WRITTEN QUESTION E-3444/00 by Carmen Fraga Estévez (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Fourth fisheries protocol with Greenland and increase in financial compensation.
Date: 2000-11-07
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Greenland, agreement (EU), financial equalisation, fishing agreement, fishing rights, protocol to an agreement

6.6.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 163 E/119

catch possibilities offered by Greenland and the other part intended for development cooperation. The
Council(cid:146)s negotiating mandate established the need to differentiate these two headings, since it
is
considered that the financial compensation is overestimated in respect of the real catch possibilities
offered; this differentiation is included in a joint statement of conclusions but is not referred to in the
agreement text as such, as should have been called for under the Council mandate.

is not compatible with the guidelines of

In view of the above, can the Commission explain the reasons which have led it to sign a protocol whose
text
the other agreements
and protocols signed differentiate clearly between financial compensation for catch possibilities and the
(duly broken down) sums paid under such headings as cooperation?

the mandate, given also that

(2001/C 163 E/132)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3444/00

by Carmen Fraga EstØvez (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(7 November 2000)

Subject: Fourth fisheries protocol with Greenland and increase in financial compensation

Article 11 of the fourth fisheries protocol with Greenland, signed by the Commission on 13 September
2000, establishes a financial compensation to be paid by the Community to the sum of € 42 820 000, that
is, € 5 120 000 more than under the previous protocol. As has been clearly recognised by the Council, the
the real catch
financial compensation for Greenland is considerably overestimated in the light of
possibilities offered. The text of
the financial
compensation.

includes no other heading set against

the protocol

In view of the above, can the Commission explain the basis for this increase in the financial compensation
payable to Greenland by € 5 120 000?

(2001/C 163 E/133)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3445/00

by Carmen Fraga EstØvez (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(7 November 2000)

Subject: Fourth fisheries protocol with Greenland and catch figures for the Community fleet

Following the signature on 13 September 2000 of the fourth fisheries protocol with Greenland, can the
Commission provide catch figures in respect of the Community fleet under the fisheries agreement with
Greenland for the period since 1995, broken down by year, species caught and Member State?

(2001/C 163 E/134)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3446/00

by Carmen Fraga EstØvez (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(7 November 2000)

Subject: Fourth fisheries protocol with Greenland and cooperation aid

in the joint statement of conclusions subscribed to by Greenland and the Commission following the
signature on 13 September 2000 of the fourth fisheries protocol with Greenland, it is stated that of the
the amount of
total sum of € 42 820 000 payable by the Community in financial compensation,
€ 14 820 000 corresponds to cooperation aid for Greenland.

Can the Commission explain how it has come about that the text of this protocol contains not a single
mention of the purposes for which this sum of € 14 820 000 is intended, nor any indication of how
Greenland is to prove the proper use of Community funds to the EU?