WRITTEN QUESTION E-0142/03 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE-DE) to the Commission. EU-Guinea international fisheries agreement and development cooperation.
Date: 2003-01-28
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Guinea, agreement (EU), cooperation policy, financial compensation of an agreement, fisheries policy, fishing agreement, fishing fleet, fishing licence, fishing rights, fishing vessel

C 161 E/182

Official Journal of the European Union

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10.7.2003

(2003/C 161 E/187)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0139/03

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

(28 January 2003)

Subject: EU-Gabon international fisheries agreement and development cooperation

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

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

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

(7 March 2003)

1.
Article 2 of the current Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement between the Community and the
Gabonese Republic (1) fixes the level of financial compensation at EUR 1 262 500 per year. Out of this
amount, the Protocol foresees EUR 883 750/year for the measures in support of the Gabonese fisheries
sector specified in Article 3 of the Protocol.

The financial compensation of EUR 1 262 500 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 for the trawlers is EUR 168 per gross registered ton per vessel per year. Fees for half-year
licences shall be 3 % higher and fees for quarterly licences 5 % higher.

The licence fees are EUR 25 per tonne of tuna caught within Gabonese waters. The licences are delivered
after advance payments of EUR 2 600 for tuna seiners and EUR 1 100 for surface longliners.

(1) OJ L 89, 5.4.2002.

(2003/C 161 E/188)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0142/03

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

(28 January 2003)

Subject: EU-Guinea international fisheries agreement and development cooperation

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

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

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?

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Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(7 March 2003)

Article 2 of the Protocol now in force to the Fisheries Agreement between the EEC and the Republic

1.
of Guinea (1) fixes the financial contribution at EUR 2 960 000 per year.

Part of that sum, EUR 1 360 000, is earmarked for financing targeted measures for the development of the
Guinean fisheries sector, provided for in Article 4 of the Protocol.

In addition to that amount,
the Community has undertaken to make a financial contribution of
EUR 370 000 at the end of each year to the cost of management and control activities, providing a number
of mutually agreed conditions are fulfilled.

The financial contribution of EUR 2 960 000 is the amount paid in exchange for fishing rights for the

2.
Community fleet.

3.

The fees paid by shipowners, set out in the Annex to the Protocol, are as follows:

Fin-fish trawlers

Cephalopod trawlers

Shrimp boats

For annual
licences

160

174

176

(EUR/gross register tonnage)

Trawlers

For six-month
licences

82

89

90

For three-month
licences

43

45

46

Tuna vessels and surface longliners:

(cid:1) The annual fee is EUR 25 per tonne caught within the Republic of Guinea’s fishing zone.

(cid:1) Licences are issued following payment to the Public Treasury of an annual advance of EUR 2 250 for
each tuna seiner, EUR 375 for each pole-and-line tuna vessel, EUR 875 for each surface longliner of
more than 150 grt and EUR 625 for each surface longliner of 150 grt or less, equivalent to the fees
for:

(cid:1) 90 tonnes of tuna caught per year in the case of seiners;

(cid:1) 15 tonnes caught per year in the case of pole-and-line tuna vessels;

(cid:1) 35 tonnes caught per year in the case of surface longliners of more than 150 grt;

(cid:1) 25 tonnes caught per year in the case of surface longliners of 150 grt or less.

(1) OJ L 250, 5.10.2000.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0147/03

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

(28 January 2003)

Subject: EU-Faeroe Islands international fisheries agreement and development cooperation

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

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

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?