WRITTEN QUESTION E-0146/03 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE-DE) to the Commission. EU-Seychelles international fisheries agreement and development cooperation.
Date: 2003-01-28
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Seychelles, cooperation policy, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing industry, fishing licence

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Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(6 March 2003)

1.
The fisheries relations between the Community and Greenland are governed by a Fisheries
Agreement (1) that entered into force on 1 February 1985, at the same time as the entry into force of the
Treaty of withdrawal, or ‘Greenland Treaty’ (1). Drawing upon the principles of the Greenland Treaty,
which emphasises co-operation and development, the Fisheries Agreement is not confined to fisheries
matters but that is also intended to support the development of Greenland.

Article 11 of the current Protocol to the fisheries agreement between the Community and Greenland (2)
fixes the level of financial compensation at EUR 42 820 000 per year. The Protocol does not make a clear
distinction between the amount due for obtaining catch quotas in Greenland waters and the amount
intended to cover co-operation and development.

It is the Community’s view that for the sake of transparency, the financial compensation should in
into a fisheries component and a cooperation and development component.
the review process aiming at achieving this financial

2.
the future be split
Negotiations will continue in 2003 under
transparency.

There are no licence fees for vessels fishing under the Protocol to the fisheries agreement with

3.
Greenland.

(1) OJ L 29, 1.2.1985.
(2) OJ L 209, 2.8.2001.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0146/03

by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(28 January 2003)

Subject: EU-Seychelles international fisheries agreement and development cooperation

In the context of the current EU-Seychelles international fisheries agreement, can the Commission indicate:

1. how much the EU has earmarked for the development of the fisheries sector on the Seychelles?

2. how much the EU pays by way of a financial contribution in exchange for fishing rights for the

Community fleet?

3. how much Community shipowners have to pay in fees for fishing licences and fishing rights?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(6 March 2003)

Article 2 of the current Protocol to the fisheries agreement between the Community and the Republic
1.
of Seychelles (1)
this,
EUR 1 160 000 is used for the measures in support of the Seychelles fisheries sector specified in Article 3
of the Protocol.

financial compensation at EUR 3 460 000 per year. Of

the level of

fixes

The financial compensation of EUR 3 460, 000 per year represents the amount that is paid in

2.
exchange for the fishing opportunities made available to the Community fleet.

3.
The amounts paid by the vessel owners are fixed in the Annex to the Protocol. The licence fees are
EUR 25 per tonne of tuna caught within Seychelles waters. The licences are delivered after advance
payments of EUR 10 000 for tuna seiners, EUR 2 000 for surface longliners of more than 150 gross
registered tonnage (GRT) and EUR 1 500 for surface longliners of 150 GRT or less. The amounts of the

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advances are deducted from the total amount due on the basis of the catches during the preceding year,
but if the amount due is less than the advance the balance is not recoverable.

(1) OJ L 134, 22.5.2002.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0151/03

by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(28 January 2003)

Subject: EU-Mozambique international fisheries agreement and development cooperation

In the context of the current EU-Mozambique international fisheries agreement, can the Commission
indicate:

1. how much the EU has earmarked for the development of the fisheries sector in Mozambique?

2. how much the EU pays by way of a financial contribution in exchange for fishing rights for the

Community fleet?

3. how much Community shipowners have to pay in fees for fishing licences and fishing rights?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(6 March 2003)

fisheries agreement Community/Mozambique,

The previous
signed in 1988, was denounced by
Mozambique in 1993, and therefore there is currently no fisheries agreement in force. However, on the
21 October 2002, the Community and Mozambique have initialled a new agreement, which will come
into force in 2003, after the completion of the necessary approval procedures. The associated protocol and
annexes will come into force on the 1 January 2004.

The elements hereafter refer to the new agreement.

1. Article 2 of the first Protocol to the new fisheries agreement between the Community and the
Republic of Mozambique (1) fixes the level of financial contribution at EUR 4 090 000 per year. The
entire financial compensation will be devoted to the measures in support of the Mozambican fisheries
sector specified in Article 3 of the Protocol.

2. The financial contribution of EUR 4 090 000 per year represents the amount that is paid in exchange

for the fishing opportunities made available to the Community fleet.

3. The amounts paid by the vessel owners are fixed in points 2 and 4 of the annex to the Protocol.

For the deep-water shrimp fishery, the licence fees to be paid by the shipowners amount to EUR 600 per
tonne of shrimp quota, within the maximum allowable quota of 1 000 tonnes of deep-water shrimp
attributed to the Community.

the licence fees are EUR 25 per tonne of

For the tuna fishery,
tuna caught within the waters of
Mozambique. The licences are delivered after advance payments of EUR 3 000 for tuna seiners and of
EUR 1 500 for surface longliners. The amount of the advances are deducted from the total amount due on
the basis of the catches during the preceding year, but if the amount due is less than the advance the
balance is not recoverable.

(1) To be published.