| Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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| Series Title | COM |
| Series Details | (2014) 189 final (01.04.14) |
| Publication Date | 01/04/2014 |
| Content Type | Policy-making |
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The Council authorised the European Commission to negotiate, on behalf of the European Union, the renewal of the Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement with the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. At the end of the negotiations a new draft protocol was initialled by the negotiators on 19 December 2013. The new Protocol covers a period of four years from the date of the provisional application laid down in Article 14, that being the date on which this new Protocol was signed. The main purpose of the Protocol to the Agreement is to grant fishing opportunities to European Union vessels in São Toméan waters, in compliance with the best scientific opinions available and the recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), within the limits of the available surplus. The Commission based itself in part on the results of an ex-post evaluation of the previous Protocol carried out by external experts. The aim is also to strengthen cooperation between the European Union and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe with a view to establishing a sustainable fisheries policy and sound exploitation of fisheries resources in the São Toméan fishing zone, in the interests of both parties. |
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| Source Link | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2014:189:FIN |
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| Subject Categories | Business and Industry |
| Countries / Regions | Africa, Europe |
