PROTOCOL establishing, for the period from 1 January 1992 to 30 September 1993 the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of Mozambique on fisheries relations

THE CONTRACTING PARTIES,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of Mozambique on fisheries relations, signed on 30 September 1988,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Pursuant to Article 2 of the Agreement, licences authorizing simultaneous fishing in Mozambican waters shall be granted to 42 ocean-going freezer tuna vessels for a period from 1 January 1992 to 30 September 1993.

Article 2

1. The financial contribution referred to in Article 8 of the Agreement shall be fixed at ECU 300 000 for the period provided for in Article 1 of this Protocol, payable in two equal annual instalments. That amount shall cover a catch of 6 000 tonnes of tuna in Mozambican waters. If the tuna caught by Community vessels in Mozambican waters exceeds that weight, the abovementioned amount shall be increased proportionately.

2. The purpose to which the compensation is to be put shall fall within the exclusive competence of the Government of the People's Republic of Mozambique.

Article 3

1. The Community shall also contribute during the period referred to in Article 1 to the financing of Mozambican scientific or technical programmes (equipment, infrastructure, reinforcement of administrative or training structures in the fishing sector, etc.) designed to improve knowledge of fishery resources in Mozambican waters.

2. That contribution shall be ECU 180 000 for the duration of this Protocol.

3. The Mozambican authorities shall forward a brief report on the way that amount is used to the Commission's departments.

4. The Community's contribution to the scientific or technical programmes shall be paid to an account indicated on each occasion by the Ministry of Fisheries.

5. At the request of Mozambican authorities, part of this amount not exceeding ECU 50 000 may be used to finance the expenses of participation in international conferences, not necessarily related to the said scientific programme, destined to improve the knowledge of fisheries resources.

Article 4

Should the Community fail to make the payments provided for in Articles 2 and 3 of this Protocol, the Fisheries Agreement may be suspended.

Article 5

The Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of Mozambique on fisheries relations is hereby repealed and replaced by this Protocol.

Article 6

This Protocol shall enter into force on the date of its signature.

It shall apply from 1 January 1992.