EC/Guinea fisheries agreement: protocol for the period from 1st January 1996 to 31st December 1997

The Committee on Fisheries unanimously adopted the draft legislative resolution embodying the opinion of the European Parliament on the new financial instrument in the fisheries agreement with Guinea. The rapporteur, Mr MACARTNEY (ARE, UK), found the delay in consulting Parliament (once the agreement had been concluded and implemented) unacceptable, but confirmed his support for the proposal in question. He also called for an adequate monitoring procedure in the form of a Commission report assessing the implementation of the current protocol by the end of 1997 and well before its renewal was negotiated. This report should, inter alia, evaluate the use made of fishing rights obtained by Community vessels and how funds for specific support programmes granted to the third country concerned have been used.�