WRITTEN QUESTION No. 49/98 by Jesús CABEZÓN ALONSO to the Commission. Implementation of the Guatemalan peace agreements
Date: 1998-01-29
Institutions: CABEZON ALONSO, European Parliament
Subjects: Guatemala, development aid, economic cooperation, financial cooperation, humanitarian aid, institutional cooperation, international agreement, peacekeeping, support policy

C 196/112

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22. 6. 98

Should the measure go ahead, what will the political, economic and commercial effects on EU relations with the
Kingdom of Morocco, and in particular, what legal and financial consequences will there be as far as the fisheries
agreement is concerned?

Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission

(12 February 1998)

The  Community  has  always  accorded  the  greatest  importance  to  conservation  and  rational  management  of
fishery resources. The Agreement with Morocco involves a commitment by the Community to apply, in concert
with  its  partner,  a  policy  safeguarding  the  long-term  viability  of  the  sector,  in  particular  of  the  cephalopod
fishery, which is of recognised importance to the fleets of both parties.

The Commission considers that a biological rest period is only one of a range of protective measures for this
resource. It is not opposed to the basic idea of doubling the rest period specified in the Agreement.

Such a measure must however be set within the context of implementation of the conservation measures to which
Morocco  has  committed  itself.  These  must,  in  the  interests  of  both  parties,  extend  to  both  its  industrial  and
non-industrial  fleets  fishing  cephalopods.  This  was  the  position  defended  by  the  Community  when  the  Joint
Committee met on 3 and 4 December 1997.

As  regards  Morocco(cid:146)s  unilateral  extension  of  the  biological  rest  period,  the  Commission,  in  line  with  the
declaration on fisheries relations with Morocco adopted by the Council on 18 December 1997, is pressing on
with its efforts to secure compliance with the undertakings entered into.

(98/C 196/156)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0048/98

by Jesu·s Cabezo·n Alonso (PSE) to the Commission

(29 January 1998)

Subject: Aid for the peace process in Guatemala

In the year that has elapsed since the signing of the peace agreements between the Guatemalan Government and
the  U.R.N.G.,  how  much  aid  has  the  European  Union  contributed  towards  the  implementation  of  these
agreements?

Is EU aid dependent on certain provisions of the peace agreements being fulfilled?

(98/C 196/157)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0049/98

by Jesu·s Cabezo·n Alonso (PSE) to the Commission

(29 January 1998)

Subject: Implementation of the Guatemalan peace agreements

A year on from the signing of the Guatemalan peace agreements, has the Commission assessed to what extent the
provisions of these agreements have been complied with?

If so, with what results? What conclusions has the Commission drawn?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-0048/98 and E-0049/98
given by Mr Mar(cid:14)·n on behalf of the Commission

(18 February 1998)

Through its office in Guatemala the Commission, throughout 1997, closely monitored the implementation by the
Guatemalan Government of the undertakings in the part agreements. Its assessment largely agrees with the recent
(23 December 1997) one by the Heads of Mission tasked with monitoring the peace process in Guatemala.