Division 1 Provisions applicable to tuna vessels and surface longliners

Licences for these vessels shall be issued for periods of 12 months.

The fees shall be set at 20 ECU per tonne caught within Mauritania's fishing zone.

Licences shall be issued following payment to the Mauritanian treasury of a lump sum of 2 000 ECU a year for each pole-and-line tuna vessel and each surface longliner, equivalent to the fees for:

• 100 tonnes of tuna a year in the case of pole-and-line vessels,

• 100 tonnes of swordfish a year in the case of surface longliners.

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 calender year on the basis of the catch statements made by the shipowners and forwarded simultaneously to the Mauritanian authorities and the Commission of the European Communities. The corresponding amount shall be paid by the shipowners to the Mauritanian treasury no later than 31 March of the following year.

The final statement of the fees due shall be drawn up by the Commission of the European Communities following verification of the volume of catch by a specialist scientific body in the region. The final statement shall be communicated to the Mauritanian authorities and notified to the shipowners, who shall have 30 days to acquit their financial obligations.

However, if the amount of the final statement is lower than the abovementioned advance, the resulting balance shall not be recoverable by the shipowner.

Furthermore, ships masters shall fill in a logbook for each fishing season in Mauritania's fishing zone in accordance with the specimen in Appendix II.