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28.7.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
196/1
II
(Non-legislative acts)
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
COUNCIL DECISION
of 12 July 2011
on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial
contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European
Community and the Republic of Seychelles
(2011/474/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
(4) In
accordance
with
Council
Decision
2010/814/EU
( 2 ),
the Protocol was signed on 20 December 2010 on
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
behalf of the Union and is being provisionally applied.
Union, and in particular Article 43, in conjunction with point
(a) of Article 218(6), thereof,
(5) The
Protocol
should
be
concluded,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
Article 1
Whereas:
The Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the
financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership
Agreement between the European Community and the Republic
(1) On
5
October
2006
the
Council
adopted
Regulation
(EC)
No 1562/2006 concerning the conclusion of the
of Seychelles is hereby approved on behalf of the Union ( 3 ).
Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European
Community and the Republic of Seychelles
( 1 )
Article 2
(hereinafter ‘the Partnership Agreement’). A Protocol
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give
setting out the fishing opportunities and financial
the notification provided for in Article 14 of the Protocol (
contribution provided for in the Partnership Agreement

4 ).
was attached thereto. That Protocol expires on
17 January 2011.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication
(2) The
European
Union
negotiated
with
the
Republic
of in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Seychelles (hereinafter ‘Seychelles’) a new Protocol to
the Partnership Agreement, providing EU vessels with
fishing opportunities in the waters over which Seychelles
have sovereignty or jurisdiction in respect of fisheries
Done at Brussels, 12 July 2011.
(hereinafter ‘the Protocol’).
For the Council
(3) On
conclusion
of
those
negotiations,
the
Protocol
was
initialled on 3 June 2010 and was amended by an
The President
Exchange of Letters on 29 October 2010.
J. VINCENT-ROSTOWSKI
( 2 ) OJ L 345, 30.12.2010, p. 1.
( 3 ) The text of the Protocol has been published in OJ L 345,
30.12.2010, p. 4, together with the decision on signature.
( 4 ) The date of entry into force of the Protocol will be published in the
Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the
( 1 ) OJ L 290, 20.10.2006, p. 1.
Council.

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