EC/Guinea fisheries agreement: protocol for the period from 1st January 1998 to 31 December 1999

In adopting the report by Mr José GIRAO PEREIRA (UPE, P), the European Parliament approved the conclusion of the protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and financial compensation concerning fishing off the Guinean coast for the period 1 January 1998 to 31 December 1999. However, it calls for the payment of financial compensation to be tied to the forwarding of an annual report on measures implemented with regard to scientific and technical research programmes and fishery monitoring and surveillance activities off the Guinean coast. Parliament also recommends that in the course of the last year of the protocol's application (and before the start of negotiations on its renewal), the Commission shall submit to the Council and European Parliament a report assessing the implementation of the EC-Guinea fisheries agreement.�