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This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 14 December 1987. AGREEMENT between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on fishing off the coast of Mauritania THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Community’, and THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Mauritania’, CONSIDERING the spirit of cooperation resulting from the Lomé Convention and the good relations between the Community and Mauritania; CONSIDERING Mauritania's willingness to promote the rational management of its fishery resources by means of closer cooperation links; RECALLING that, in particular in respect of sea fishing, Mauritania exercises its sovereignty or jurisdiction over a zone extending up to 200 nautical miles from its coast; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the fact that both Parties have signed 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 purposes of exploring, exploiting, conserving and managing the living resources thereof must be in accordance with the principles of international law; AWARE OF the significance of the fisheries sector for the overall balance of the Mauritanian economy in view of Mauritania's new fisheries policy; DETERMINED to conduct their relations in a spirit of mutual trust and respect for each other's interests in the sea fishing sector; DESIROUS of establishing the terms and conditions governing fishing activities of common interest to both parties, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

The Parties undertake to concert action, either directly or within international organizations, to ensure the management and conservation of the living resources of the Central East Atlantic, and to facilitate the relevant scientific research.