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Article 354

1 . Upon accession , the administration of fisheries agreements concluded by the Portuguese Republic with third countries shall be responsibility of the Community .

2 . The rights and obligations flowing from the agreements referred to in the first paragraph for the Portuguese Republic shall not be affected during the period for which the provisions of such agreements are provisionally maintained .

3 . As soon as possible , and in any event before the expiry of the agreements referred to in paragraph 1 , the decisions appropriate for the continuation of fishing activities resulting therefrom shall be adopted in each case by the Council , acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission , including the possibility of prolonging certain agreements for periods not exceeding one year .

Article 355

1 . Exemptions , suspensions or tariff quotas granted by the Portuguese Republic for fresh fishery products originating in Morocco and coming from joint fisheries ventures set up between natural or legal persons from Portugal and Morocco , when they are landed directly in Portugal , shall be eliminated on 31 December 1992 at the latest .

2 . Products imported under these arrangements may not be considered as being in free circulation within the meaning of Article 10 of the EEC Treaty when they are re-exported to another Member State .

3 . Only the products referred to in paragraph 1 from joint Portuguese-Moroccan ventures and vessels operated by such ventures , a list of which is given in Annex XXVII , may benefit from the measures laid down in this Article .

The vessels concerned may in no event be replaced in the case of sale , disappearance or scrapping .

4 . The detailed rules for the implementation of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 33 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81 .