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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 European Commission,Whereas:
(1)On 19 December 2006, by adopting Regulation (EC) No 2027/2006note the Council approved the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cape Verde (the ‘Agreement’).
(2)A new protocolnote to the Agreement (the ‘Protocol’) was initialled on 28 August 2014. The Protocol grants Union vessels fishing opportunities in the fishing zone in which the Republic of Cape Verde exercises sovereignty or jurisdiction.
(3)On 15 December 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/948/EUnote on the signing and 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)Article 10(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008note provides that the Commission will inform the Member States concerned if it appears that the fishing opportunities allocated to the Union under the Protocol are not fully exhausted. If no reply is received within a time limit to be set by the Council, this will be considered as confirmation that the vessels of the Member State concerned are not making full use of their fishing opportunities during the period in question. This time limit should be set by the Council.
(6)To ensure that Union vessels can recommence their fishing activities, the Protocol provides for it to apply on a provisional basis from the date of its signature. It should therefore be established that this Regulation is to apply as from the same date,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1#
1.The fishing opportunities established under the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
(a)tuna seiners:Spain | 16 vesselsFrance | 12 vessels
(b)surface longliners:Spain | 23 vesselsPortugal | 7 vessels
(c)pole-and-line tuna vessels:Spain | 7 vesselsFrance | 4 vesselsPortugal | 2 vessels
2.Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 shall apply without prejudice to the Agreement.
3.If applications for fishing licences from the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 do not cover all the fishing opportunities set by the Protocol, the Commission shall consider applications for fishing licences from any other Member State pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008.
4.The time limit within which the Member States must confirm that they are not making full use of the fishing opportunities granted to them, as provided by Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008, is set at ten working days from the date on which the Commission informs them that the fishing opportunities are not fully exhausted.
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