EU/Senegal Fisheries Partnership Agreement: implementation of the Agreement. Protocol

PURPOSE: to conclude a Protocol on the implementation of the Agreement on a Sustainable Fisheries Partnership between the European Union and the Republic of Senegal.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act.

BACKGROUND: the Protocol on the implementation of the Agreement on a Sustainable Fisheries Partnership between the European Union and the Republic of Senegal was signed and should now be approved.

CONTENT: the draft Council Decision seeks approval, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol on the implementation of the Agreement on a Sustainable Fisheries Partnership between the European Union and the Republic of Senegal.

The objective of the Protocol is to enable the Union and the Republic of Senegal to work more closely together to promote a sustainable fisheries policy and sound exploitation of fishery resources in Senegalese waters and to support Senegal's efforts to develop its fisheries sector.

The Commission shall be authorised to approve, on behalf of the Union, the amendments to the Protocol to be adopted by the Joint Committee set up by the Agreement.