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30.10.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
300/37
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 999/2012
of 9 October 2012
on the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement
between the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between
the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius (‘the
Protocol’) shall be allocated among the Member States as
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
follows:
Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,
(a) Tuna purse seiners
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Spain 22
vessels
Whereas:
France 16
vessels
Italy 2
vessels
(1) On
9
October
2012
the
Council
adopted
Decision
2012/670/EU ( 1 ) on the signing of the Fisheries Part
United Kingdom 1
vessel
nership Agreement between the European Union and
the Republic of Mauritius (‘the Fisheries Partnership
Total 41
vessels
Agreement’). The Protocol setting out the fishing oppor
tunities and the financial contribution provided for by
the Agreement (‘the Protocol’) forms an integral part of
(b) Surface long liners
the Fisheries Partnership Agreement.
Spain 12
vessels
(2) The
method
for
allocating
the
fishing
opportunities
among the Member States should be defined for the
France 29
vessels
period of application of the Protocol.
Portugal 4
vessels
Total 45
vessels
(3) 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
2. Regulation
(EC)
No
1006/2008
shall
apply
without
country vessels to Community waters (
prejudice to the provisions of the Fisheries Partnership

2 ), where it
appears that the fishing opportunities allocated to the
Agreement and the Protocol.
Union under the Protocol are not fully utilised, the
Commission is to inform the Member States concerned.
The absence of a reply within a deadline to be set by the
3. If
applications
for
fishing
authorisations
from
the
Member
Council is considered as confirmation that the vessels of
States referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article do not cover all
the Member State concerned are not making full use of
the fishing opportunities set by the Protocol, the Commission
their fishing opportunities in the given period. That
shall consider applications for fishing authorisations from any
deadline should therefore be set by the Council.
other Member State pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EC)
No 1006/2008.
(4) Given
that
the
Protocol
applies
for
a
period
of
three
years
from its entry into force, this Regulation should apply
4. The
deadline
referred
to
in
Article
10(1)
of
Regulation
from that date,
(EC) No 1006/2008, shall be set at 10 working days from
the day on which the Commission informs the Member States
that the fishing opportunities have not been fully utilised.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 2
1. The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol setting
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
( 1 ) See page 34 of this Official Journal.
( 2 ) OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 33.
It shall apply from the date of entry into force of the Protocol.

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Official Journal of the European Union
30.10.2012
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 9 October 2012.
For the Council
The President
V. SHIARLY

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