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Article 155

1 . Subject to paragraph 2 and without prejudice to Protocol 2 , the common fisheries policy shall not apply to the Canary Islands nor to Ceuta and Melilla .

2 . The Council , acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission :

( a ) shall determine the Community structural measures which may be adopted in favour of the territories referred to in paragraph 1 ;

( b ) shall determine the procedures appropriate to take into consideration all or part of the interests of the territories referred to in paragraph 1 when it adopts decisions , case by case , with a view to the negotiations by the Community aimed at the resumption or conclusion of fisheries agreements with third countries and to the specific interests of these territories within international conventions concerning fisheries , to which the Community is a contracting party .

3 . The Council , acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission , shall determine , where appropriate , the possibilities and conditions of mutual access to respective fishing zones and to the resources thereof .