2013/786/EU: Council Decision of 16 December 2013 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and the provisional application of the Protocol between the European Union and the Union of the Comoros setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement currently in force between the two parties

The signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol between the European Union and the Union of the Comoros setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement (the ‘Protocol’) in force between the two parties is hereby authorised, subject to its conclusion. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol on behalf of the European Union.

The Protocol shall be applied provisionally from 1 January 2014, pending completion of the procedures for its conclusion.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.