{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-420/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/420",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 12 July 2011 on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (2011/420/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-420",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 12 July 2011\non the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe\n(2011/420/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43, in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a), thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nHaving regard to the consent of the European Parliament,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 23 July 2007, the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 894/2007 on the conclusion of a Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe and the European Community (the ‘Agreement’). A Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement (the ‘former Protocol’) was attached thereto. That former Protocol expired on 31 May 2010.\n(2)\nThe Union therefore negotiated a new Protocol (the ‘Protocol’) setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement with the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, providing Union vessels with fishing opportunities in the waters over which the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe has sovereignty or jurisdiction in respect of fisheries.\n(3)\nAs a result of those negotiations, the new Protocol was initialled on 15 July 2010.\n(4)\nIn accordance with Council Decision 2011/296/EU of 24 February 2011, the Protocol was signed and has been applied provisionally.\n(5)\nThe Protocol should be concluded,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 205, 7.8.2007, p. 35."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 205, 7.8.2007, p. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 136, 24.5.2011, p. 4."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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