Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between Senegal and the European Union

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Series Details COM (2019) 473
Publication Date 17/10/2019
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Proposal for a Council Decision put forward by the European Commission on 17 October 2019 concerning the conclusion of a Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Senegal.

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The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between Senegal and the European Union entered into force on 20 November 2014 and has since been renewed automatically. The existing Protocol was due to expire on 19 November 2019.

An ex-post evaluation was carried out by the Commission in 2019 on that Protocol as well as an ex-ante evaluation of a potential renewal of the Protocol. The assessment concluded that the EU fishing sectors were firmly interested in fishing in Senegal and that a renewal of the Protocol would help strengthen monitoring, control and surveillance and would contribute to improved governance of the fisheries in the region. As a result, the Commission undertook negotiations with the Senegalese government with a view to concluding a new Protocol to the Agreement. Following these negotiations, the new Protocol was initialled on 19 July 2019.

On 17 October 2019, the Commission presented proposals for Council Decisions on the signing and conclusion of the Protocol. The Commission also proposed a Regulation setting out the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Protocol.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2019)280: Recommendation for a Decision authorising the Commission to open negotiations for the conclusion of a Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement with Senegal https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2019:280:FIN
EUR-Lex: COM(2019)474: Proposal for a Regulation on the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between Senegal and the European Union https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2019:474:FIN
EUR-Lex: COM(2019)475: Proposal for a Decision on the signing and provisional application of the Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between Senegal and the European Union https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2019:475:FIN
EUR-Lex: SWD(2019)207: Evaluation [in French] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2019:207:FIN
EUR-Lex: SWD(2019)208: Summary of the evaluation [in French] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2019:208:FIN
European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on EU/Senegal Fisheries Partnership Agreement: implementation of the Agreement (Protocol) https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?reference=2019/0226(NLE)

Commentary and Analysis
EPRS: At a Glance, November 2020: EU fisheries agreement with Senegal https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_ATA(2020)659323

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