Council Regulation (EEC) No 253/87 of 19 January 1987 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Revolutionary People's Republic of Guinea on fishing off the coast of Guinea, signed at Conakry on 7 February 1983

The Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Revolutionary People's Republic of Guinea on fishing off the coast of Guinea, signed at Conakry on 7 February 1983, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation.

With a view to taking into consideration the interests of the Canary Islands, the Agreement referred to in Article 1 and, in so far as is necessary for its application, the provisions of the common fisheries policy relating to the conservation and management of fishery resources, shall also apply to vessels which sail under the flag of Spain, which are recorded on a permanent basis in the registers of the competent authorities at local level (‘registros de base’) in the Canary Islands, under the conditions defined in Note 6 to Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 570/86 of 24 February 1986 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation in the trade between the customs territory of the Community, Ceuta and Melilla and the Canary Islands .

The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.

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