EC/Ivory Coast fisheries agreement: protocol for the period from 1st July 2000 to 30th June 2003

The committee adopted the report by Camilo NOGUEIRA ROMÁN (Greens/EFA, E) broadly approving the proposal subject to a few amendments (under the consultation procedure). The committee welcomed the changes envisaged by the new protocol, in particular the new emphasis on targeted measures. However, it introduced a number of new clauses stipulating that, before any agreement on renewal of the protocol, the Commission should submit to Parliament and Council a report, including a cost benefit analysis, on the implementation of the Agreement. Only after the report had been received and Parliament consulted would the Council authorise the Commission to enter into negotiations for adopting a new protocol. The committee also wanted the Commission to forward to Parliament and Council a copy of the report on the targeted measures which the Côte d'Ivoire authorities were obliged to provide in accordance with the Protocol. �