Council Regulation (EU) 2015/2192 of 10 November 2015 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 for a period of four years

Article 1

The fishing opportunities established under the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:

(a) Category 1 — Vessels fishing for crustaceans other than spiny lobster and crab: Spain: 4 150 tonnes Italy: 600 tonnes Portugal: 250 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: Spain: 6 000 tonnes Within this category, a maximum of 6 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: Spain: 3 000 tonnes Within this category, a maximum of 6 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time.

(d) Category 4 — Tuna seiners: Spain: 17 annual licences France: 8 annual licences

(e) Category 5 — Pole-and-line tuna vessels and surface longliners: Spain: 14 annual licences France: 1 annual licence

(f) Category 6 — Pelagic freezer trawlers: Germany: 12 560 tonnes France: 2 615 tonnes Latvia: 53 913 tonnes Lithuania: 57 642 tonnes Netherlands: 62 592 tonnes Poland: 26 112 tonnes United Kingdom: 8 531 tonnes Ireland: 8 535 tonnes During each year of the validity of the Protocol, the following number of quarterly licences shall be held by Member States: Germany: 4 France: 2 Latvia: 20 Lithuania: 22 Netherlands: 16 Poland: 8 United Kingdom: 2 Ireland: 2 Member States shall inform the Commission if certain licences may be 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: Ireland 15 000 tonnes These fishing opportunities may, if they are not used, be transferred to category 6 according to the method of allocation of that category. Ireland shall inform the Commission, by 1 July of every year of the validity of the Protocol at the latest, whether fishing opportunities may become available for other Member States.

(h) Category 2a — Black hake (freezer) trawlers: Spain: Black hake 3 500 tonnes Squid 1 450 tonnes Cuttlefish 600 tonnes Within this category, a maximum of 6 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from the date of signature of the Protocol.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.