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Document 02015R2192-20170423

    Consolidated text: Council Regulation (EU) 2015/2192 of 10 November 2015 on the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for a period of four years

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    COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2015/2192

    of 10 November 2015

    on the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for a period of four years

    (OJ L 315 1.12.2015, p. 72)

    Amended by:

     

     

    Official Journal

      No

    page

    date

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    COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2017/719 of 7 April 2017

      L 106

    8

    22.4.2017



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    COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2015/2192

    of 10 November 2015

    on the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for a period of four years



    Article 1

    1.  

    The fishing opportunities established under the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:

    (a) 

    Category 1 — Vessels fishing for crustaceans other than spiny lobster and crab:



    Spain:

    4 150 tonnes

    Italy:

    600 tonnes

    Portugal:

    250 tonnes

    Within this category, a maximum of 25 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time.

    (b) 

    Category 2 — Black hake (non-freezer) trawlers and bottom longliners:



    Spain:

    6 000 tonnes

    Within this category, a maximum of 6 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time.

    (c) 

    Category 3 — Vessels fishing for demersal species other than black hake with gear other than trawls:



    Spain:

    3 000 tonnes

    Within this category, a maximum of 6 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time.

    (d) 

    Category 4 — Tuna seiners:



    Spain:

    17 annual licences

    France:

    8 annual licences
    (e) 

    Category 5 — Pole-and-line tuna vessels and surface longliners:



    Spain:

    14 annual licences

    France:

    1 annual licence
    (f) 

    Category 6 — Pelagic freezer trawlers:



    Germany:

    12 560 tonnes

    France:

    2 615 tonnes

    Latvia:

    53 913 tonnes

    Lithuania:

    57 642 tonnes

    Netherlands:

    62 592 tonnes

    Poland:

    26 112 tonnes

    United Kingdom:

    8 531 tonnes

    Ireland:

    8 535 tonnes

    During each year of the validity of the Protocol, the following number of quarterly licences shall be held by Member States:



    Germany:

    4

    France:

    2

    Latvia:

    20

    Lithuania:

    22

    Netherlands:

    16

    Poland:

    8

    United Kingdom:

    2

    Ireland:

    2

    Member States shall inform the Commission if certain licences may be at the disposal of other Member States.

    Within this category, a maximum of 19 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time.

    (g) 

    Category 7 — Non-freezer pelagic vessels:



    Ireland

    15 000 tonnes

    These fishing opportunities may, if they are not used, be transferred to category 6 according to the method of allocation of that category. Ireland shall inform the Commission, by 1 July of every year of the validity of the Protocol at the latest, whether fishing opportunities may become available for other Member States.

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    (h) 

    Category 2a — Black hake (freezer) trawlers:



    Spain:

    Black hake

    3 500 tonnes

    Squid

    1 450 tonnes

    Cuttlefish

    600 tonnes

    Within this category, a maximum of 6 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time.

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    2.  
    Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 shall apply without prejudice to the Partnership Agreement.
    3.  
    If applications for fishing authorisations from the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 do not exhaust the fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol, the Commission shall consider applications for fishing authorisations from any other Member State in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008.
    4.  
    The time-limit within which the Member States must confirm that they are not fully exhausting the fishing opportunities granted to them under the Partnership Agreement, as provided by Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008, is set at ten working days as from the date on which the Commission informs them that the fishing opportunities are not exhausted.

    Article 2

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    It shall apply from the date of signature of the Protocol.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

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