Council Regulation (EC) No 31/2008 of 15 November 2007 on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Madagascar

The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Madagascar is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation .

The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the Agreement shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: Fishing categoryType of vesselMember StateLicences or quotaTuna fishingFreezer tuna seinersSpain23France19Italy1Tuna fishingSurface longliners over 100 GTSpain25France13Portugal7United Kingdom5Tuna fishingSurface longliners of 100 GT or belowFrance26Demersal fishingExploratory line or bottom longline fishingFrance5 If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities laid down by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration licence applications from any other Member State.

The Member States whose vessels fish under this Agreement shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught within Madagascar’s fishing zone in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third country waters and on the high seas .

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