Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Protocol between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement in force between the two Parties

On the basis of a mandate from the Council, the European Commission has opened negotiations with the Kingdom of Morocco on the renewal of the Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco. At the end of these negotiations a draft of the new Protocol was initialled by the negotiators on 24 July 2013. The new protocol covers a period of four years from its entry into force.

The main aim of the Protocol to the Agreement is to provide fishing opportunities for vessels from the European Union in the waters of the Kingdom of Morocco within the limits of the surplus available. The Commission based itself in part on the results of an ex-post evaluation carried out by external experts.

The general aim is to strengthen the cooperation between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, thereby creating a partnership framework within which to develop a policy of sustainable fisheries and sound exploitation of fishery resources in the Moroccan fishing zone, in the interests of both parties.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2013)648: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:648:FIN

ESO: Background information: European Commission initials a 4-year Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement with Morocco http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-european-commission-initials-a-4-year-protocol-to-the-fisheries-partnership-agreement-with-morocco/

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)649: Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement in force between the two Parties http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2013:649:FIN

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)649: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:649:FIN

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)650: Proposal for a Council Regulation on the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two Parties currently in force http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2013:650:FIN

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)650: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:650:FIN

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