Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1919 of 8 November 2019 on the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania

1 The fishing opportunities established under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the period of application of the extension of the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) category 1 – Vessels fishing for crustaceans other than spiny lobster and crab: Spain4150 tonnesItaly600 tonnesPortugal250 tonnes Within this category, a maximum of 25 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time; (b) category 2 – Black hake (non-freezer) trawlers and bottom longliners: Spain6000 tonnes Within this category, a maximum of six vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time; (c) category 3 – Vessels fishing for demersal species other than black hake with gear other than trawls: Spain3000 tonnes Within this category, a maximum of six vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time; (d) category 4 – Tuna seiners (12500 tonnes – reference tonnage): Spain17 annual licencesFrance8 annual licences (e) category 5 – Pole-and-line tuna vessels and surface longliners (7500 tonnes – reference tonnage): Spain14 annual licencesFrance1 annual licence (f) category 6 – Pelagic freezer trawlers: Germany12560 tonnesFrance2615 tonnesLatvia53913 tonnesLithuania57642 tonnesNetherlands62592 tonnesPoland26112 tonnesUnited Kingdom8531 tonnesIreland8535 tonnes During the period of application of the extension of the Protocol, the following number of quarterly licences shall be held by Member States: Germany4France2Latvia20Lithuania22Netherlands16Poland8United Kingdom2Ireland2 Member States shall inform the Commission if certain licences may be placed at the disposal of other Member States. Within this category, a maximum of 19 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time; (g) category 7 – Non-freezer pelagic vessels: Ireland15000 tonnes If not used, these fishing opportunities shall be transferred to category 6 according to the method of allocation of that category; (h) category 2a – Black hake (freezer) trawlers: Spain: Black hake3500 tonnesSquid1450 tonnesCuttlefish600 tonnes Within this category, a maximum of six vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time.

2 The time limit referred tp in Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 within which the Member States must confirm that they are not fully using the fishing opportunities granted to them under the Protocol, shall be set at ten working days as from the date on which the Commission informs them that the fishing opportunities are not being fully used.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply as from the date of provisional application of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters.