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22.6.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
170/21
REGULATIONS
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 591/2013
of 29 May 2013
on the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Protocol setting out fishing opportunities
and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the
European Union and the Republic of Cte d’Ivoire (2013-18)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement, shall
be considered as confirmation that the vessels of the
Member State concerned are not making full use of
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
their fishing opportunities in the given period. The
Union and in particular Article 43(3),
deadline should therefore be set.
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
(6) To
ensure
Union
vessels
can
continue
their
fishing
activ
ities, the new Protocol provides for it its application by
Whereas:
the parties on a provisional basis as from 1 July 2013. It
should therefore be established that this Regulation is to
apply as from the same date,
(1) On
17
March
2008,
the
Council
adopted
Regulation
(EC)
No 242/2008 on the conclusion of the Fisheries Part
nership Agreement between the European Community
and the Republic of Cte d’Ivoire (
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

1 ) (hereinafter the ‘Part
nership Agreement’).
(2) A
new
Protocol
to
the
Partnership
Agreement
was
Article 1
initialled on 9 January 2013 (hereinafter the ‘new Proto
1. The
fishing
opportunities
provided
for
under
the
Protocol
col’). The new Protocol grants Union vessels fishing
setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution
opportunities in waters in which the Republic of Cte
provided for in the Agreement between the European Union
d’Ivoire exercises its sovereignty or jurisdiction as regards
and the Republic of Cte d’Ivoire (2013-18) (hereinafter the
fishing.
‘new Protocol’) shall be allocated between the Member States
as follows:
(3) On
29
May
2013,
the
Council
adopted
Decision
2013/303/EU ( 2 ) on the signing and provisional appli
cation of the new Protocol.
Type of vessel Member
State Fishing
opportunities
Freezer tuna seiners Spain 16
(4) The
method
for
allocating
the
fishing
opportunities
among the Member States should be defined for the
period during which the new Protocol applies.
France 12
Surface longliners Spain
7
(5) Under
Article
10(1)
of
Council
Regulation
(EC)
No
1006/2008 of 29 September 2008 concerning authori
Portugal
3
sations for fishing activities of Community fishing vessels
outside Community waters and the access of third
country vessels to Community waters (
2. Regulation
(EC)
No
1006/2008
shall
apply
without

3 ) if the number
of fishing authorisations or the amount of fishing oppor
prejudice to the Partnership Agreement.
tunities allocated to the Union under an agreement are
not fully utilised, the Commission shall inform the
Member States concerned. The absence of a reply
within the deadlines, to be set by the Council upon the
3. If
applications
for
fishing
authorisations
from
the
Member
States referred to in paragraph 1 do not cover all fishing oppor
tunities set by the new Protocol, the Commission shall consider
( 1 ) OJ L 75, 18.3.2008, p. 51.
( 2 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
applications for fishing authorisations from any other Member
( 3 ) OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 33.
State pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008.

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4. The
time
limit
within
which
the
Member
States
must
Article 2
confirm that they are not fully exhausting the fishing oppor
tunities granted to them under the Agreement, as provided by
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008, is set at 10
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
working days as from the date on which the Commission
informs them that the fishing opportunities have not been
fully utilised.
It shall apply as from 1 July 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 May 2013.
For the Council
The President
R. BRUTON

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