EU/São Tomé and Príncipe Fisheries Partnership Agreement: fishing opportunities and financial contribution from 13 May 2011 to 12 May 2014. Protocol

The Committee on Fisheries adopted the recommendation by Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS (S&D, PT) in which it calls on the European Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion of the protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.

In the interests of transparency, Members ask to be better informed about the work carried out by the Joint Committee. In this regard, they request that the Commission send them the conclusions of the meetings and activities of the Joint Committee provided for in the Agreement, as well as the multiannual sectoral programme provided for in the Protocol and the corresponding annual evaluations.

Members also call on the Commission to facilitate the participation of representatives of Parliament as observers in the meetings of the Joint Committee. The Commission is called upon to submit to Parliament and the Council, during the final year of application of the Protocol and before the opening of negotiations for its renewal, a full report on its implementation, without unnecessary restrictions on access to this document.

Lastly, Members call on the Commission and Council, in the context of their respective powers, to keep Parliament immediately and fully informed at all stages of the procedures relating to the Protocol and to renewal thereof.