European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles (COM(2005)0421 - C6-0321/2005 - 2005/0173(CNS))
Date: 2005-12-15
Institutions: Committee on Fisheries, European Parliament
Subjects: Seychelles, agreement (EU), deep-sea fishing, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing rights, protocol to an agreement

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P6_TA(2005)0521

Protocol to the EEC-Seychelles fishing agreement *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclu-
sion of the Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011, the
fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles (COM
(2005)0421 — C6-0321/2005 — 2005/0173(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation (COM(2005)0421) (1),

— having regard to Article 37 and Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council

consulted Parliament (C6-0321/2005)),

— having regard to Rules 51 and 83(7) 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 (A6-0385/2005),

Approves the proposal for a Council regulation as amended and approves conclusion of the agree-

1.
ment;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission, and the governments

2.
and parliaments of the Member States and the Republic of Seychelles.

TEXT PROPOSED BY
THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
Recital 2

(2) As a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol defining
for the period 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011 the fishing
opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in that
Agreement was initialled on 23 September 2004.

(2) As a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol defining
for the period 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011 the fishing
opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in that
Agreement was initialled on 23 September 2004. The proposal
for a regulation on the conclusion of the new Protocol was
submitted to the European Parliament on 14 October 2005,
i.e. 14 days after the deadline for the first payment.

Amendment 2
Recital 4a (new)

(4a) The EC financial contribution should also be used for
the development of coastal populations living on fisheries.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 3
Article 3a (new)

Article 3a

During the fourth year of the Protocol's implementation and
also at the end of its validity, before another agreement is
concluded on its renewal, the Commission shall submit to the
European Parliament and the Council a report on the appli-
cation of the agreement and the conditions under which it
was implemented. That report shall also include a cost-benefit
analysis.

Amendment 4
Article 3b (new)

Article 3b

On the basis of the report referred to in Article 3a and after
consulting the European Parliament, the Council shall, where
appropriate, grant the Commission a negotiating mandate
with a view to the adoption of a new protocol.

Amendment 5
Article 3c (new)

Article 3c

The Commission shall report annually to the European Parlia-
ment and the Council on the results of the Seychelles' multi-
annual sectoral programme described in Article 7 of the Proto-
col.

Amendment 6
Article 3d (new)

Article 3d

The Commission shall forward to the European Parliament
the reports on the targeted
and the Council a copy of
measures to promote responsible and sustainable fishing
which the authorities of Seychelles have provided on the
basis of the provisions of the Protocol.

P6_TA(2005)0522

Common fisheries policy and the Law of the Sea *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing
Community financial measures for the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and in the
area of the Law of the Sea (COM(2005)0117 — C6-0131/2005 — 2005/0045(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0117) (1),

— having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0131/2005),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.