PINTR S.

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