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Document 52008AP0085
EC-Guinea-Bissau Fisheries Partnership Agreement#European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2008 on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (COM(2007)0580 - C6-0391/2007 - 2007/0209(CNS))
EC-Guinea-Bissau Fisheries Partnership Agreement
European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2008 on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (COM(2007)0580 - C6-0391/2007 - 2007/0209(CNS))
EC-Guinea-Bissau Fisheries Partnership Agreement
European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2008 on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (COM(2007)0580 - C6-0391/2007 - 2007/0209(CNS))
SL C 66E, 20.3.2009, p. 93–94
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
20.3.2009 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 66/93 |
EC-Guinea-Bissau Fisheries Partnership Agreement *
P6_TA(2008)0085
European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2008 on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (COM(2007)0580 — C6-0391/2007 — 2007/0209(CNS))
(2009/C 66 E/29)
(Consultation procedure)
The European Parliament,
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having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation (COM(2007)0580), |
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having regard to Article 37 and Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0391/2007), |
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having regard to Rules 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinions of the Committee on Development and the Committee on Budgets (A6-0053/2008), |
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Approves the proposal for a Council regulation as amended and approves the conclusion of the Agreement; |
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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission, and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. |
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It is important to improve the information provided to the European Parliament. To this end, the Commission should forward the conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Committee referred to in Article 10 of the Agreement. |
The Commission shall evaluate each year whether the Member States whose vessels operate under the Protocol have complied with reporting requirements. Where they have not so complied, the Commission shall withhold their requests for fishing licences for the following year.
Article 3a
The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and the Council on the results of the multiannual sectoral programme described in Article 8 of the Protocol as well as on compliance by the Member States with reporting requirements.
Article 3b
During the final year of the term of the Protocol and before another agreement is concluded for its renewal, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the application of the Agreement and the conditions under which it was implemented.
Article 3c
On the basis of the report referred to in Article 3b and after consulting the European Parliament, the Council shall, where appropriate, grant the Commission a negotiating mandate with a view to the adoption of a new protocol.
Article 3d
The Commission shall forward to the European Parliament the conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Committee referred to in Article 10 of the Agreement.