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5.8.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
202/31
REGULATIONS
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 779/2011
of 12 July 2011
concerning the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Protocol between the European
Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and financial
compensation provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European
Community and the Kingdom of Morocco
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(3)
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
On 22 May 2006, the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 764/2006 on the conclusion of the
Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco ( 1 )
(‘Partnership Agreement’).
(2)
Since the protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in
the Partnership Agreement expired on 27 February 2011, a new protocol between the European
Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and financial compensation
provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement (the Protocol) ( 2 ) was initialled on 25 February
2011. The Protocol provides EU vessels with fishing opportunities in waters falling within the
sovereignty or jurisdiction of Morocco.
(3) On
12
July
2011,
the
Council
adopted
Decision
2011/491/EU
( 3 ) on the signing and the provisional
application of the Protocol.
(4) The
method
for
allocating
the
fishing
opportunities
among
the
Member
States
should
be
defined
for
the period of application of the Protocol.
(5)
In accordance with Article 10(1) of Council Regulation (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 country vessels to Community waters ( 4 ), if it appears that the
number of fishing authorisations or the amount of fishing opportunities allocated to the Union
under the protocol are not fully utilised, the Commission is to inform the Member States concerned.
The absence of a reply within the deadline to be set by the Council is to be considered as confir
mation that the vessels of the Member State concerned are not making full use of their fishing
opportunities during in the given period. That deadline should be set.
(6)
Given that the previous Protocol expired on 27 February 2011 and that the Protocol is provisionally
applied from 28 February 2011, this Regulation should apply from 28 February 2011,
( 1 ) OJ L 141, 29.5.2006, p. 1.
( 2 ) See page 3 of this Official Journal.
( 3 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
( 4 ) OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 33.

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EN
Official Journal of the European Union
5.8.2011
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The fishing opportunities set by the Protocol between the European Union and the Kingdom of
Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the Fisheries
Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (‘the Protocol’)
shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
Fishing category Type
of
vessel Member
State Licences
or
quota
Small-scale fishing/north, pelagic species seiners Spain 20
Small-scale fishing/north Bottom
longliners,
<
40
GT Spain 20
Portugal
7
Bottom longliners, >
40 GT Portugal
3
< 150 GT
Small-scale fishing/south Spain 20
Demersal bottom
longliners Spain
7
Portugal
4
Trawlers Spain 10
Italy
1
Tuna fishing Pole-and-line
vessels Spain 23
France
4
Industrial fishing for pelagic species Germany 4
850
t
Lithuania 15
520
t
Latvia 8
730
t
Netherlands 19
400
t
Ireland 2
500
t
Poland 2
500
t
United Kingdom 2
500
t
Spain 400
t
Portugal 1
333
t
France 2
267
t
2. Regulation
(EC)
No
1006/2008
shall
apply
without
prejudice
to
the
Fisheries
Partnership
Agreement
between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco.
3. If
applications
for
fishing
authorisations
from
the
Member
States
referred
to
in
paragraph
1
do
not
cover all the fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol, the Commission shall consider applications for
fishing authorisations from any other 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.

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EN
5.8.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
202/33
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
It shall apply from 28 February 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 July 2011.
For the Council
The President
J. VINCENT-ROSTOWSKI

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