{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1987-2143/schedule-ANNEX/division-A./division-II.",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1987-2143/schedule-ANNEX/division-A./division-II..json",
  "legislation": "eur/1987/2143",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EEC) No 2143/87 of 13 July 1987 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Mozambique on fisheries relations",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1987-2143",
  "path": "schedule/ANNEX/division/A./division/II.",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "Provisions applicable to tuna vessels",
  "text": "(a) The fees shall be set at 20 ECU per tonne caught within Mozambique's waters.\n(b) Applications for licences for tuna vessels shall be issued following advance payment to Mozambique of a lump sum of 1 000 ECU a year for each tuna seiner, equivalent to the fees for 50 tonnes of tuna caught within Mozambique's waters per year. A provisional statement of the fees due for the fishing year shall be drawn up by the Commission of the European Communities at the end of each calendar year on the basis of the catch statements made by the shipowners and forwarded simultaneously to the Mozambican authorities and the Commission of the European Communities. The corresponding amount shall be paid by the shipowners to the Mozambican treasury no later than 31 March of the following year. The final statement of the fees due in respect of a fishing year shall be drawn up jointly by the Commission of the European Communities and the Secretary of State for Fishreies of the People's Republic of Mozambique, taking into account available scientific opinion, particularly of ORSTOM, the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) and the Institute of Fisheries Research (IIP), and any statistical data which can be gathered by an international fishing organization in the Indian Ocean. The shipowners shall be notified by the Commission of the European Communities of the statement and shall have 30 days in which to meet their financial obligations. If the amount of the sum due for actual fishing operations does not equal the advance payment, the corresponding outstanding sum shall not be recoverable by the shipowner.\n(c) Every three days during the fishing period in Mozambique's waters, the vessels shall communicate to the radio station at ‘Radio Naval’ their position and their catch. On entering and leaving Mozambique's waters, the vessels shall communicate to the radio station at ‘Radio Naval’ their position and the volume of the catches on board.\nIn addition, the captain shall complete a fishing log book, as annexed, for each fishing period in Mozambique's waters.\nThis form must be legible and be signed by the captain of the vessel and sent to the Secretary of State for Fisheries of the People's Republic of Mozambique via the Delegation of the Commission of the European Communities in Maputo as soon as possible after the fishing period within Mozambique's waters.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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