EU/São Tomé and Príncipe Fisheries Partnership Agreement: fishing opportunities and financial contribution from 23 May 2014 to 22 May 2018. Protocol

The European Parliament adopted by 566 votes to 43, with 68 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.

The European Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol.

However, it called on the Commission and Council to keep it immediately and fully informed at all stages of the procedures relating to the protocol and its renewal.

The Commission is called to forward to the Parliament the following:

• a multiannual sectoral programme, the results of the corresponding annual evaluations, the minutes and the conclusions of the meetings;
• a full report on its implementation of the Protocol, without unnecessary restrictions on document access.