PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ON SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA

THE EUROPEAN UNION,

hereinafter referred to as the “Union”, and

THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA,

hereinafter referred to as “Mauritania”,

hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Parties” and individually as the “Party”,

CONSIDERING the close working relationship between the Union and Mauritania, particularly in the context of the partnership agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (1), as last amended (hereinafter the “Cotonou Agreement”) or of the agreement between the Union and the African, Carribean and Pacfic States (hereinafter referred to as the “ACP countries”) that will succeed the Cotonou Agreement on the date of its provisional application or of its entry into force, and their mutual desire to intensify this relationship,

COMMITTED to strict compliance with international law and fundamental human rights while ensuring mutual benefits for the Parties concerned,

HAVING REGARD TO the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) concluded in Montego Bay in 1982,

AWARE of the importance of the principles laid down by the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries adopted at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Conference in 1995,

RECOGNISING the importance of the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (hereinafter referred to as “IUU fishing”), and intending to take all the necessary measures to implement it effectively,

DETERMINED to apply the decisions and recommendations adopted by the relevant regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) of which the Parties are members,

AIMING, to these ends, to take into account available and relevant scientific advice and relevant management plans adopted by the RFMOs concerned so as to ensure the environmental sustainability of fishing activities and to promote ocean governance internationally,

RESOLVED, for these purposes, to set up a dialogue on matters such as fisheries governance, the fight against IUU fishing and the control, monitoring and surveillance of fishing activities;

AIMING for access to the fishing zone to be commensurate with the activity of Union vessels and for them to obtain an appropriate share of surplus fishery resources, under the same technical fishing conditions that apply to all fleets,

CONVINCED that the partnership must be based on measures which, whether taken jointly or separately by each of the Parties, are complementary and ensure consistency and synergy of effort,

DECIDED, within the framework of Mauritania’s sectoral fisheries policy, to promote the partnership with a view, in particular, to identifying the most appropriate means of ensuring that this policy is effectively implemented and that economic operators and civil society are involved in the process,

AIMING to lay down the terms and conditions for access to the fishing zone by Union vessels, taking into account the fishing capacity of the fleets operating in the fishing zone, while paying special attention to the straddling and highly migratory nature of certain species,

AWARE of the role played by the sea fisheries sector and related industries in the economic and social development of Mauritania and in various regions of the Union,

RESOLVED to pursue closer economic and social cooperation with a view to establishing and strengthening sustainable fisheries and contributing to improved ocean governance, including by developing investments in line with Mauritania’s development objectives and involving enterprises of the Parties;

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

GENERAL PROVISIONS

GENERAL COMMITMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS

INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

FINAL PROVISIONS

Съставено в Брюксел на петнадесети ноември две хиляди двадесет и първа година.

Hecho en Bruselas, el quince de noviembre de dos mil veintiuno.

V Bruselu dne patnáctého listopadu dva tisíce dvacet jedna.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den femtende november to tusind og enogtyve.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am fünfzehnten November zweitausendeinundzwanzig.

Kahe tuhande kahekümne esimese aasta novembrikuu viieteistkümnendal päeval Brüsselis.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις δέκα πέντε Νοεμβρίου δύο χιλιάδες είκοσι ένα.

Done at Brussels on the fifteenth day of November in the year two thousand and twenty one.

Fait à Bruxelles, le quinze novembre deux mille vingt et un.

Sastavljeno u Bruxellesu petnaestog studenoga godine dvije tisuće dvadeset prve.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì quindici novembre duemilaventuno.

Briselē, divi tūkstoši divdesmit pirmā gada piecpadsmitajā novembrī.

Priimta du tūkstančiai dvidešimt pirmų metų lapkričio penkioliktą dieną Briuselyje.

Kelt Brüsszelben, a kétezer-huszonegyedik év november havának tizenötödik napján.

Magħmul fi Brussell, fil-ħmistax-il jum ta’ Novembru fis-sena elfejn u wieħed u għoxrin.

Gedaan te Brussel, vijftien november tweeduizend eenentwintig.

Sporządzono w Brukseli dnia piętnastego listopada roku dwa tysiące dwudziestego pierwszego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em quinze de novembro de dois mil e vinte e um.

Întocmit la Bruxelles la cincisprezece noiembrie două mii douăzeci și unu.

V Bruseli pätnásteho novembra dvetisícdvadsaťjeden.

V Bruslju, dne petnajstega novembra leta dva tisoč enaindvajset.

Tehty Brysselissä viidentenätoista päivänä marraskuuta vuonna kaksituhattakaksikymmentäyksi.

Som skedde i Bryssel den femtonde november år tjugohundratjugoett.

حرر في بروكسل، يوم 15 نوفمبر2021