Council Regulation (EC) No 242/2008 of 17 March 2008 on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire

The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the Agreement shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: 25 purse seiners: France10 vesselsSpain15 vessels 15 surface longliners: Spain10 vesselsPortugal5 vessels. 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 the Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught within Côte d’Ivoire’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 .

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.

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