Council Regulation (EC) No 2323/2002 of 16 December 2002 on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2006
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The Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2006 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation(3).
The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: >TABLE> If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration licence applications from any other Member State.
The obligation of direct landing by freezer tuna seiners set out in point C (c) of the Annex to the Protocol shall be met by Community shipowners on the basis of the following breakdown: - Vessels flying the French flag: 44 % - Vessels flying the Spanish flag: 56 %.
The Member States whose vessels fish under this Regulation shall be required to notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught in the Senegalese fishing zone in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001(4).
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 December 2002. For the Council The President M. Fischer Boel (1) Opinion of 5.12.2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal) (2) OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 17. (3) See page 46 of this Official Journal. (4) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8.
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