2012/827/EU: Council Decision of 18 December 2012 on the signing, on behalf of th... (32012D0827)
2012/827/EU: Council Decision of 18 December 2012 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and on the provisional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for a period of two years
- COUNCIL DECISION
- of 18 December 2012
- on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and on the provisional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for a period of two years
- (2012/827/EU)
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
- Article 4
- PROTOCOL
- Setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the fisheries partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for a period of two years
- Article 1
- Period of application and fishing opportunities
- Article 2
- Financial contribution – Methods of payment
- Article 3
- Scientific cooperation
- Article 4
- Review of fishing opportunities
- Article 5
- Termination due to reduced exploitation of fishing opportunities
- Article 6
- Financial support for promoting responsible and sustainable fishing
- Article 7
- Suspension of application of the Protocol
- Article 8
- National law
- Article 9
- Duration
- Article 10
- Termination
- Article 11
- Entry into force
- ANNEX 1
- CONDITIONS GOVERNING FISHING ACTIVITIES BY EU VESSELS IN MAURITANIAN FISHING ZONES
- CHAPTER I
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 1. Designation of competent authority
- 2. Mauritanian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
- 3. Vessel identification
- 4. Bank accounts
- 5. Methods of payment
- CHAPTER II
- LICENCES
- 1. Documents required for licence applications
- 2. Eligibility to fish
- 3. Licence applications
- 4. Issue of licences
- 5. Validity and utilisation of licences
- 6. Technical inspection
- CHAPTER III
- FEES
- 1. Fees
- 2. Parafiscal charge
- 3. Fees in kind
- 4. Final statement of fees for tuna-fishing vessels and surface longliners
- CHAPTER IV
- CATCH REPORTING
- 1. Fishing logbook
- 2. Supplementary fishing logbook (landing and transhipment declarations)
- 3. Reliability of data
- 4. Tolerance of discrepancies
- 5. By-catches
- 6. Failure to observe catch reporting obligations
- 7. Aggregated catch reporting
- CHAPTER V
- LANDINGS AND TRANSHIPMENTS
- 1. Landings
- 2. Transhipments
- CHAPTER VI
- MONITORING
- 1. Entering and leaving the Mauritanian fishing zone
- 2. Inspection at sea
- 3. Inspection in port
- 4. Mutual observation system for shore-based controls
- 4.1. Confidentiality
- 4.2. Location
- 4.3. Funding
- CHAPTER VII
- SATELLITE MONITORING SYSTEM (VMS)
- 1. Modalities of transmissions
- 2. Transmission by the vessel in the event of breakdown of the VMS system
- 3. Secure communication of position messages between the FMC of the flag State and Mauritania
- 4. Malfunction of the communication system
- CHAPTER VIII
- INFRINGEMENTS
- 1. Inspection report and statement of infringement
- 2. Notification of the infringement
- 3. Settlement of infringements
- CHAPTER IX
- SIGNING-ON OF MAURITANIAN SEAMEN
- CHAPTER X
- SCIENTIFIC OBSERVERS
- CHAPTER XI
- VESSELS TARGETING HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES
- Appendix 1
- MAURITANIA - EUROPEAN UNION FISHING AGREEMENT
- FISHING LICENCE APPLICATION FORM
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
- Legislation in force on minimum sizes of catches kept on board
- Section III: Minimum sizes and weights of species
- Appendix 5
- List of conversion factors
- Appendix 6
- Appendix 7
- LIMITS OF MAURITANIAN FISHING ZONES
- Appendix 8
- ANNEX 2
- FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE FISHING
- 1. Subject and amounts
- 2. Beneficiaries
- 3. Implementation framework
- 4. Visibility
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