Council Decision
of 20 December 2011
repealing Council Decision 2011/491/EU on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and the provisional application of the Protocol between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco
(2012/15/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(2), in conjunction with Article 218(5), thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission1,
Whereas:
The Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Protocol’) has been under provisional application since 28 February 2011, pursuant to Council Decision 2011/491/EU2.
In reply to the Council’s request of 15 July 2011, pursuant to Article 218(6)(a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the European Parliament voted on 14 December 2011 not to give its consent that the Council conclude the Protocol.
It is therefore necessary to repeal Council Decision 2011/491/EU and to notify the Kingdom of Morocco about the termination of the Protocol’s provisional application, in accordance with Article 25(2) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: