Council Regulation (EU) 2015/2313
of 30 November 2015
concerning the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Implementation Protocol to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
On 5 June 2015 the European Union and the Republic of Liberia initialled a Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’) and an Implementation Protocol thereto (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Protocol’), granting Union vessels fishing opportunities in the waters over which the Republic of Liberia has sovereignty or jurisdiction in respect of fisheries.
On 30 November 2015 the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2015/23121 on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement and the Protocol.
The method for allocating the fishing opportunities among the Member States should be defined, both for the period of provisional application and for the duration of the Protocol.
Pursuant to Article 10(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/20082, the Commission is to inform the Member States concerned if it appears that the fishing opportunities allocated to the Union under the Protocol are not fully utilised. The absence of a reply within a deadline to be set by the Council should be considered as confirmation that the vessels of the Member State concerned are not making full use of their fishing opportunities in the given period.
Article 12 of the Protocol provides for the provisional application of the Protocol from the date of its signature. This Regulation should therefore apply from the date of signature of the Protocol,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: