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1. The competent authorities shall forward, at regular intervals, the list of the vessels which will fish under the Agreement.

2. The fees provided for in Article 4 of the Agreement and payable by the owners of vessels referred to in 1 above are hereby set at 20 ECU per tonne caught in the Seychelles fishing zone.

3. Once the Agreement enters into force, the sum of 120 000 ECU shall be paid by the shipowners to the Seychelles' Treasury as an advance on the fees.

4. A provisional statement of the fees due in respect of each fishing year shall be drawn up at the end of each calendar year, on the basis of the catch statements drawn up by the shipowners and forwarded simultaneously to the Seychelles' authorities and to the competent authorities of the Commission of the European Communities. The corresponding amount shall be paid to the Seychelles' Treasury by 31 December of the current year at the latest.

The final statement of the fees due in respect of a fishing year shall be drawn up by the competent authorities of the Commission of the European Communities, taking into account available scientific opinion, particularly of FAO and ORSTOM experts established in Seychelles, and any statistical data which can be gathered by an international fishing organization in the Indian Ocean. The shipowners shall be notified of the statement and shall have 30 days in which to meet their financial obligations.

5. All payments of the fees provided for in this Annex shall be made via the relevant Community authorities.

6. Upon expiry of the Agreement, the sum paid as an advance shall be deducted from the final payment; however, if the amount of the sums due for actual fishing operations in the course of the first year does not equal the advance, the corresponding outstanding sum shall not be recoverable.

7. Before application of the Agreement, the Seychelles' authorities shall give notice of the arrangements for the payment of fees, and in particular the accounts and the currencies to be used. 8.

While they are engaged in fishing activities in the Seychelles fishing zone, vessels shall communicate to the Victoria radio station every three days their position and catches and, at the end of each trip, the result of their catches. Vessels shall take observers on board, at the request of the authorities of Seychelles. An observer must not be present for longer than the time required to make spot checks on the catches. Moreover, vessels may take on board, at the request of the Seychelles' authorities, Seychellois fishermen to carry out the role of observer over and above their seamen's duties; such member of the crew carrying out the duties of observer shall have access to the places and documents necessary for these purposes.

9. The Seychelles' authorities and the beneficiaries of the Agreement will lay down the conditions for using port equipment.

10. To avoid any adverse effect on small-scale fisheries in Seychelles, fishing by seiners shall not be authorized in the continental shelf area as defined by the 200-metre isobath or within the three-mile limit around the rafts placed by Seychelles. PROTOCOL

between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Seychelles Pursuant to Article 2 of the Agreement and for the period of application of this Protocol, which is limited to three years, authorizations to fish in the Seychelles fishing zone shall be granted to 27 ocean-going freezer tuna boats, although the number of such vessels fishing simultaneously may not exceed 18. In addition, and at the request of the Community, certain further authorizations may be granted for other categories of fishing vessel on terms to be established within the Joint Committee, up to an annual average of the equivalent of 1 000 gross register tons.

1. The Community shall contribute towards the financing of a scientific programme in Seychelles to gain greater knowledge of fish stocks concerning the region of the Indian Ocean surrounding the Seychelles islands, particularly in respect of highly migratory species. At the request of the Government of Seychelles, this contribution can go towards the cost of international meetings to improve both the aforesaid knowledge and the management of fishery resources.

2. For the first period of application of the Agreement, this contribution may not exceed 250 000 ECU. Pending the availability of more extensive knowledge in respect of the fishery resources of the Seychelles fishing zone, the financial contribution referred to in Article 6 of the Agreement shall be subject to the following rules: The amount of the contribution referred to in Article 6 of the Agreement shall be fixed at a first rate of at least 900 000 ECU for the duration of the Protocol, payable in three equal annual instalments. This amount shall cover the fishing activities referred to in Article 1 up to, in the case of tuna fishing, a catch weight in the Seychelles fishing zone of 6 000 tonnes of tuna fish per year; if the amount of tuna caught by Community vessels in the Seychelles fishing zone exceeds this quantity, the abovementioned amount shall be increased accordingly; however, irrespective of the amount actually caught, the ceiling for financial compensation shall be fixed at 3 000 000 ECU for the duration of the Protocol, payable in three equal annual instalments.