Proposal for a Council Regulation on the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau setting out fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force

On the basis of a mandate from the Council, the European Commission has conducted negotiations with the Republic of Guinea-Bissau with a view to renewing the Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. At the end of those negotiations, a new Protocol was initialled on 10 February 2012. The new protocol covers a period of three years from the date of its signature.

The Protocol provides for fishing opportunities in the following categories:
– 3 700 GRT for shrimp freezer trawlers
– 3 500 GRT for fin-fish/cephalopod freezer trawlers
– 28 tuna seiners / surface longliners
– 12 pole-and-line tuna vessels.

The method for allocating the fishing opportunities among the Member States should be defined.

The Commission proposes, on this basis, that the Council adopt this Regulation.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau setting out fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-council-decision-on-the-conclusion-of-the-protocol-agreed-between-the-european-union-and-the-republic-of-guinea-bissau-setting-out-fishing-opportunities-and-the-financial-contribution-p/

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Council Decision on the signature, on behalf of the European Union, and the provisional application of the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau setting out fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-council-decision-on-the-signature-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-and-the-provisional-application-of-the-protocol-agreed-between-the-european-union-and-the-republic-of-guinea-bissau-s-2/

EUR-Lex: COM(2012)262: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2012:262:FIN

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