
Sole Article 

1. The European Community shall amend its single declaration of competence and voting rights submitted to the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean when acceding to this organisation, which shall be replaced by the declaration by the European Community on the exercise of competence and voting rights according to Article II(6) of the GFCM Agreement contained in the Annex hereto.
2. The President of the Council is hereby authorised to notify the amended declaration by the European Community to the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation.
Done at Brussels, 19 November 2004.
For the Council
The President
J. P. H. DONNER
ANNEX
This declaration specifies the competence of the European Community and of its Member States in matters covered by the Agreement establishing the GFCM.

1. 
For agenda items dealing with conservation and management of living marine resources, the European Community has exclusive competence and voting rights.

2. 
For agenda items dealing with organisational matters (legal and procedural issues), the Member States of the European Community have competence and voting rights.

3.  (a) For agenda items dealing with statistics and aquaculture, the competence is shared between the European Community and its Member States. The European Community has voting rights.
 (b) For agenda items dealing with research and development aid, the competence is shared between the European Community and its Member States. Member States have voting rights.
 (c) For agenda items dealing with consideration of reports and cooperation with other organisations, the competence is shared between the European Community and its Member States, in accordance with the same principles of distribution of competence as those set out in this declaration.
 (d) For agenda items dealing with budgetary issues, the competence is shared between the European Community and its Member States. The European Community has voting rights.
This declaration replaces the preceding declaration as of 1 December 2004 and applies to all GFCM meetings unless a specific statement is made by the European Community in respect of any meeting or agenda item.
Should the scope of the competence shared between the European Community and its Member States change, this declaration will be supplemented or modified.
