EC/Madagascar fisheries agreement: protocol for the period from 21 May 1998 to 20 May 2001

Adopting the report by Mr Pat the Cope GALLAGHER (UPE, Irl.), the European Parliament approved the fifth EC-Madagascar fisheries protocol. Parliament asked the Commission to submit a report during the final year of validity of the protocol, and before any negotiations on renewing it begin, on the application and procedure for implementing the agreement, in particular on the situation as regards fishery resources, the financial aspects and the effect on local fisheries. It also suggested that, prior to the conclusion of a new protocol, the Commission should inform the European Parliament on the progress of the negotiations for renewal, so that Parliament can adopt recommendations on the basis of the Commission's final report so that they can be taken into account in the negotiations under way.�