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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 November 1987. AGREEMENT between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community’, and THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Angola’, CONSIDERING the good cooperation relations which exist between the Community and Angola and the spirit of cooperation resulting from the Lomé Convention; CONSIDERING the determination of Angola to promote the rational exploitation of its fishery resources; CONSIDERING THAT, in particular in respect of sea fishing, Angola exercises its sovereignty or jurisdiction over a zone extending up to 200 nautical miles from its coast; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the signature by both Parties of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;

AFFIRMING that the exercise by coastal States of their sovereign rights in the waters within their jurisdiction for the purpose of exploring, exploiting, conserving and managing the living resources thereof must be in accordance with the principles of international law; DESIROUS of establishing their relations in a spirit of mutual trust and reciprocal advantage, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

1. The Community undertakes to take all appropriate steps to ensure that its vessels observe the provisions of this Agreement and Angola's laws and regulations relating to fishing in Angola's fishing zone consistent with the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and other rules of international law.

2. Angola shall notify the Community of any changes it proposes to make to the said laws and regulations.

3. The measures taken by Angolan authorities to regulate fisheries for the purpose of conservation shall be based on objective and scientific criteria and shall apply equally to Community and other third country vessels within prejudice to special agreements concluded between developing States within the same geographical area, in particular reciprocal fishing agreements.