Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and the provisional application of the Protocol initialled on 20 March 2015 setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other hand

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Series Details (2015) 347 final (16.7.15)
Publication Date 16/07/2015
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The Commission on behalf of the Union negotiated with the Government of Denmark and Government of Greenland in view of renewing the Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union on the one hand and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other hand. Following these negotiations, a new Protocol was initialled on 20 March 2015. It covers a period of five years from the date of provisional application laid down in its Article 14 – i.e. from the date of its signature and from 1 January 2016 at the earliest.

The new Protocol is in line with the objectives of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement, strengthens the cooperation between the Union and Greenland and promotes a partnership framework in which to develop a sustainable fisheries policy and responsible exploitation of fishery resources in the Greenlandic fishing zone in the interest of both Parties. It grants fishing opportunities to Union vessels in the fishing zone of Greenland, in line with relevant conservation and management measures and within the limits of the available surplus.

The two Parties have agreed to cooperate to implement Greenlandic sectoral fisheries policy and to that end shall continue the policy dialogue on the relevant programming. The Commission proposes, on this basis, that the Council adopts this Decision.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2015)347: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:347:FIN
EUR-Lex: COM(2015)346: Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Protocol initialled on 20 March 2015 setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2015:346:FIN

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