FISHING AUTHORISATIONS
ANNEX VSupplementary provisions
ANNEX V FISHING AUTHORISATIONS PART A Maximum number of fishing authorisations for union fishing vessels fishing in third - country waters Area of fishing Fishery Number of fishing authorisations Allocation of fishing authorisations amongst Member States Maximum number of vessels present at any time Norwegian waters and fishery zone around Jan Mayen Herring, north of 62° 00' N 59 DK 25 51 DE 5 FR 1 IE 8 NL 9 PL 1 SE 10 Demersal species, north of 62° 00' N 66 DE 16 41 IE 1 ES 20 FR 18 PT 9 Unallocated 2 Industrial species, south of 62° 00' N 450 DK 450 141 1, 2b ( 1 ) Fishery for snow crab with pots 20 EE 1 Not applicable ES 1 LV 11 LT 4 PL 3 PART B Maximum number of fishing authorisations for third - country vessels fishing in union waters Flag State Fishery Number of fishing authorisations Maximum number of vessels present at any time Venezuela ( 2 ) ( 3 ) Snappers (French Guiana waters) 45 45 ( 1 ) The allocation of fishing opportunities available to the Union in the zone of Svalbard is without prejudice to the rights and obligations deriving from the 1920 Treaty of Paris. ( 2 ) To issue those fishing authorisations, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the vessel owner applying for the fishing authorisation and a processing undertaking situated in the Department of French Guiana, and that it includes an obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking’s premises. Such a contract must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guianese economy. A copy of the endorsed contract shall be appended to the fishing authorisation application. Where such an endorsement is refused, the French authorities shall notify this refusal, and state the reasons therfore, to the parties concerned and to the Commission. ( 3 ) Fishing activities are authorised on an annual calendar basis. However, a fishing vessel can continue its fishing activities up to three months after expiry of its fishing authorisation, provided that the operator: — initiated the renewal process of its fishing authorisation, — fulfilled all its contractual and information communication obligations. This extension expires upon the entry into force of the Commission decision for a new fishing authorisation or notification of the refusal of the new fishing authorisation.