Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement SIOFA

The Committee on Fisheries adopted a report drafted by Philippe MORILLON (ALDE, FR) and made one amendment to the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement. It changed the legal base to the second subparagraph of Article 300(3) from a reference to the first subparagraph. The committee requested and accepted advice form the Legal Affairs Committee that this was a case of the assent procedure rather than the consultation procedure, since a specific institutional framework was being laid down in the international agreement concerned (establishment of subsidiary bodies which will take important decisions).