Division CONDITIONS FOR THE PURSUIT OF FISHING ACTIVITIES BY COMMUNITY VESSELS IN SEYCHELLES WATERS
Chapter I — application for and issue of licences is hereby replaced as follows:
‘CHAPTER I
APPLICATION FOR AND ISSUE OF LICENCES
SECTION 1
Issue of licences
1 to 10:
No change.
11.
However, at the request of the European Community and where force majeure is proven, a vessel’s licence shall be replaced, for the remaining period of its validity, by a new licence for another vessel with similar characteristics to those of the first vessel, with no further fee due. However, if the gross tonnage (GT) of the replacement vessel is above that of the vessel to be replaced, the difference in fee shall be paid pro rata temporis.
12 to 14:
No change.
SECTION 2
Licence conditions — fees and advance payments
1.
Licences shall be valid for one year and are renewable.
2.
From 18 January 2008 the fee shall be EUR 35 per tonne caught within Seychelles waters.
3.
Licences shall be issued once the following standard amounts have been paid to the competent national authorities:
EUR 21 000 for tuna seiners, equivalent to the fees due for 600 tonnes of tuna and tuna-like species caught within Seychelles waters per year,
EUR 4 200 for surface longliners of more than 250 GT, equivalent to the fees due for 120 tonnes of tuna and tuna-like species caught within Seychelles waters per year,
EUR 3 150 for surface longliners of 250 GT or less, equivalent to the fees due for 90 tonnes of tuna and tuna-like species caught within Seychelles waters per year.
4.
No change.
5.
No change.
6.
Where the shipowners do not agree with the statement submitted by the SFA, they may consult the scientific institutes competent for verifying catch statistics such as the IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), the IEO (Instituto Español de Oceanografia) and IPIMAR (Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar), and thereafter discuss together with the Seychelles authorities, who shall inform the Commission thereof, to establish the final statement before 31 May of the current year. In the absence of observations by the shipowners at that date, the statement submitted by the SFA is considered as the final one.
7.
No change.
8.
No change.
9.
No change.’
Chapter VI — Observers is hereby replaced as follows:
‘CHAPTER VI
OBSERVERS
1.
Vessels authorised to fish in Seychelles waters under the Agreement shall take on board observers appointed by the competent regional fisheries organisation, following agreement between the Parties, or failing this by the Seychelles authorities on the terms set out below.
1.1 to 14:
No change.’