30.8.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 249/70

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having regard to the draft Council decision (15178/2011),

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having regard to the draft Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force (15179/2011),

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having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council, in accordance with Article 43(2) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7-0003/2012),

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having regard to Rules 81 and 90(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinions of the Committee on Development and the Committee on Budgets (A7-0017/2012),

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Consents to the conclusion of the Protocol to the Agreement;

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Calls on the Commission to forward to Parliament the minutes and the conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Committee provided for in Article 10 of the Agreement, as well as the annual programming provided for in Articles 3 and 9 of the new Protocol and the corresponding annual report; calls on the Commission to facilitate the participation of representatives of Parliament as observers in the meetings of the Joint Committee; calls on the Commission to submit to Parliament and to the Council, before the expiry of the new Protocol, an evaluation report on its implementation, without imposing unnecessary restrictions on access to that document;

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Calls on the Commission and the Council, in the context of their respective competences, to keep Parliament immediately and fully informed, at all stages of the procedures related to the new Protocol and its renewal, pursuant to Article 13(2) of the Treaty on European Union and Article 218(10) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republicof Guinea-Bissau.