Article 1

This Regulation lays down general rules concerning the specific system for the execution of operations carried out as a complement to fishing activities undertaken by vessels registered or enroled in a Member State of the Community and flying the flag of that State, in waters falling under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of a third country, hereinafter referred to as ‘waters’, within the framework of responsibilities created under fisheries agreements concluded by the Community with the third countries concerned, as defined by Protocol No 4 to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal.