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EC/Kiribati Fisheries Partnership Agreement: fishing opportunities and financial contribution; EU/Kiribati Protocol from 16 September 2012 to 15 September 2015

2012/0229(NLE)

The Committee on Fisheries adopted the report by Isabella LÖVIN (Greens/EFA, SE) on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community, on the one hand, and the Republic of Kiribati, on the other.

It recommended the European Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol.

For reasons of legal transparency, it also called on the Commission to:

  • forward to Parliament the minutes and the conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Committee, as well as  the multiannual sectoral programme and the corresponding annual evaluations;
  • facilitate the participation of representatives of Parliament as observers in the meetings of the Joint Committee and to submit to Parliament and the Council, within the last year of application of the Protocol and before the opening of negotiations for its renewal, a full evaluation report on its implementation, without imposing unnecessary restrictions on access to this document.

Lastly, Members called on the Council and the Commission, acting within the limits of their respective powers, to keep Parliament immediately and fully informed at all stages of the procedures related to the new Protocol and its renewal, pursuant to the Articles of the TEU and the TFEU.