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17.2.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union
L
46/1
II
(Non-legislative acts)
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 134/2012
of 23 January 2012
concerning the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership
Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Mozambique
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
that the fishing opportunities allocated to the Union
under a Fisheries Partnership Agreement are not fully
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
utilised, the Commission is to inform the Member
Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,
States concerned. The absence of a reply within
deadlines to be set by the Council is to be considered
as confirmation that the vessels of the Member State
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
concerned are not making full use of their fishing oppor
tunities in the given period. It is necessary to set such
Whereas:
deadlines.
(1) On
22
November
2007,
the
Council
adopted
Regulation
(EC) No 1446/2007 on the conclusion of the Fisheries
(6) Since the Protocol to the Agreement expired on
31 December 2011, this Regulation should apply from
Partnership Agreement between the European
1 February 2012,
Community and the Republic of Mozambique (


1 ) (the
'Agreement'). A Protocol setting out the fishing oppor
tunities and financial contribution provided for in the
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Agreement ( 2 ) was attached thereto. That Protocol
expired on 31 December 2011.
Article 1
(2) A
new
Protocol
setting
out
the
fishing
opportunities
and 1. The
fishing
opportunities
set
out
in
the
Protocol
shall
be
the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries
allocated among the Member States as follows:
Partnership Agreement between the European
Community and the Republic of Mozambique (the
'Protocol') was initialled on 2 June 2011, providing EU
(a) tuna purse seiners:
vessels with fishing opportunities in the waters over
which Mozambique have sovereignty or jurisdiction in
respect of fisheries.
Spain 22
vessels

France 20
vessels
(3) On
23
January
2012
the
Council
adopted
Decision
2012/91/EU ( 3 ) on the signing, on behalf of the
Italy 1
vessel
European Union, and provisional application of the
Protocol.
Total 43
vessels
(4) The
method
for
allocating
the
fishing
opportunities (b) surface longliners:
among the Member States should be defined for the
duration of the Protocol.
Spain 16
vessels
(5) In
accordance
with
Article
10(1)
of
Council
Regulation
(EC) No 1006/2008 of 29 September 2008 concerning
France 8
vessels
authorisations for fishing activities of Community fishing
Portugal 7
vessels
vessels outside Community waters and the access of third
country vessels to Community waters ( 4 ), if it appears
United
1 vessel
Kingdom
( 1 ) OJ L 331, 17.12.2007, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 331, 17.12.2007, p. 39.
Total 32
vessels
( 3 ) See page 3 of this Official Journal.
( 4 ) OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 33.

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2. Regulation
(EC)
No
1006/2008
shall
apply
without under the Agreement, as referred to in Article 10(1) of Regu
prejudice to the Agreement and the Protocol.
lation (EC) No 1006/2008, shall be set at 10 working days
from the day on which Commission informs the Member
3. If
applications
for
fishing
authorisations
from
the
Member States that the fishing opportunities have not been exhausted.
States referred to in paragraph 1 do not cover all the fishing
opportunities set by the Protocol, the Commission shall
consider applications for fishing authorisations from any other
Article 2
Member State pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
1006/2008.
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
4. The
deadline
by
which
Member
States
are
to
confirm
that
they do not fully utilise the fishing opportunities allocated
It shall apply from 1 February 2012.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 January 2012.
For the Council
The President
M. GJERSKOV

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