A4-0093/95

Proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal for the period 2 October to 1 October 1996 (COM(94)0514 - C4-0019/95 - 94/0269(CNS))

The proposal was approved with the following amendments:

(Amendment 1)

Recital 2a (new)

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Whereas, in accordance with the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 October 1993 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure1, expenditure relating to this Protocol is non-compulsory;

1 OJ C 331, 7.12.1993, p. 1.

(Amendment 2)

Recital 3a (new)

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Whereas it is essential to improve the information supplied to the European Parliament; whereas the Commission should therefore draw up an annual report of the state of implementation of the agreement, to be submitted to the budgetary authority before 1 May;

(Amendment 3)

Recital 3b (new)

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Whereas the European Union should include in the total funding paid a greater requirement to invest in modernization of non-industrial local fishing infrastructures;

(Amendment 4)

Article 2a (new)

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During the last year in which this Protocol is in force and prior to entering into any agreement for its renewal, the Commission shall submit to the Council and the European Parliament a report on the implementation and conditions of application of the Agreement.

(Amendment 5)

Article 2b (new)

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On the basis of the above report, and following consultation with the European Parliament, the Council shall mandate the Commission to negotiate the protocols relating to the implementation of this Agreement.

(Amendment 6)

Article 2c (new)

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Before initiating negotiations on any renewal agreement, the Commission shall submit to the Council and the European Parliament a study exploring the possibility of including in the total funding paid a greater requirement to invest in the modernization of non-industrial local fishing infrastructures.

(Amendment 7)

Article 2d (new)

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The ECU 200 000 of aid to non-industrial fishing shall be preferentially allocated to fisheries infrastructures: supplying fishing equipment, running a socio-economic monitoring centre, setting up a fund for local research programmes and supporting a medical and social programme.

Legislative resolution embodying the opinion of the European Parliament on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal for the period 2 October 1994 to 1 October 1996 (COM(94)0514 - C4-0019/95 - 94/0269(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(94)0514 - 94/0269(CNS),

- having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Articles 43 and 228(2), first sentence and (3), first indent of the EC Treaty (C4-0019/95),

- having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Development and Cooperation (A4-0093/95),

1. Approves the Commission proposal subject to Parliament's amendments;

2. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

3. Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the Commission proposal;

4. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission.