EC/Cape Verde Fisheries Partnership Agreement

 The committee adopted the report by Duarte FREITAS (EPP-ED, PT) approving the conclusion of the fisheries partnership agreement between the EC and Cape Verde, subject to just three amendments under the consultation procedure:

- during the final year of the Protocol and before any new agreement or any extension of the current agreement, the Commission should submit to Parliament and Council a report on the application of the agreement and the conditions under which it was implemented;

- the Commission should evaluate each year whether Member States whose vessels operate under the Protocol have complied with reporting requirements;

- the Commission should report annually to Parliament and Council on the results of the multiannual sectoral programme described in Article 7 of the Protocol.