Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of a Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco

On the basis of a mandate from the Council, the European Commission has conducted negotiations with the Kingdom of Morocco on the renewal for one year of the Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco of 22 May 2006.

Following those negotiations, a protocol renewing the preceding protocol was initialled on 25 February 2011. It covers the period from 28 February 2011 to 27 February 2012, the protocol in force having expired on 27 February 2011. This protocol is proposed for one year to give the EU the time necessary to assess the prospect of a future protocol of a longer duration.

EUR-Lex: COM(2011)313: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2011:313:FIN

European Commission: COM(2011)314: Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0314:FIN:EN:PDF

European Commission: COM(2011)310: Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0310:FIN:EN:PDF

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