EC/Cape Verde fisheries agreement: protocol for the period from 1st July 2001 to 30 June 2004

The committee adopted the report by Carlos LAGE (PES, P) approving the proposal under the consultation procedure subject to a few amendments. In view of the financial and social importance of targeted measures, which had been given a new emphasis under the Protocol, the committee wanted the Commission to forward to Parliament and the Council the annual report on targeted measures which the Cape Verde authorities were now required to provide. Moreover, before the start of negotiations to renew the Protocol, the committee wanted the Commission to submit to Parliament and the Council a report on the implementation of the Agreement, including a cost benefit analysis. Lastly, the committee wanted to introduce a new article obliging Member States whose vessels used the Cape Verde fishing zone under the Protocol to notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock taken in that zone, so as to achieve a more realistic picture of the actual catches of the EU fishing fleet. �