Proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Madagascar
Date: 2007-01-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Madagascar, common fisheries policy, fishing agreement, ratification of an agreement

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 25.1.2007 
COM(2007) 15 final 

2007/0006 (CNS) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European 
Community and the Republic of Madagascar 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

The Community and the Republic of Madagascar negotiated and initialled, on 21 June 2006, a 
Fisheries  Partnership  Agreement  which  provides  Community  fishermen  with  fishing 
opportunities  in  Madagascar’s  fishing  zone.  This  Partnership  Agreement,  accompanied  by  a 
Protocol and the Annex thereto, was signed for a period of six years from its entry into force 
and is renewable. On the date of its entry into force, this Agreement repeals and replaces the 
Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Madagascar on fishing off 
the coast of Madagascar which entered into force on 28 January 1986. 

The  Protocol  and  the  Annex  thereto  setting  out  the  technical  and  financial  conditions 
governing the fishing activities of European Community vessels were signed for a period of 
six  years  from  1  January  2007.  Pending  the  entry  into  force  of  the  new  Agreement,  this 
Protocol and the Annex thereto will enter into force on the date on which the Parties notify 
each  other  of  the  completion  of  the  procedures  necessary  for  that  purpose.  They  will  apply 
with effect from 1 January 2007. 

The main objective of the new Partnership Agreement is to  strengthen cooperation between 
the  European  Community  and  the  Republic  of  Madagascar,  thereby  creating  a  partnership 
framework  within  which  to  develop  a  sustainable  fisheries  policy  and  sound  exploitation  of 
fisheries  resources  in  Madagascar’s  fishing  zone,  in  the  interests  of  both  Parties.  The 
Commission’s negotiating position was based in part on the results of an ex-post and ex-ante 
evaluation carried out by independent experts. 

The  two  Parties  are  taking  part  in  a  political  dialogue  on  topics  of  mutual  interest  in  the 
fisheries  sector.  In  the  Partnership  Agreement,  the  current  priorities  of  national  fisheries 
policy  in  Madagascar  will  allow  the  identification  by  mutual  agreement  between  the  two 
Parties of objectives, and the annual and multiannual programming to attain them, with a view 
to ensuring sustainable and responsible management of the sector. 

The Partnership Agreement also provides for encouraging economic, scientific and technical 
cooperation in the fisheries sector and related sectors. 

The  financial  contribution  is  fixed  at  EUR 990  000  per  year  against  a  reference  tonnage  of 
11 000 tonnes. This tonnage may be increased to 12 000 tonnes from 2007 and the financial 
contribution  increased  to  EUR 1 080 000  per  year  if  the  total  catch  in  2006  exceeds 
11 000 tonnes.  Of  this  financial  contribution,  80%  will  provide  annual  financial  support  for 
defining  and  implementing  a  sectoral  fisheries  policy  in  Madagascar,  with  a  view  to 
introducing  responsible  and  sustainable  fishing.  This  financial  support  will  be  based  on 
annual and multiannual programming. 

The  fishing  opportunities  provided  for  in  the  Agreement  have  been  laid  down  according  to 
two  categories:  (1)  for  the  fishing  category  “freezer  tuna  seiners”:  44  vessels;  (2)  for  the 
fishing category “surface longliners”: 44 vessels. 

In  addition,  five  vessels  may  carry  out  exploratory  line  or  bottom  longline  fishing  for 
demersal species over two six-month periods.  

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Shipowners’ fees have been fixed for each category and, overall, could provide Madagascar 
with  an  additional  annual  income  of  around  EUR  385  000  (for  a  reference  tonnage  of 
11 000 tonnes) or EUR 420 000 (if the reference tonnage increased to 12 000 tonnes). 

The  Commission  proposes  on  this  basis  that  the  Council  adopt  the  conclusion  of  this  new 
Fisheries  Partnership  Agreement  between  the  European  Community  and  the  Republic  of 
Madagascar by Regulation. 

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2007/0006 (CNS) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European 
Community and the Republic of Madagascar 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,  and  in  particular 
Article 37  in  conjunction  with  Article  300(2)  and  the  first  subparagraph  of  Article  300(3) 
thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

The  Community  and  the  Republic  of  Madagascar  have  negotiated  and  initialled  a 
Fisheries  Partnership  Agreement  providing  Community  fishermen  with  fishing 
opportunities  in  the  waters  falling  within  the  sovereignty  of  the  Republic  of 
Madagascar. 

(2) 

It is in the Community’s interest to approve that Agreement. 

(3) 

The method for allocating the fishing opportunities among the Member States should 
be defined, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of 
Madagascar is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. 

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation.  

The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the Agreement shall be allocated among 
the Member States as follows: 

Article 2 

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Fishing category 

Type of vessel 

Member State 

Licences or quota 

Tuna fishing 

Freezer tuna seiners 

Tuna fishing 

Surface longliners 

Spain 

France 

Italy 

Spain 

France 

Portugal 

United Kingdom 

Demersal fishing 

Exploratory line or bottom 
longline fishing 

France 

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If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities laid 
down  by  the  Protocol,  the  Commission  may  take  into  consideration  licence  applications  from 
any other Member State. 

Article 3 

The Member States whose vessels fish under this Agreement shall notify the Commission of 
the  quantities  of  each  stock  caught  within  Madagascar’s  fishing  zone  in  accordance  with 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for 
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken 
by Community fishing vessels in third country waters and on the high seas1. 

Article 4 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union. 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 

Done at Brussels,  

For the Council 
The President 

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OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8. 

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FISHERIES PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT 
between the European Community and the Republic of Madagascar  

THE REPUBLIC of Madagascar, hereinafter referred to as “Madagascar”, 

and  

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as “the Community”, 

hereinafter referred to as “the Parties”, 

CONSIDERING  the  close  working  relationship  between  the  Community  and  Madagascar, 
particularly in the context of the Cotonou Agreement, and their mutual desire to intensify that 
relationship, 

CONSIDERING  the  desire  of  the  two  Parties  to  promote  the  sustainable  exploitation  of 
fisheries resources by means of cooperation, 

HAVING REGARD TO the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 

DETERMINED  to  apply  the  decisions  and  recommendations  of  the  Indian  Ocean  Tuna 
Commission, hereinafter referred to as “IOTC”, 

AWARE  of  the  importance  of  the  principles  established  by  the  Code  of  Conduct  for 
Responsible Fisheries adopted at the FAO Conference in 1995, 

DETERMINED  to  cooperate,  in  their  mutual  interest,  in  promoting  the  introduction  of 
responsible  fisheries  to  ensure  the  long-term  conservation  and  sustainable  exploitation  of 
marine living resources, 

CONVINCED  that  such  cooperation  must  take  the  form  of  initiatives  and  measures  which, 
whether  taken  jointly  or  separately,  are  complementary  and  ensure  consistent  policies  and 
synergy of effort, 

INTENDING, to these ends, to commence a dialogue on the sectoral fisheries policy adopted 
by the Government of Madagascar and to identify the appropriate means of ensuring that this 
policy  is  effectively  implemented  and  the  need  to  strengthen  the  decentralised  level  in 
dialogue  between  the  technical  services  on  the  one  hand,  and  civil  society  and  economic 
operators on the other,  

DESIROUS  of  establishing  terms  and  conditions  governing  the  fishing  activities  of 
Community  vessels  in  Malagasy  waters  and  Community  support  for  the  introduction  of 
responsible fishing in those waters, 

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RESOLVED  to  pursue  closer  economic  cooperation  in  the  fishing  industry  and  related 
activities  through  the  setting  up  and  development  of  joint  enterprises  involving  companies 
from both Parties, 

HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 

This Agreement establishes the principles, rules and procedures governing: 

Article 1 – Scope 

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– 

– 

– 

economic, financial, technical and scientific cooperation in the fisheries sector with a 
view to promoting responsible fishing in Madagascar’s fishing zones to guarantee the 
conservation  and  sustainable  exploitation  of  fisheries  resources  and  develop 
Madagascar’s fisheries sector; 

the  conditions  governing  access  by  Community  fishing  vessels  to  Madagascar’s 
fishing zones; 

cooperation on the arrangements for policing fisheries in Madagascar’s fishing zones 
with a view to ensuring that the above rules and conditions are complied with, that 
the  measures  for  the  conservation  and  management  of  fish  stocks  are  effective  and 
that illegal, undeclared and unregulated fishing is prevented; 

partnerships  between  companies  aimed  at  developing  economic  activities  in  the 
fisheries sector and related activities, in the common interest. 

For the purposes of this Agreement: 

Article 2 – Definitions 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

(g) 

“Malagasy authorities” means the Malagasy Government represented by its Ministry 
responsible for fisheries;  

“Community authorities” means the European Commission;  

“Madagascar’s  fishing  zone”  means  the  waters  over  which,  as  regards  fisheries, 
Madagascar has sovereignty or jurisdiction; 

“fishing  vessel”  means  any  vessel  equipped  for  commercial  exploitation  of  living 
aquatic resources; 

“support  vessel”  means  any  vessel  providing  assistance  to  fishing  vessels  with  the 
installation and surveillance of fish aggregating devices; 

“Community vessel” means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State of the 
Community and registered in the Community;  

“Joint Committee” means a committee made up of representatives of the Community 
and Madagascar, as specified in Article 9 of this Agreement; 

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(h) 

(i) 

(j) 

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2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

1. 

2. 

“transhipment” means the transfer in or off the port of some or all of the catch from 
one fishing vessel to another vessel; 

“unusual circumstances” means circumstances, other than natural phenomena, which 
are  beyond  the  reasonable  control  of  one  of  the  Parties  and  are  such  as  to  prevent 
fishing activities in Malagasy waters; 

“ACP seamen” means any seamen who are nationals of a non-European signatory to 
the Cotonou Agreement. To this end, a Malagasy seaman is an ACP seaman. 

Article 3 – Principles and objectives underlying 
the implementation of this Agreement 

The Parties hereby undertake to promote responsible fishing in Madagascar’s fishing 
zones on the basis of the principles of non-discrimination between the different fleets 
fishing  in  those  waters,  without  prejudice  to  the  agreements  concluded  between 
developing  countries  within  a  geographical  region,  including  reciprocal  fisheries 
agreements. 

The  Parties  shall  cooperate  with  a  view  to  implementing  a  sectoral  fisheries  policy 
adopted by the Malagasy Government and to that end shall initiate a policy dialogue 
on  the  necessary  reforms.  They  shall  consult  with  a  view  to  adopting  potential 
measures in this area. 

The  Parties  shall  also  cooperate  in  carrying  out  ex-ante,  ongoing  and  ex-post 
evaluations,  both  jointly  and  unilaterally,  of  measures,  programmes  and  actions 
implemented on the basis of this Agreement. 

The  Parties  hereby  undertake  to  ensure  that  this  Agreement  is  implemented  in 
accordance with the principles of good economic and social governance, respecting 
the state of fish stocks. 

In particular, the employment of ACP seamen on board Community vessels shall be 
the  International  Labour  Organisation  (ILO)  Declaration  on 
governed  by 
Fundamental  Principles  and  Rights  at  Work,  which  shall  apply  as  of  right  to  the 
corresponding  contracts  and  general  terms  of  employment.  This  concerns  in 
particular  the  freedom  of  association  and  the  effective  recognition  of  the  right  to 
collective bargaining, and the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment 
and occupation. 

Article 4 – Scientific cooperation 

During the period covered by this Agreement, the Community and Madagascar shall 
jointly monitor the evolution of resources in Madagascar’s fishing zone.  

The two Parties, on the basis of the recommendations and resolutions adopted within 
the  Indian  Ocean  Tuna  Commission  (IOTC),  and  in  the  light  of  the  best  available 
scientific advice, shall consult each other within the Joint Committee provided for in 
Article  9  of  the  Agreement  and  adopt,  where  appropriate  after  a  scientific  meeting 

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1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

1. 

2. 

1. 

and  by  mutual  agreement,  measures  to  ensure  the  sustainable  management  of 
fisheries resources affecting the activities of Community vessels. 

The Parties undertake to consult one  other, either  directly, including at subregional 
level, or within the international organisations concerned, to ensure the management 
and  conservation  of  living  resources  in  the  Indian  Ocean,  and  to  cooperate  in  the 
relevant scientific research. 

Article 5 – Access by Community vessels 
to fisheries in Malagasy waters 

Madagascar  undertakes  to  authorise  Community  vessels  to  engage  in  fishing 
activities  in  its  fishing  zone  in  accordance  with  this  Agreement,  including  the 
Protocol and Annex thereto. 

The  fishing  activities  governed  by  this  Agreement  shall  be  subject  to  the  laws  and 
regulations  in  force  in  Madagascar.  The  Malagasy  authorities  shall  notify  the 
Commission of any amendments to that legislation. 

Madagascar shall take all the appropriate steps required for the effective application 
of  the  fisheries  monitoring  provisions  in  the  Protocol.  Community  vessels  shall 
cooperate  with  the  Malagasy  authorities  responsible  for  carrying  out  such 
monitoring. 

The Community undertakes to take all the appropriate steps required to ensure that 
its vessels comply with this Agreement and the legislation governing fisheries in the 
waters over which Madagascar has jurisdiction. 

Article 6 – Licences 

Community  vessels  may  fish  in  Madagascar’s  fishing  zone  only  if  they  are  in 
possession of a valid fishing licence issued by Madagascar under this Agreement and 
the Protocol hereto. 

The procedure for obtaining  a fishing licence for a vessel, the taxes applicable and 
the method of payment to be used by shipowners shall be as set out in the Annex to 
the Protocol. 

Article 7 – Financial contribution 

The Community shall grant Madagascar a financial contribution in accordance with 
the  terms  and  conditions  laid  down  in  the  Protocol  and  Annexes.  This  single 
contribution shall be based on two elements, namely: 

(a) 

access by Community vessels to Malagasy waters and fisheries resources, and 

(b) 

the  Community’s  financial  support  for  promoting  responsible  fishing  and  the 
sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources in Malagasy waters. 

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2. 

3. 

4. 

The element of the financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1(b) above shall be 
determined  in  the  light  of  objectives  identified  by  common  accord  between  the 
Parties in accordance with the Protocol, to be achieved in the context of the sectoral 
fisheries  policy  drawn  up  by  the  Malagasy  Government  and  an  annual  and 
multiannual programme for its implementation. 

The  financial  contribution  granted  by  the  Community  shall  be  paid  each  year  in 
accordance with the Protocol and subject to this Agreement and the Protocol in the 
event of any change to the amount of the contribution as a result of: 

(a) 

unusual circumstances; 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

a reduction in the fishing opportunities granted to Community vessels, made by 
mutual  agreement  for  the  purposes  of  managing  the  stocks  concerned,  where 
this is considered necessary for the conservation and sustainable exploitation of 
resources on the basis of the best available scientific advice; 

an increase in the fishing opportunities granted to Community vessels, made by 
mutual agreement between the Parties where the best available scientific advice 
concurs that the state of resources so permits; 

a  reassessment  of  the  terms  of  financial  support  for  implementing  a  sectoral 
fisheries  policy  in  Madagascar,  where  this  is  warranted  by  the  results  of  the 
annual and multiannual programming observed by both Parties; 

(e) 

termination of this Agreement under Article 13; 

(f) 

suspension of the application of this Agreement under Article 12. 

Article 8 – Promoting cooperation among 
economic operators and civil society  

The  Parties  shall  encourage  economic,  scientific  and  technical  cooperation  in  the 
fisheries  sector  and  related  sectors.  They  shall  consult  one  another  with  a  view  to 
coordinating the different measures that might be taken to this end. 

The  Parties  undertake  to  promote  exchanges  of  information  on  fishing  techniques 
and gear, preservation methods and the industrial processing of fisheries products. 

The  Parties  shall  endeavour  to  create  conditions  favourable  to  the  promotion  of 
relations  between  their  enterprises  in  the  technical,  economic  and  commercial 
spheres,  by  encouraging  the  establishment  of  an  environment  favourable  to  the 
development of business and investment.  

The Parties shall encourage, in particular, the setting-up of joint enterprises in their 
mutual  interest  which  shall  systematically  comply  with  Malagasy  and  Community 
legislation. 

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Article 9 – Joint Committee 

1. 

A Joint Committee shall be set up to monitor the application of this Agreement. The 
Joint Committee shall perform the following functions: 

(a)  monitoring  the  performance,  interpretation  and  application  of  this  Agreement 
and,  in  particular,  the  definition  of  the  annual  and  multiannual  programming 
referred to in Article 7(2) and evaluation of its implementation;  

(b)  providing  the  necessary  liaison  for  matters  of  mutual  interest  relating  to 

fisheries;  

(c) 

(d) 

acting  as  a  forum  for  the  amicable  settlement  of  any  disputes  regarding  the 
interpretation or application of the Agreement;  

reassessing,  where  necessary, 
consequently, of the financial contribution; 

the 

level  of  fishing  opportunities  and, 

(e) 

any other function which the Parties decide on by mutual agreement. 

2. 

The Joint Committee shall meet at least once a year, alternately in Madagascar and in 
the Community, and shall be chaired by the Party hosting the meeting. It shall hold a 
special meeting at the request of either of the Parties. 

Article 10 – Geographical area to which the Agreement applies 

This  Agreement  shall  apply,  on  the  one  hand,  to  the  territories  in  which  the  Treaty 
establishing the European Community applies, under the conditions laid down in that Treaty, 
and, on the other, to the territory of Madagascar. 

Article 11 – Duration 

This Agreement shall apply for six years from the date of its entry into force; it shall be tacitly 
renewed  for  additional  periods  of  six  years,  unless  notice  of  termination  is  given  in 
accordance with Article 13. 

Article 12 – Suspension 

1. 

Application  of  this  Agreement  may  be  suspended  at  the  initiative  of  one  of  the 
Parties in the event of a serious disagreement as to the application of provisions laid 
down in the Agreement. Suspension of application of the Agreement shall require the 
interested Party to notify its intention in writing at least three months before the date 
on which suspension is due to take effect. On receipt of this notification, the Parties 
shall enter into consultations with a view to resolving their differences amicably. 

2. 

Payment  of  the  financial  contribution  referred  to  in  Article  7  shall  be  reduced 
proportionately and pro rata temporis, according to the duration of the suspension. 

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Article 13 – Termination 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

This  Agreement  may  be  terminated  by  either  Party  in  the  event  of  unusual 
circumstances  such  as  the  degradation  of  the  stocks  concerned,  the  discovery  of  a 
reduced  level  of  exploitation  of  the  fishing  opportunities  granted  to  Community 
vessels,  or  failure  to  comply  with  undertakings  made  by  the  Parties  with  regard  to 
combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. 

The  Party  concerned  shall  notify  the  other  Party  in  writing  of  its  intention  to 
withdraw  from  the  Agreement  at  least  six  months  before  the  date  of  expiry  of  the 
initial period or each additional period.  

Dispatch  of  the  notification  referred  to  in  the  previous  paragraph  shall  open 
consultations by the Parties. 

Payment of the financial contribution referred to in Article 7 for the year in which the 
termination takes effect shall be reduced proportionately and pro rata temporis. 

Article 14 – Protocol and Annex 

The Protocol and the Annex shall form an integral part of this Agreement. 

Article 15 – National law 

The activities of Community vessels operating in Malagasy waters shall be governed by the 
applicable law in Madagascar, unless otherwise provided in the Agreement, this Protocol and 
the Annex and Appendices hereto. 

Article 16 – Repeal 

On  the  date  of  its  entry  into  force,  this  Agreement  repeals  and  replaces  the  Agreement 
between the European Community and the Democratic Republic of Madagascar on fishing off 
the coast of Madagascar which entered into force on 28 January 1986. 

Article 17 – Entry into force 

This  Agreement,  drawn  up  in  duplicate  in  the  Czech,  Estonian,  Danish,  Dutch,  English, 
Finnish,  French,  German,  Greek,  Hungarian,  Italian,  Latvian,  Lithuanian,  Maltese,  Polish, 
Portuguese,  Slovak,  Slovenian,  Spanish  and  Swedish  languages,  each  of  these  texts  being 
equally authentic, shall enter into force on the date on which the Parties notify each other in 
writing that they have completed the necessary internal procedures to that end. 

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Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in 
the  Fisheries  Partnership  Agreement  between  the  European  Community  and  the 
Republic  of  Madagascar  on  fishing  off  the  coast  of  Madagascar  for  the  period  from 
1 January 2007 to 31 December 2012 

Article 1 
Period of application and fishing opportunities 

1. 

For  a  period  of  six  years  from  1  January  2007,  the  fishing  opportunities  granted 
under Article 5 of the Agreement shall be as follows: 

– 

highly migratory species (species listed in Annex 1 to the 1982 United Nations 
Convention): 

•  freezer tuna seiners: 44 vessels; 

•  surface longliners: 44 vessels; 

– 

demersal species: 5 vessels for exploratory line or bottom longline fishing. 

Paragraph 1 shall apply subject to Articles 4 and 5 of this Protocol. 

Vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the European Community may fish in 
Madagascar’s  fishing  zone  only  if  they  are  in  possession  of  a  valid  fishing  licence 
issued by Madagascar under this Protocol in accordance with the Annex hereto. 

Article 2 
Financial contribution – Methods of payment 

The financial contribution referred to in Article 7 of the Agreement shall comprise, 
for the period referred to in Article 1, an annual amount of EUR 715 000 equivalent 
to  a  reference  tonnage  of  11  000  tonnes  per  year  and  a  specific  amount  of 
EUR 275 000 per year for the support and implementation of Madagascar’s sectoral 
fisheries policy. This specific amount shall be an integral part of the single financial 
contribution defined in Article 7 of the Agreement2. 

Paragraph 1 shall apply subject to Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Protocol. 

The  Community  shall  pay  the  total  amount  referred  to  in  paragraph  1,  i.e. 
EUR 990 000, each year during the period of application of this Protocol.  

If the catches recorded in 2006 exceed the reference tonnage of 11 000 tonnes, that reference tonnage 
shall be increased to 12 000 tonnes from 1 January 2007. In this case the financial contribution shall be 
EUR 780 000, plus a specific amount of EUR 300 000 for the implementation of the sectoral fisheries 
policy. 

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If the overall quantity of catches by Community vessels in Malagasy waters exceeds 
the  reference  tonnage,  the  amount  of  the  annual  financial  contribution  shall  be 
increased  by  EUR  65  for  each  additional  tonne  caught.  However,  the  total  annual 
amount paid by the Community shall not be more than twice the amount indicated in 
paragraph  3  (EUR  1  980  000).  Where  the  quantities  caught  by  Community  vessels 
exceed the quantities corresponding to twice the total annual amount, the amount due 
for the quantity exceeding that limit shall be paid the following year.  

Payment  of  the  financial  contribution  referred  to  in  paragraph  1  shall  be  made  no 
later than 31 December 2007 for the first year and no later than 28 February 2008, 
2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 for the following years. 

Subject to Article 7, the Malagasy authorities shall have full discretion regarding the 
use to which this financial contribution is put. 

The financial contribution shall be paid into a Public Treasury account opened at the 
Banque  Centrale  de  Madagascar.  The  account  reference  is  as  follows:  Agence 
Comptable  Centrale  du  Trésor  public  with  the  Banque  Centrale  de  Madagascar 
Antaninarenina- Antananarivo- Madagascar- account No: 213 101 000 125 TP EUR. 

Article 3 
Cooperation on responsible fishing – Scientific cooperation 

The Parties hereby undertake to promote responsible fishing in Malagasy waters on 
the basis of the principles of non-discrimination between the different fleets fishing 
in those waters. 

During  the  period  covered  by  this  Protocol,  the  Community  and  the  Malagasy 
authorities  shall  endeavour  to  monitor  the  evolution  of  resources  in  Madagascar’s 
fishing zone. 

The  Parties  undertake  to  promote  cooperation  at  subregional  level  on  responsible 
fishing and, in particular, within the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) and the 
Indian Ocean Commission (IOC). 

In  accordance  with  Article  4  of  the  Agreement  and  on  the  basis  of  the 
recommendations  and  resolutions  adopted  within 
the  Indian  Ocean  Tuna 
Commission, and in the light of the best available scientific advice, the Parties shall 
consult  each  other  within  the  Joint  Committee  provided  for  in  Article  9  of  the 
Agreement  and  adopt,  where  appropriate  after  a  scientific  meeting  possibly  at 
subregional  level,  and  by  mutual  agreement,  measures  to  ensure  the  sustainable 
management of fisheries resources affecting the activities of Community vessels. 

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1. 

2. 

3. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

Article 4 
Review of fishing opportunities by mutual agreement 

The  fishing  opportunities  referred  to  in  Article  1  may  be  increased  by  mutual 
agreement  provided  that  the  conclusions  of  the  scientific  meeting  referred  to  in 
Article  3(4)  confirm  that  such  an  increase  will  not  endanger  the  sustainable 
management  of  Madagascar’s  resources.  In  this  case  the  financial  contribution 
referred to in Article 2(1) shall be increased proportionately and pro rata temporis. 
However,  the  total  amount  of  the  financial  contribution  paid  by  the  European 
Community  in  respect  of  the  reference  tonnage  shall  not  be  more  than  twice  the 
amount of the financial contribution referred to in Article 2(1). Where the quantities 
caught  annually  by  Community  vessels  are  more  than  twice  11  000  tonnes  (i.e. 
22 000 tonnes), the amount due for the quantity exceeding that limit shall be paid the 
following year. 

Conversely,  if  the  Parties  agree  to  adopt  a  reduction  in  the  fishing  opportunities 
provided for in Article 1, the financial contribution shall be reduced proportionately 
and pro rata temporis. 

The allocation of the fishing opportunities among different categories of vessels may 
also  be  reviewed,  following  consultations  and  by  mutual  agreement  between  the 
Parties,  provided  that  any  changes  comply  with  recommendations  made  by  the 
scientific  meeting  referred  to  in  Article  3(4)  regarding  the  management  of  stocks 
liable  to  be  affected  by  such  redistribution.  The  Parties  shall  agree  on  the 
corresponding  adjustment  of  the  financial  contribution  where  the  redistribution  of 
fishing opportunities so warrants. 

Article 5 
New and exploratory fishing opportunities 

Should Community vessels be interested in fishing activities which are not indicated 
in Article 1, the Community shall consult Madagascar in order to seek authorisation 
for these new activities. Where appropriate, the Parties shall agree on the conditions 
applicable to these new fishing opportunities and, if necessary, make amendments to 
this Protocol and to the Annex hereto.  

The  Parties  may  carry  out  exploratory  fishing  trips  in  Madagascar’s  fishing  zones, 
subject to an opinion by the scientific meeting provided for in Article 3(4). To this 
end,  they  shall  hold  consultations  whenever  one  of  the  Parties  so  requests  and 
determine,  on  a  case-by-case  basis,  relevant  new  resources,  conditions  and  other 
parameters. 

The  two  Parties  shall  carry  out  exploratory  fishing  activities  in  accordance  with 
scientific  and  administrative  parameters  adopted  by  mutual  agreement.  The 
authorisations  for  exploratory  fishing  shall  be  granted  for  test  purposes,  for  a 
maximum  of  two  six-month  trips,  from  the  date  decided  by  mutual  agreement 
between the two Parties.  

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4. 

Where the Parties conclude that the exploratory fishing trips have produced positive 
results,  while  preserving  ecosystems  and  conserving  living  marine  resources,  new 
fishing  opportunities  may  be  awarded  to  Community  vessels  following  the 
consultation procedure provided for in Article 4 of this Protocol and until the expiry 
of  the  Protocol  and  in  accordance  with  the  allowable  effort.  The  financial 
contribution will be increased as a result. 

Article 6 
Suspension and review of the payment of the financial contribution in the event of unusual 
circumstances 

1. 

2. 

3. 

1. 

2. 

in  Madagascar’s  exclusive  economic  zone  (EEZ), 

Where  unusual  circumstances,  other  than  natural  phenomena,  prevent  fishing 
activities 
the  European 
Community  may  suspend  payment  of  the  financial  contribution  provided  for  in 
Article 2(1). The suspension decision shall be taken following consultations between 
the  two  Parties  within  a  period  of  two  months  following  the  request  of  one  of  the 
Parties,  and  provided  that  the  Community  has  paid  in  full  any  amounts  due  at  the 
time of suspension. 

Payment  of  the  financial  contribution  shall  resume  as  soon  as  the  Parties  find,  by 
mutual agreement following consultations, that the circumstances preventing fishing 
activities  are  no  longer  present  and/or  that  the  situation  allows  a  resumption  of 
fishing activities. 

Where the validity of the licences granted to Community vessels is suspended along 
with the payment of the financial contribution, it shall be extended by a period equal 
to the period during which fishing activities were suspended. 

Article 7 
Promotion of responsible fishing in Malagasy waters 

80% of the total amount of the financial contribution fixed in Article 2 and of fees 
paid by shipowners shall be allocated each year to the support and implementation of 
initiatives  taken  in  the  context  of  the  sectoral  fisheries  policy  drawn  up  by  the 
Malagasy Government. 

Madagascar shall manage the corresponding amount following the identification by 
mutual agreement between the two Parties, in accordance with the current priorities 
of  Madagascar’s  fisheries  policy  for  ensuring  sustainable  and  responsible 
management  of  the  sector,  of  the  objectives  to  be  attained  and  the  annual  and 
multiannual programming required to attain them, pursuant to paragraph 2 below. 

On a proposal from Madagascar and for the purposes of implementing the preceding 
paragraph, as soon as this Protocol enters into force and no later than three months 
after  that  date,  the  Community  and  Madagascar  shall  agree,  within  the  Joint 
Committee  provided  for  in  Article  9  of  the  Agreement,  on  a  multiannual  sectoral 
programme and detailed implementing rules covering, in particular:  

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(a) 

(b) 

 annual  and  multiannual  guidelines  for  using  the  percentage  of  the  financial 
contribution  referred  to  in  paragraph  1  and  its  specific  amounts  for  the 
initiatives to be carried out each year;  

 the  objectives,  both  annual  and  multiannual,  to  be  achieved  with  a  view  to 
promoting  responsible  fishing  and  sustainable  fisheries,  taking  account  of  the 
priorities  expressed  by  Madagascar  in  its  national  fisheries  policy  and  other 
policies  relating  to  or  having  an  impact  on  the  introduction  of  responsible 
fishing and sustainable fisheries; 

(c) 

criteria and procedures for evaluating the results obtained each year. 

Any  proposed  amendments  to  the  multiannual  sectoral  programme  or  of  the  use  of 
the specific amounts for the initiatives to be carried out each year must be approved 
by both Parties within the Joint Committee. 

Each  year,  Madagascar  shall  allocate  the  share  corresponding  to  the  percentage 
referred to in paragraph 1 with a view to implementing the multiannual programme. 
For the first year of application of the Protocol, that allocation must be notified to the 
Community at the time when the multiannual sectoral programme is approved within 
the  Joint  Committee.  For  each  year  of  application  of  the  Protocol  thereafter, 
Madagascar shall notify the Community of the allocation no later than 1 September 
of the previous year. 

Where the annual evaluation of the progress made in implementing the multiannual 
sectoral programme so warrants, the European Community may ask for the amount 
for the support and implementation of Madagascar’s sectoral fisheries policy within 
the financial contribution referred to in Article 2(1) of this Protocol to be readjusted 
with  a  view  to  bringing  the  actual  amount  of  financial  resources  allocated  to 
implementation of the programme into line with its results. 

Article 8 
Disputes – suspension of application of the Protocol 

Any  dispute  between  the  Parties  over  the  interpretation  of  this  Protocol  or  its 
application shall be the subject of consultations between the Parties within the Joint 
Committee  provided  for  in  Article  9  of  the  Agreement,  in  a  special  meeting  if 
necessary. 

Without prejudice to Article 9, application of the Protocol may be suspended at the 
initiative of one Party if the dispute between the two Parties is deemed to be serious 
and if the consultations held within the Joint Committee under paragraph 1 have not 
resulted in an amicable settlement. 

Suspension of application of the Protocol shall require the interested Party to notify 
its intention in writing at least three months before the date on which suspension is 
due to take effect. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

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4. 

In the event of suspension, the Parties shall continue to consult with a view to finding 
an amicable settlement to their dispute. As soon as an amicable settlement is reached, 
application of the Protocol shall resume and the amount of the financial contribution 
shall  be  reduced  proportionately  and  pro  rata  temporis  according  to  the  period 
during which application of the Protocol was suspended. 

Article 9 
Suspension of application of the Protocol on grounds of non-payment 

Subject to Article 6, if the Community fails to make the payments provided for in Article 2, 
application of this Protocol may be suspended on the following terms: 

(a) 

(b) 

The  competent  Malagasy  authorities  shall  notify  the  European  Commission  of  the 
non-payment.  The  latter  shall  carry  out  the  requisite  checks  and,  where  necessary, 
transmit the payment within no more than 60 working days of the date of receipt of 
the notification. 

If no payment is made and non-payment is not adequately justified within the period 
provided for in Article 2(5) of this Protocol, the competent Malagasy authorities shall 
be  entitled  to  suspend  application  of  the  Protocol.  They  shall  inform  the  European 
Commission of such action forthwith. 

(c) 

Application of the Protocol shall resume as soon as the payment concerned has been 
made. 

Article 10 
National law 

The activities of Community vessels operating in Malagasy waters shall be governed by the 
applicable law in Madagascar, unless otherwise provided in the Agreement, this Protocol and 
the Annex and Appendices hereto. 

Article 11 
Repeal 

The  Annex  to  the  Agreement  between  the  European  Economic  Community  and  the 
Democratic  Republic  of  Madagascar  on  fishing  off  the  coast  of  Madagascar  is  hereby 
repealed and replaced by the Annex to this Protocol. 

Article 12 
Entry into force 

1. 

2. 

This Protocol with its Annex shall enter into force on the date on which the Parties 
notify each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for that purpose.  

They shall apply with effect from 1 January 2007. 

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ANNEX 

CONDITIONS GOVERNING FISHING ACTIVITIES BY COMMUNITY VESSELS IN MADAGASCAR’S 
FISHING ZONE 

Chapter I - Application for and issue of licences 

Section 1 
Issue of licences 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

Only eligible vessels may obtain a licence to fish in Madagascar’s fishing zone. 

For a vessel to be eligible, neither the owner, the skipper nor the vessel itself must be 
prohibited from fishing in Madagascar. They must be in order vis-à-vis the Malagasy 
authorities insofar as they must have fulfilled all prior obligations arising from their 
fishing  activities  in  Madagascar  under  fisheries  agreements  concluded  with  the 
Community. 

The  relevant  Community  authorities  shall  submit  (by  electronic  means)  to  the 
Ministry  responsible  for  fisheries  in  Madagascar  an  application  for  each  vessel 
wishing to fish or assist in fishing activities under the Agreement at least 15 working 
days before the date of commencement of the period of validity requested. 

Applications  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Ministry  responsible  for  fisheries  on  a  form 
drawn up in accordance with the specimen in Appendix I. The Malagasy authorities 
shall take all the necessary steps to ensure that the data received as part of the licence 
application  are  treated  as  confidential.  This  data  will  be  used  exclusively  in  the 
context of the implementation of the Fisheries Agreement. 

5. 

All licence applications shall be accompanied by the following documents: 

–  proof of payment of the flat-rate advance for the period of validity of the licence; 

–  a  copy  of  the  tonnage  certificate,  certified  by  the  flag  Member  State,  giving  the 

tonnage of the vessel expressed in GT; 

–  a  recent,  certified  colour  photograph  showing  a  side  view  of  the  vessel  in  its 

current state. The photograph shall be at least 15 cm by 10 cm; 

–  a colour photocopy of the registration markings and call sign3. 

6. 

7. 

The  fee  shall  be  paid  into  the  account  specified  by  the  Malagasy  authorities  in 
accordance with Article 2(7) of the Protocol. 

The fees shall include all national and local charges with the exception of port taxes 
and service charges. 

3 

In conformity with international standards. 

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8. 

9. 

10. 

11. 

12. 

13. 

14. 

Licences for all vessels shall be issued to shipowners or their representatives via the 
European Commission Delegation to Madagascar within 15 working days of receipt 
of all the documents referred to in point 5 by the Ministry responsible for fisheries in 
Madagascar. 

Licences shall be issued for a specific vessel and shall not be transferable.  

However,  at  the  request  of  the  European  Community  and  where  force  majeure  is 
proven, a vessel’s licence shall be replaced by a new licence for another vessel of the 
same category as the first vessel, as referred to in Article 1 of the Protocol, with no 
further fee due. In this case, the calculation of the catch levels to determine whether 
an  additional  payment  should  be  made  shall  take  account  of  the  sum  of  the  total 
catches of the two vessels.  

The owner of the first vessel, or his or her representative, shall return the cancelled 
licence  to  the  Ministry  responsible  for  fisheries  in  Madagascar  via  the  European 
Commission Delegation. 

The  new  licence  shall  take  effect  on  the  day  that  the  vessel’s  owner  returns  the 
cancelled  licence  to  the  Ministry  responsible  for  fisheries  in  Madagascar.  The 
European  Commission  Delegation  to  Madagascar  shall  be  informed  of  the  licence 
transfer. 

The licence must be held on board at all times. The European Community shall keep 
an up-to-date list of the vessels to which a fishing licence has been issued under this 
Protocol.  This  draft  shall  be  notified  to  the  Malagasy  authorities  as  soon  as  it  is 
drawn  up,  and  then  each  time  it  is  updated.  On  receipt  of  this  draft  list  and  of 
notification  of  payment  of  the  advance  sent  to  the  coastal  state  authorities  by  the 
Commission, the vessel shall be entered by the competent Malagasy authority on a 
list of vessels authorised to fish, which shall be notified to the authorities responsible 
for fisheries inspection. In this case, a certified copy of this list shall be sent to the 
shipowner and kept on board instead of the fishing licence until the licence has been 
issued. 

The two Parties shall seek agreement for the purposes of promoting the introduction 
of  a  licence  system  based  exclusively  on  the  electronic  exchange  of  all  the 
information  and  documents  described  above.  The  two  Parties  shall  seek  agreement 
for  the  purposes  of  promoting  the  rapid  replacement  of  the  paper  licence  by  an 
electronic  equivalent  such  as  the  list  of  vessels  authorised  to  fish  in  Madagascar’s 
fishing zone. 

15. 

No fee shall be required for licences for support vessels. Support vessels must fly the 
flag of a Community Member State or form part of a Community company.  

Section 2 
Licence conditions – fees and advance payments 

Licences shall be valid for a period of one year. They shall be renewable. 

The fee shall be EUR 35 per tonne caught within Madagascar’s fishing zone in the 
case of tuna seiners and surface longliners. 

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3. 

Licences shall be issued once the following standard amounts have been paid to the 
competent national authorities: 

–  EUR 3 920 per tuna seiner, equivalent to the fees due for 112 tonnes per year; 

–  EUR  3 500  per  surface  longliner  of  over  250  GT,  equivalent  to  the  fees  due  for 

100 tonnes per year;  

–  EUR 1 680 per surface longliner of 250 GT or below, equivalent to the fees due 

for 48 tonnes per year; 

–  the amount for demersal fishing licences shall be fixed at a later stage within the 
Joint Committee following the exploratory fishing phase. During the exploratory 
phase, licences shall be issued free of charge.  

Member  States  shall  inform  the  European  Commission  not  later  than  15  June  each 
year  of  the  tonnages  caught  during  the  past  year,  as  confirmed  by  the  scientific 
institutes referred to in point 5 below. 

The  final  statement  of  the  fees  due  for  year  n  shall  be  drawn  up  by  the  European 
Commission by 31 July of year n+1 at the latest on the basis of the catch declarations 
made  by  each  shipowner  and  confirmed  by  the  scientific  institutes  responsible  for 
verifying catch data in the Member States, such as the Institut de Recherche pour le 
Développement (IRD), the Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO) and the Instituto 
de  Investigação  das  Pescas  e  do  Mar  (IPIMAR)  via  the  European  Commission 
Delegation. 

This statement shall be sent simultaneously to the Ministry responsible for fisheries 
in Madagascar and to the shipowners. 

Any  additional  payments  for  quantities  caught  in  excess  of  112  tonnes  for  tuna 
seiners,  100  tonnes  for  longliners  of  over  250  GT  and  48  tonnes  for  longliners  of 
250 GT  or  below  shall  be  made  by  the  shipowners  to  the  competent  Malagasy 
national authorities by 31 August of year n+1, into the account referred to in point 6 
of Section 1 of this Chapter, on the basis of EUR 35 per tonne.  

However, if the amount of the final statement is lower than the advance referred to in 
point  3  of  this  Section,  the  resulting  balance  shall  not  be  reimbursable  to  the 
shipowner. 

Chapter II – Fishing zones 

Community  vessels  may  carry  out  fishing  activities  in  waters  beyond  12  nautical 
miles  from  the  base  lines  in  the  case  of  tuna  seiners  and  surface  longliners.  A 
protection zone of three nautical miles from fish aggregating devices not belonging 
to Community vessels must be observed. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

1. 

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Chapter III – Catch reporting arrangements for vessels 
authorised to fish in Malagasy waters 

1. 

For  the  purposes  of  this  Annex,  the  duration  of  a  trip  by  a  Community  vessel  in 
Madagascar’s fishing zone shall be defined as follows: 

2. 

3. 

4. 

–  the period elapsing between entering and leaving Madagascar’s fishing zone, or 

–  or  the  period  elapsing  between  entering  Madagascar’s  fishing  zone  and  a 

transhipment in port and/or a landing in Madagascar; 

All  vessels  authorised  to  fish  in  Malagasy  waters  under  the  Agreement  shall  be 
obliged  to  notify  their  catches  so  that  the  Malagasy  authorities  can  check  the 
quantities  caught,  which  shall  be  validated  by  the  competent  scientific  institutes  in 
accordance with the procedure referred to in point 5 of Section 2 of Chapter I of this 
Annex. Vessels over 24 metres in length must notify their catches every 15 calendar 
days  to  Madagascar’s  Fisheries  Monitoring  Centre  (FMC),  while  they  are  in 
Madagascar’s fishing zone. Catches shall be notified as follows: 

2.1  During  an  annual  period  of  validity  of  the  licence  within  the  meaning  of 
Section  2  of  Chapter  I  of  this  Annex,  declarations  shall  include  the  catches 
made  by  the  vessel  during  each  trip.  The  original  of  the  declarations  shall  be 
transmitted on a physical medium to the FMC within 45 days following the end 
of the last trip made during the period. These notifications shall also be made 
by fax (+ 261 20 22 490 14) or e-mail (csp-mprh@blueline.mg).  

2.2  Vessels shall declare their catches on the corresponding form in the logbook, in 
accordance  with 
in  Appendix  2.  The  words  “Outside 
Madagascar’s  fishing  zone”  shall  be  entered  in  the  logbook  in  respect  of 
periods during which the vessel is not in Madagascar’s fishing zone. 

the  specimen 

2.3  The forms shall be filled in legibly and signed by the skipper of the vessel or 

by his or her legal representative. 

Where  the  provisions  set  out  in  this  Chapter  are  not  complied  with,  the  Malagasy 
Government  reserves  the  right  to  suspend  the  licence  of  the  offending  vessel  until 
formalities have been completed and to apply to the shipowner the penalty laid down 
in  current  Malagasy  legislation.  The  European  Commission  and  the  flag  Member 
State shall be informed thereof. 

The two Parties shall seek agreement for the purposes of promoting a catch reporting 
system  based  exclusively  on  the  electronic  exchange  of  all  the  information  and 
documents described above. The two Parties shall seek agreement for the purposes of 
promoting  the  rapid  replacement  of  the  written  declaration  (logbook)  by  an 
equivalent in the form of an electronic file. 

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Chapter IV – Transhipment and landings 

The  Parties  shall  cooperate  with  a  view  to  improving  landing  or  transhipment  options  in 
Malagasy ports. 

1. 

Landings: 

Community  tuna  vessels  which  opt  to  land  their  catches  in  a  Malagasy  port  shall 
benefit from a reduction of EUR 5 per tonne fished in Madagascar’s fishing zone in 
the fee indicated in point 2 of Section 2 of Chapter 1 of the Annex. 

An additional reduction of EUR 5 shall be granted where fisheries products are sold 
to a processing factory in Madagascar. 

This mechanism shall apply, for all Community vessels, up to a maximum of 50% of 
the final statement of catches (as defined in Chapter III of the Annex) from the first 
year of this Protocol.  

Detailed rules on checks on the tonnages landed or transhipped shall be laid down at 
the first meeting of the Joint Committee. 

Evaluation: 

The  level  of  the  financial  incentives  and  the  maximum  percentage  of  the  final 
statement of catches shall be adjusted within the Joint Committee, in accordance with 
the socio-economic impact of landings in the year concerned. 

Chapter V – Embarking seamen 

2. 

3. 

1. 

Owners of tuna seiners and surface longliners shall employ ACP nationals, subject to 
the following conditions and limits: 

– 

– 

for the fleet of tuna seiners, at least 20% of  the seamen  signed on during  the 
tuna-fishing  season  in  the  fishing  zone  of  third  countries  shall  be  of  ACP 
origin4, 

for the fleet of surface longliners, at least 20% of the seamen signed on during 
the fishing season in the fishing zone of third countries shall be of ACP origin. 

Shipowners shall endeavour to sign on additional seamen of ACP origin. 

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles 
and  Rights  at  Work  shall  apply  as  of  right  to  seamen  signed  on  by  Community 
vessels.  This  concerns  in  particular  the  freedom  of  association  and  the  effective 
the  elimination  of 
recognition  of 
discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. 

to  collective  bargaining,  and 

the  right 

2. 

3. 

4 

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4. 

5. 

6. 

The  employment  contracts  of  ACP  seamen  shall  be  drawn  up  between  the 
shipowners’  representative(s)  and  the  seamen  and/or  their  trade  unions  or 
representatives.  A  copy  of  these  contracts  shall  be  given  to  the  signatories.  These 
contracts  shall  guarantee  the  seamen  the  social  security  cover  applicable  to  them, 
including life assurance and sickness and accident insurance.  

The wages of the ACP seamen shall be paid by the shipowners. They shall be fixed 
by mutual agreement among the shipowners or their representatives and the seamen 
and/or their trade unions or representatives. However, the wage conditions granted to 
ACP  seamen  shall  not  be  lower  than  those  applied  to  crews  from  their  respective 
countries and shall under no circumstances be below ILO standards. 

All  seamen  employed  aboard  Community  vessels  shall  report  to  the  skipper  of  the 
vessel  designated  on  the  day  before  their  proposed  embarkation  date.  Where  a 
seaman fails to report at the date and time agreed for embarkation, shipowners shall 
be automatically absolved of their obligation to take the seaman on board.  

Chapter VI – Technical measures 

Vessels shall comply with the measures and recommendations adopted by IOTC in 
the region regarding fishing gear and the technical specifications thereof and all other 
technical measures applicable to their fishing activities. 

Chapter VII – Observers 

1. 

Vessels  authorised  to  fish  in  Malagasy  waters  under  the  Agreement  shall  take  on 
board  observers  appointed  by  the  competent  regional  fisheries  organisation  on  the 
terms set out below. 

1.1  At  the  request  of  the  competent  authority,  Community  vessels  shall  take  on 
board an observer designated by the authority in order to check catches made 
in Malagasy waters.  

1.2  The  competent  authority  shall  draw  up  a  list  of  vessels  designated  to  take  an 
observer  on  board  and  a  list  of  the  appointed  observers.  These  lists  shall  be 
kept up to date. They shall be forwarded to the European Commission as soon 
as they have been drawn up and every three months thereafter where they have 
been updated. 

1.3  The  competent  authority  shall  inform  the  shipowners  concerned,  or  their 
representatives,  of  the  name  of  the  observer  appointed  to  be  taken  on  board 
their vessel at the time the licence is issued, or no later than 15 days before the 
observer’s planned embarkation date. 

2. 

The  time  spent  on  board  by  observers  shall  be  one  fishing  trip.  However,  at  the 
express  request  of  the  competent  Malagasy  authorities,  this  embarkation  may  be 
spread  over  several  trips  according  to  the  average  duration  of  trip  for  a  particular 
vessel. This request shall be made by the competent authority when the name of the 
observer appointed to board the vessel in question is notified. 

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4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

The  conditions  under  which  observers  are  taken  on  board  shall  be  agreed  between 
shipowners or their representatives and the competent authority. 

Observers shall be taken on board at a port chosen by the shipowner at the beginning 
of  the  first  voyage  in  Malagasy  waters  after  notification  of  the  list  of  designated 
vessels.  

Within two weeks and giving ten days’ notice, the shipowners concerned shall make 
known  at  which  ports  in  the  subregion  and  on  what  dates  they  intend  to  take 
observers on board. 

Where observers are taken on board in a country outside the subregion, their travel 
costs shall be borne by the shipowner. Should a vessel with a regional observer on 
board  leave  the  regional  fishing  zone,  all  measures  must  be  taken  to  ensure  the 
observer’s return as soon as possible at the expense of the shipowner. 

If  the  observer  is  not  present  at  the  time  and  place  agreed  and  during  the  twelve 
hours following the time agreed, shipowners shall be automatically absolved of their 
obligation to take the observer on board. 

Observers  shall  be  treated  as  officers.  Where  vessels  are  operating  in  Malagasy 
waters, they shall carry out the following tasks: 

8.1  observe the fishing activities of the vessels; 

8.2  verify the position of vessels engaged in fishing operations; 

8.3  perform biological sampling in the context of scientific programmes; 

8.4  note the fishing gear used; 

8.5  verify the catch data for Malagasy waters recorded in the logbook; 

8.6  verify  the  percentages  of  by-catches  and  estimate  the  quantity  of  discards  of 

species of marketable fish; 

8.7 

report by any appropriate means fishing data, including the quantity of catches 
and by-catches on board, to their competent authority. 

9. 

10. 

Skippers shall do everything in their power to ensure the physical safety and welfare 
of observers during performance of their duties. 

Observers shall be offered every facility needed to carry out their duties. The skipper 
shall  give  them  access  to  the  means  of  communication  needed  for  the  discharge  of 
their  duties,  to  documents  directly  concerned  with  the  vessel’s  fishing  activities, 
including in particular the logbook and the navigation log, and to those parts of the 
vessel necessary to facilitate the exercise of their tasks as observer. 

11. 

While on board, observers shall: 

11.1  take  all  appropriate  steps  to  ensure  that  the  conditions  of  their  boarding  and 

presence on the vessel neither interrupt nor hamper fishing operations, 

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12. 

13. 

14. 

15. 

1. 

2. 

11.2  respect  the  material  and  equipment  on  board  and  the  confidentiality  of  all 

documents belonging to the vessel.  

At  the  end  of  the  observation  period  and  before  leaving  the  vessel,  observers  shall 
draw up an activity report to be transmitted to the competent authorities, with a copy 
to the European Commission. They shall sign it in the presence of the skipper, who 
may add or cause to be added to it any observations considered relevant, followed by 
the skipper’s signature. A copy of the report shall be handed to the skipper when the 
observer is put ashore. 

Shipowners shall bear the cost of accommodating observers in the same conditions 
as the officers, within the confines of the practical possibilities offered by the vessel. 

The salary and social contributions of the observer shall be borne by the competent 
authorities. 

The  two  Parties  shall  consult  each  other,  and  interested  third  parties,  as  soon  as 
possible as regards the definition of a system of regional observers and the choice of 
the  competent  regional  fisheries  organisation.  Pending  the  implementation  of  a 
system of regional observers, vessels authorised to fish in Madagascar’s fishing zone 
under  the  Agreement  shall  take  on  board,  instead  of  regional  observers,  observers 
designated  by  the  competent  Malagasy  authorities  in  accordance  with  the  rules  set 
out above. 

Chapter VIII – Monitoring 

In accordance with point 13 of Section 1 of Chapter I of this Annex, the European 
Community shall keep an up-to-date list of the vessels to which a fishing licence has 
been issued under this Protocol. This list shall be notified to the Malagasy authorities 
responsible  for  fisheries  inspection  as  soon  as  it  is  drawn  up  and  each  time  it  is 
updated.  

On receipt of this draft list and of notification of payment of the advance (referred to 
in point 3 of Section 2 of Chapter I of this Annex) sent to the coastal state authorities 
by the European Commission, the vessel shall be entered by the competent Malagasy 
authority on a list of vessels authorised to fish, which shall be sent to the authorities 
responsible for fisheries inspection. In this case, a certified copy of this list shall be 
sent  to  the  shipowner  and  kept  on  board  instead  of  the  fishing  licence  until  the 
licence has been issued. 

3. 

Entering and leaving the zone 

3.1  Community vessels shall notify, at least three hours in advance, the Malagasy 
authorities  responsible  for  fisheries  inspection  of  their  intention  to  enter  or 
leave Madagascar’s fishing zone; they shall also declare the overall quantities 
and the species on board in accordance with the attached model. An intention 
to enter which is not actually followed up must be cancelled by fax or e-mail. 
The  Fisheries  Monitoring  Centre  must  e-mail  an  acknowledgement  of  receipt 
for each declaration (entry/exit) directly to the fishing vessel and/or failing that 
to the shipowner.  

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3.2  When  notifying  leaving,  vessels  shall  also  communicate  their  position.  This 
information should preferably be communicated by fax (+261 20 22 490 14) or 
e-mail  (csp-mprh@blueline.mg)  or,  for  vessels  not  equipped  with  a  fax  or  e-
mail, by radio (call sign BLU, only during working hours and on working days 
in  Madagascar,  8754.00  Mhz.  The  radio  call  sign  of  Madagascar’s  Fisheries 
Monitoring Centre is “CHARLIE SIERRA PAPA”). 

3.3  Vessels found to be fishing without having informed the competent Malagasy 

authority shall be regarded as vessels in breach of the legislation. 

3.4  Vessels  shall  also  be  informed  of  the  fax  and  telephone  numbers  and  e-mail 

address when the fishing licence is issued. 

3.5  On receipt of messages notifying entry into and/or exit from the fishing zone, 
the Malagasy authorities reserve the right to decide whether or not to carry out 
a check on the catches of the longliner fleet of more than 250 GT on the basis 
of sampling of around 10% of the fleet concerned. Such checks shall take place 
in the nearest port or at a control point at sea. 

4. 

Control procedures 

4.1  Skippers  of  Community  fishing  vessels  engaged  in  fishing  activities  in 
Madagascar’s  waters  shall  allow  and  facilitate  boarding  and  the  discharge  of 
their duties by any Malagasy official responsible for the inspection and control 
of fishing activities. 

4.2.  These  officials  shall  not  remain  on  board  for  longer  than  is  necessary  for  the 

discharge of their duties. 

4.3.  Once  the  inspection  has  been  completed,  a  certificate  shall  be  issued  to  the 

master of the vessel. 

5. 

Satellite monitoring 

All  Community  vessels  fishing  under  this  Agreement  shall  be  subject  to  satellite 
monitoring in line with Appendix 4.  

6. 

Boarding 

6.1  The  competent  Malagasy  authorities  shall  inform  the  flag  State  and  the 
European Commission, within no more than 24 hours, of all boardings of and 
penalties imposed on Community vessels in Malagasy waters. 

6.2  The flag State and the European Commission shall at the same time receive a 

brief report of the circumstances and reasons leading to the boarding. 

7. 

Statement of boarding 

7.1  After the competent Malagasy authority has drawn up a statement, the skipper 

of the vessel shall sign it. 

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7.2  This signature shall not prejudice the rights of the master or any defence which 
the master may make to the alleged infringement. If the skipper refuses to sign 
this document, he or she shall specify the reasons for doing so in writing and 
the inspector shall write “refusal to sign” on it. 

7.3  The  skipper  shall  take  the  vessel  to  the  port  indicated  by  the  Malagasy 
authorities.  In  the  case  of  minor  infringements,  the  competent  Malagasy 
authorities may authorise the boarded vessel to continue fishing. 

8. 

Consultation meeting in the event of boarding 

8.1  Before  any  measures  regarding  the  skipper  or  the  crew  of  the  vessel  or  any 
action  regarding  the  cargo  and  equipment  of  the  vessel  are  considered,  other 
than  those  to  safeguard  evidence  relating  to  the  presumed  infringement,  a 
consultation meeting shall be held, within one working day of the receipt of the 
above  information,  between  the  European  Commission  and  the  competent 
Malagasy  authorities,  possibly  attended  by  a  representative  of  the  Member 
State concerned.  

8.2  At  the  meeting,  the  Parties  shall  exchange  any  relevant  documentation  or 
information  helping  to  clarify  the  circumstances  of  the  established  facts.  The 
shipowner or his or her representative shall be informed of the outcome of the 
meeting and of any measures resulting from the boarding. 

9. 

Settlement of boarding 

9.1.  Before  any  judicial  procedure,  an  attempt  shall  be  made  to  resolve  the 
presumed infringement through a compromise procedure. This procedure shall 
end no later than three working days after the boarding. 

9.2.  In  the  event  of  an  amicable  settlement,  the  amount  of  the  fine  shall  be 

determined in accordance with Malagasy legislation. 

9.3.  If  the  case  cannot  be  settled  by  amicable  procedure  and  has  to  be  brought 
before  a  competent  judicial  body,  a  bank  security  set  to  take  account  of  the 
boarding  costs  and  the  fines  and  compensation  payable  by  the  parties 
responsible for the infringement shall be lodged by the shipowner with a bank 
specified by the competent Malagasy authorities. 

9.4.  The  bank  security  shall  be  irrevocable  until  the  legal  proceedings  have  been 
concluded.  It  shall  be  released  once  legal  proceedings  end  without  a 
conviction. Similarly, in the event of a conviction leading to a fine of less than 
the security lodged, the balance shall be released  by the competent Malagasy 
authorities. 

9.5.  The vessel shall be released and its crew authorised to leave the port: 

– 

once  the  obligations  arising  under  the  amicable  settlement  have  been 
fulfilled, or 

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– 

when  the  bank  security  referred  to  in  point  9.3  has  been  lodged  and 
accepted by the competent Malagasy authorities, pending completion of 
the legal proceedings. 

10. 

Transhipment 

10.1  All  Community  vessels  wishing  to  tranship  catches  in  Malagasy  waters  shall 

do so in or off Malagasy ports. 

10.2.  The  owners  of  such  vessels  must  notify  the  following  information  to  the 

competent Malagasy authorities at least 24 hours in advance: 

– 

– 

– 

– 

the names of the transhipping fishing vessels, 

the names, OMI numbers and flag of the cargo vessels, 

the tonnage by species to be transhipped, 

the day and place of transhipment. 

10.3.  Transhipment  shall be considered as an exit from  Madagascar’s fishing  zone. 
Skippers  of  vessels  must  submit  their  catch  declarations  to  the  competent 
Malagasy authorities and state whether they intend to continue fishing or leave 
Madagascar’s fishing zone. 

10.4.  Any  transhipment  of  catches  not  covered  above  shall  be  prohibited  in 
Madagascar’s fishing zone. Any person infringing this provision shall be liable 
to the penalties provided for by Malagasy law. 

11. 

Skippers  of  Community  fishing  vessels  engaged  in  landing  or  transhipment 
operations  in  a  Malagasy  port  shall  allow  and  facilitate  the  inspection  of  such 
operations  by  Malagasy  inspectors.  Once  the  inspection  has  been  completed  in  the 
port, a certificate shall be issued to the skipper of the vessel. 

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1 – 

2 – 

3 – 

APPENDICES 

Licence application form 

IOTC logbook 

Provisions  applicable  to  the  satellite-based  vessel  monitoring  system  (VMS)  and 
coordinates of Madagascar’s fishing zone 

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Appendix 1 

MINISTRY RESPONSIBLE FOR FISHERIES IN MADAGASCAR 
NEW  APPLICATION  FOR  OR  RENEWAL  OF5  A  LICENCE  FOR  FOREIGN 
INDUSTRIAL FISHING VESSELS: 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

Name of shipowner: ..................................................................................................... 
Address of shipowner:.................................................................................................. 
Name of representative or agent (if applicable): .......................................................... 
Address of shipowner’s representative or local agent (if applicable): ......................... 
……………………………………………………………………………………….. 
Name of skipper: .......................................................................................................... 
5. 
Name of vessel: ............................................................................................................ 
6. 
Registration No: ........................................................................................................... 
7. 
Fax No: ......................................................................................................................... 
8. 
E-mail address: ............................................................................................................. 
9. 
Radio code:................................................................................................................... 
10. 
Date and place of construction: .................................................................................... 
11. 
Flag country:................................................................................................................. 
12. 
Port of registration:....................................................................................................... 
13. 
Port of fitting out: ......................................................................................................... 
14. 
15. 
Overall length: .............................................................................................................. 
16.  Width of vessel:............................................................................................................ 
Gross tonnage (GT): ..................................................................................................... 
17. 
Hold capacity:............................................................................................................... 
18. 
Cold storage and freezing capacity: ............................................................................. 
19. 
Engine type and horse power: ...................................................................................... 
20. 
Fishing gear: ................................................................................................................. 
21. 
Number of crew:........................................................................................................... 
22. 
Communications equipment:........................................................................................ 
23. 
Call sign:....................................................................................................................... 
24. 
Identification markings:................................................................................................ 
25. 
Fishing operations to be carried out: ............................................................................ 
26. 
Place of landing: ........................................................................................................... 
27. 
Fishing zones:............................................................................................................... 
28. 
Species to be caught: .................................................................................................... 
29. 
Period of validity: ......................................................................................................... 
30. 
31. 
Special conditions:........................................................................................................ 
Opinion of the Directorate-General for Fisheries and Aquaculture:........................................ 
Comments of the Ministry responsible for fisheries: ............................................................... 

5 

Delete as appropriate. 

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Appendix 2 

LOGBOOK FOR TUNA FISHERY 

Name of vessel: 
……………………………………………………………………. 
Flag country:   
……………………………………………………………………...........................

: 

Gross tonnage: 
………………………………………………….............................
Capacity – (M.T.): …………………………........ 

Vessel DEPARTED: 

Month  Day  Year 

Port 

Registration No: 
………………………………………………………………...................................
No of crew: 
Shipowner: 
………………………………………………………….......................... 
….…………………………………………………........................
Address: ………………………………………………………………………….... Reporting date: ………………………………………………...... 

Captain: ……………………………………………………….... 

Vessel 
RETURNED: 

Longline 

Live bait 

Purse seine 

Trawl 

Outros (Others) 

No of days at sea: 

Trip number: 

No of fishing days: 

No of sets made: 

Capturas (Catches) 

Isco usado na pesca 
(Bait used) 

Yellowfin tuna 

(Bigeye tuna) 

(Albacore) 

(Swordfish) 

Thunnus 
albacares 

Thunnus 
obesus 

Thunnus 
alalunga 

Xiphias 
gladius 

No 

kg 

No 

kg 

No 

kg 

No 

kg 

(Strip marlin) 
(White marlin 

Tetraptunus 
audax or albidus 
kg 

No 

(Black marlin)

(Sailfish) 

Skipjack 

Makaira 
indica 

Istiophorus albicane 
or platypterus 

Katsuwonus 
pelamis 

(Miscellaneous fish) 

Daily total 

(weight in kg 
only) 

y
r
u
a
S

d
i
u
q
S

t
i
a
b

e
v
i
L

(Other) 

No 

kg 

No 

kg 

No 

kg 

No 

kg 

No 

kg 

Date 

Sector 

Month  Day 

S
/
N
e
d
u
t
i
t
a
L

e
d
u
t
i
g
n
o
L

O
E

/

Surface 
water 
temp 
(ºC) 

Fishing effort 
No  of  hooks 
used 

Bluefin tuna 

Thunnus 
thynnus or 
maccoyii 
No  Weigh

t 
kg 

LANDING WEIGHT (IN KG) 
Notes 

1 – Use one sheet per month, and one line per day. 

3 – “Day” refers to the day you set the line. 

5  -  The  last  line  (landing  weight)  should  be  completed  only  at  the  end  of  the  trip.  Actual 
weight at the time of unloading should be recorded. 

2 - At the end of each trip, forward a copy of the log to your correspondent 
or to the ICCAT, Calle Corazón de María, 8, 28002 Madrid, Spain. 

4 - Fishing area refers to the position of the boat. Round off minutes and record 
degree of latitude and longitude. Be sure to record N/S and E/W. 

6 - All information reported herein will be kept strictly confidential. 

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Appendix 4 

Madagascar’s fishing zone 

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Protocol (VMS) 

setting out the provisions applicable to satellite monitoring of Community fishing vessels 
operating in Madagascar’s EEZ 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

The  provisions  of  this  Protocol  supplement  the  Protocol  setting  out  the  fishing 
opportunities  and  financial  contribution  provided  for  in  the  Fisheries  Partnership 
Agreement  between  the  European  Community  and  the  Democratic  Republic  of 
Madagascar  on  fishing  off  the  coast  of  Madagascar  for  the  period  from  1  January 
2007 to 31 December 2012 and apply in accordance with point 5. of “Chapter VIII – 
Monitoring” in the Annex thereto. 

All  fishing  vessels  with  an  overall  length  exceeding  15  metres  operating  under  the 
Fisheries  Agreement  between  the  European  Community  and  Madagascar  shall  be 
monitored by satellite when fishing in Madagascar’s EEZ. 

For  the  purposes  of  the  satellite  monitoring,  the  Malagasy  authorities  shall 
communicate  to  the  Community  party  the  latitude  and  longitude  coordinates  of 
Madagascar’s EEZ. 

The  Malagasy  authorities  shall  transmit  this  information  in  electronic  form, 
expressed in decimal degrees (WGS 84). 

The Parties shall exchange information on X.25 addresses and the specifications for 
electronic data transmission between their Control Centres in accordance with points 
5  and  7.  Such  information  shall  include  the  following  where  they  exist:  names, 
telephone,  telex  and  fax  numbers,  and  e-mail  addresses  (Internet  or  X.400)  which 
may be used for general communications between Control Centres. 

The  position  of  vessels  shall  be  determined  with  a  margin  of  error  of  less  than 
500 metres and a confidence interval of 99%. 

When  a  vessel  which  is  fishing  under  the  Agreement  and  is  the  subject  of  satellite 
monitoring  pursuant  to  Community  legislation  enters  Madagascar’s  EEZ,  the 
subsequent  position  reports  (vessel  identification,  longitude,  latitude,  course  and 
speed)  shall  be  transmitted  immediately  by  the  Control  Centre  of  the  flag  State  to 
Madagascar’s Fisheries Monitoring Centre (FMC) at intervals of no more than three 
hours. The messages concerned shall be identified as position reports. 

The messages specified in point 5 shall be transmitted electronically in X.25 format, 
or any other secure protocol. They shall be communicated in real time in the format 
set out in Table II. 

Where  the  continuous  satellite  monitoring  equipment  installed  on  board  a  fishing 
vessel  develops  a  technical  fault  or  breaks  down,  the  skipper  of  the  vessel  shall 
transmit the information specified in point 5 to the Control Centre of the flag State 
and Madagascar’s FMC in good time. It will be necessary in those circumstances to 
send a global position report at 06.00, 12.00 and 18.00 Madagascar time. This global 
position  report  shall  include  the  position  reports  as  recorded  by  the  skipper  of  the 
vessel  on  a  three-hourly  basis  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  laid  down  in 
point 5. 

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The  Control  Centre  of  the  flag  State  shall  send  these  messages  to  Madagascar’s 
FMC. The faulty equipment shall be repaired or replaced within a period of not more 
than one month. After this deadline, the vessel in question must leave Madagascar’s 
EEZ.  

The Control Centres of the flag States shall monitor the movements of their vessels 
in  Malagasy  waters.  If  the  vessels  are  not  being  monitored  in  accordance  with  the 
conditions laid down, Madagascar’s FMC shall be informed by the FMC of the flag 
State  as  soon  as  this  is  discovered  and  the  procedure  laid  down  in  point  7  shall  be 
applicable. 

If  Madagascar’s  FMC  establishes  that  the  flag  State  is  not  transmitting  the 
information  specified  in  point  5,  the  competent  European  Commission  departments 
shall be informed immediately. 

The  monitoring  data  communicated  to  the  other  party  in  accordance  with  these 
provisions  is  intended  solely  for  the  purposes  of  the  Malagasy  authorities  in 
controlling  and  monitoring  the  Community  fleet  fishing  under  the  Fisheries 
Agreement between the European Community and Madagascar. Such data may not 
under any circumstances be communicated to other parties. 

The satellite-monitoring system software and hardware components shall be reliable 
and  shall  not  permit  the  input  or  output  of  false  positions  or  be  capable  of  being 
manually overridden. 

The  system  shall  be  fully  automatic  and  operational  at  all  times  regardless  of 
environmental and weather conditions. Destroying, damaging, rendering inoperative 
or tampering with the satellite-monitoring system shall be prohibited. 

Skippers shall ensure that: 

– 

– 

– 

– 

data are not altered in any way; 

the antenna or antennas connected to the satellite-monitoring equipment are not 
obstructed; 

the power supply of the satellite-monitoring equipment is not interrupted; and 

 the satellite-monitoring equipment is not removed from the vessel. 

The Parties  agree to exchange upon request information on the equipment used for 
satellite  monitoring,  in  order  to  ensure  that  each  piece  of  equipment  is  fully 
compatible  with  the  requirements  of  the  other  Party  for  the  purposes  of  these 
provisions. 

Any  dispute  over  the  interpretation  or  application  of  these  provisions  shall  be  the 
subject of consultation between the Parties within the Joint Committee provided for 
in Article 9 of the Agreement. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11. 

12. 

13. 

14. 

The Parties agree to review these provisions, as appropriate. 

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COMMUNICATION OF VMS MESSAGES TO MADAGASCAR 

Data Element 

Code Mandatory/

Comments 

Optional 

POSITION REPORT 

Start record 

Recipient 

From 

Flag State 

Type of message 

Radio call sign 

SR  O 

AD  O 
EN  O 

FS  F 

TM  O 

RC  O 

System detail – indicates start of record 

Message detail – recipient. Alpha 3 ISO country code 

Message detail – sender. Alpha 3 ISO country code 

Message detail – Message type “POS” 

Vessel detail – international radio call sign of vessel 

Contracting  party  internal 
reference number 

IR  F 

Unique  contracting  party  number  as  flag  State  ISO-3 
code followed by number) 

External 
number 

Latitude 

Longitude 

Course 

Speed 

Date 

Time 

registration 

XR  O 

Vessel detail – number marked on side of vessel 

LA  O 

LO  O 

CO  O 

SP  O 

DA  O 

TI  O 

Vessel position detail – position in degrees and minutes 
N/S DDMM (WGS-84) 

Vessel position detail – position in degrees and minutes 
E/W DDMM (WGS-84) 

Vessel course 360° scale 

Vessel speed in tenths of knots 

Vessel position detail – date of record of UTC position 
(YYYYMMDD) 

Vessel position detail – time of record of UTC position 
(HHMM) 

End record 

ER  O 

System detail - indicates end of record 

Character set: ISO 8859.1 

Each data transmission is structured as follows: 

– 
– 

a double slash (//) and field code indicate the start of the message, 
a single slash (/) separates the field code and the data. 

Optional data elements have to be inserted between the start and end of the record. 

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COORDINATES OF MADAGASCAR’S FMC 

Name of FMC: 

Centre de Surveillance des Pêches (CSP) 

CSP tel.: 00 261 20 22 404 10 

CSP fax: 00 261 20 22 490 14 

CSP e-mail: csp-mprh@blueline.mg 

DPRH tel. and fax:  Direction de la pêche et des ressources halieutiques (DPRH) 

00 261 20 22 409 00 

DPRH e-mail: mamy.andriantsoa@wanadoo.mg 

Address X25 = 

134 164 784 14 from FMC- France 

208 034 164 784 14 from FMC-Spain, FMC- Portugal, FMC-Italy 

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Model declaration of entries/exits:   

DECLARATION  D’ENTREE  DANS  LA  ZONE  ECONOMIQUE  EXCLUSIVE  DE 
MADAGASCAR. 

ENTRY REPORT IN MADAGASCAR ECONOMIC EXCLUSIVE ZONE 

INFORME DE ENTRADA Y SALIDA DE LA ZEE DE MADAGASCAR 

A/TO:  Centre  de  Surveillance  des  Pêches  du  Ministère  de  la  Pêche  et  des  Ressources 
Halieutiques – Madagascar 

e-mail: csp-mprh@blueline.mg 

Fax: 00 261 20 22 490 14 

DE/FROM: 

Nom du navire/Name of the vessel/Nombre del buque: 

Indicatif d’appel par radio/Call sign: 

Numéro de la licence/Number of the autorisation/Licencia N°: 

Nationalité/Nationality: 

Type de bateau/Kind of vessel: 

Date d’entrée/Date of entry/Fecha de entrada: 

Heures d’entrée/Time of entry/Hora de entrada: 

Position d’entrée/ Position of entry/Posicion de entrada: 

Capture  à  bord  avant  l’entrée  dans  la  zone/Fish  or  catch  on  board  before  entering  the 
zone/Pescado a bordo: 

Nombre/# 

Poids/Weight

Capture/Catch/Pescado 
Thon rouge/Bluefin tuna/Thunnus maccoyii 
Albacore/Yellowfin tuna/Thunnus albacares 
Patudo/Bigeye tuna/Thunnus obesus 
Germon/Albacore/Thunnus alalunga 
Espadon/Swordfish/Xiphias gladius 
Makaire/Strip marlin/Tetrapturus audax 
Marlin/Black marlin/Makaira indica  
Voiliers/Sailfish/Istiophorus spp 
Listao/Skipjack/Katsuwonus pelamis 
Divers/Others 

TOTAL 

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DECLARATION  DE  SORTIE  DE  LA  ZONE  ECONOMIQUE  EXCLUSIVE  DE 
MADAGASCAR 

DEPARTURE REPORT OF MADAGASCAR ECONOMIC EXCLUSIVE ZONE 

INFORME DE SALIDA DE LA ZEE DE MADAGASCAR 

A/TO:  Centre  de  Surveillance  des  Pêches  du  Ministère  de  la  Pêche  et  des  Ressources 
Halieutiques – Madagascar 

e-mail: csp-mprh@blueline.mg 

Fax: 00 261 20 22 490 14 

DE/FROM: 

Nom du navire/Name of the vessel/Nombre del buque: 

Indicatif d’appel par radio/Call sign: 

Numéro de la licence/Number of the autorisation/Licencia N°: 

Nationalité/Nationality: 

Type de bateau/Kind of vessel: 

Date de sortie/Date of leaving/Fecha de salida: 

Heures de sortie/Time of leaving/Hora de salida: 

Position de sortie/ Position of leaving/Posicion de salida: 

Capture à bord à la sortie de la zone/Fish or catch on board before leaving the zone/Pescado a 
bordo: 

Nombre/# 

Poids/Weight

Capture/Catch/Pescado 
Thon rouge/Bluefin tuna/Thunnus maccoyii 
Albacore/Yellowfin tuna/Thunnus albacares 
Patudo/Bigeye tuna/Thunnus obesus 
Germon/Albacore/Thunnus alalunga 
Espadon/Swordfish/Xiphias gladius 
Makaire/Strip marlin/Tetrapturus audax 
Marlin/Black marlin/Makaira indica  
Voiliers/Sailfish/Istiophorus spp 
Listao/Skipjack/Katsuwonus pelamis 
Divers/Others 

TOTAL 

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LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

1. 

TITLE OF THE PROPOSAL: 

Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  on  the  conclusion  of  the  Fisheries  Partnership 
Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic 
of  Madagascar,  during  the  period  of  six  years  from  the  entry  into  force  of  the 
Agreement. 

2. 

ABM/ABB FRAMEWORK (ACTIVITY-BASED  MANAGEMENT/ESTABLISHMENT  OF 
THE BUDGET) 

11. Fisheries 

1103. International Fisheries Agreements 

3. 

BUDGET LINES 

3.1 

Budget lines: 

110301: “International Fisheries Agreements” 

11010404: “International Fisheries Agreements: administrative costs” 

3.2 

Duration of the action and of the financial impact: 

The Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement between the European Community and the 
Republic of Madagascar  expires on 31  December  2006.  The new Protocol will  be 
valid for five years commencing on 1 January 2007. 

The  Protocol  lays  down  the  financial  contribution,  the  fishing  categories  and  the 
conditions for fishing by Community vessels in Madagascar’s fishing zones. 

3.3 

Budgetary characteristics (add rows if necessary): 

Budget 
line 

Type of expenditure 

New 

EFTA 
contribution 

Contribution
s form 
applicant 
countries 

Heading in 
financial 
perspective6 

11.0301 

Comp. 

Diff.7 

11.010404 

Comp 

Non-diff.8 

NO 

NO 

NO 

NO 

NO 

NO 

No 4 

No 4 

6 
7 
8 

From 1 January 2007, this will be heading No 2 instead of heading No 4. 
Differentiated appropriations. 
Non-differentiated appropriations. 

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4. 

SUMMARY OF RESOURCES 

4.1 

Financial Resources 

4.1.1 

Summary of commitment appropriations (CA) and payment appropriations (PA) 

Type of 
expenditure 

Secti
on 
No 

Operational expenditure9 

Commitments 

8.1 

a  

Payments 

b  

EUR million (to four decimal places) 

2007 

2008 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

Total 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

5.9400 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

5.9400 

Administrative expenditure within reference amount10 

Technical & 
administrativ
e assistance 
(Non-diff.) 

8.2.4 

C 

0.0400 

0.0400 

TTOOTTAALL  RREEFFEERREENNCCEE  AAMMOOUUNNTT 

Commitment 
appropriations 

Payment 
approp riations 

a+c 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

1.0300 

5.9800 

b+c 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

1.0300 

5.9800 

Administrative expenditure not included in reference amount11 

Human 
resources and 
associated 
expenditure 
(Non-diff.) 

Administrative 
costs other than 
human resources 
and associated 
expenditure, not 
included in 
reference amount 
(Non-diff.) 

8.2.5 

D 

0.0594 

0.0594 

0.0594 

0.0594 

0.0594 

0.0594 

0.3564 

8.2.6 

e 

0.0215 

0.0215 

0.0215 

0.0215 

0.0215 

0.0215 

0.129 

9 
10 
11 

Expenditure that does not fall within Chapter 11 01 of the Title 11 concerned. 
Expenditure within Article 11 01 04 of Title 11. 
Expenditure within Chapter 11 01 other than Articles 11 01 04. 

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TOTAL INDICATIVE COST OF ACTION 

TOTAL CA  

including cost of human 
resources 

TOTAL PA  

including cost of human 
resources 

1.0709 

1.0709 

1.0709 

1.0709 

1.0709 

1.1109 

6.4654 

1.0709 

1.0709 

1.0709 

1.0709 

1.0709 

1.1109 

6.4654 

PART-FINANCING DETAILS: no part-financing 

Part-financing body 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

2012 

Total 

EUR million (to three decimal places) 

F 

TOTAL CA with part-
financing 

a+c+d+
e+f 

4.1.2  Compatibility with financial programming 

X 

Proposal is compatible with existing financial programming. 

(cid:133) 

(cid:133) 

Proposal  will  entail  reprogramming  of  the  relevant  heading  in  the  financial 
perspective. 

Proposal  may  require  application  of  the  provisions  of  the  Interinstitutional 
Agreement12 (i.e. flexibility instrument or revision of the financial perspective). 

4.1.3 

Financial impact on revenue 

X 

Proposal has no financial impact on revenue 

(cid:133) 

Proposal has financial impact – the effect on revenue is as follows: 

Note: All details and observations relating to the method of calculating the effect 
on revenue should be shown in a separate annex. 

12 

See points 19 and 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement. 

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Budget line  Revenue 

Prior to 
action [YEAR N-1] 

EUR million (to one decimal place) 

Situation following action 

[YEAR N]

[N+1] 

[N+2] 

[N+3] 

a) Revenue in 
absolute terms 
b) Change in revenue 

 Δ 

(PLEASE  SPECIFY  EACH  BUDGET  LINE  INVOLVED,  ADDING  THE  APPROPRIATE  NUMBER  OF 
ROWS TO THE TABLE IF THERE IS AN EFFECT ON MORE THAN ONE BUDGET LINE.) 

4.2 

Human resources FTE (including officials, temporary and external staff) – see 
details under point 8.2.1. 

Annual requirements 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

2012 

Total number of human resour

0.550 

0.550 

0.550 

0.550 

0.550 

0.550 

5. 

CHARACTERISTICS AND OBJECTIVES 

5.1 

Need to be met in the short or long term 

The  main  objective  of  the  new  Fisheries  Partnership  Agreement  (FPA)  is  to 
strengthen  cooperation  between  the  European  Community  and  Madagascar  to 
develop  a  sustainable  fisheries  policy  and  responsible  exploitation  of  fisheries 
resources in Madagascar’s fishing zone. The main elements of the new Protocol are: 

– 

– 

– 

– 

Fishing opportunities: 44 freezer tuna seiners, 44 surface longliners, i.e. 8 extra 
licences  for  tuna  fishing  compared  with  the  previous  protocol  and  5  new 
licences  for  exploratory  demersal  fishing,  which  did  not  exist  under  the 
previous protocol.  

Annual reference tonnage: 11 000 tonnes of tuna (may be increased to 12 000 
tonnes from 2007 if the total catch in 2006 exceeds 11 000 tonnes). 

Annual  financial  contribution:  EUR 990 000 (EUR 1 080 000  if  reference 
tonnage increases to 12 000 tonnes). 

Advances and fees payable by vessel-owners: EUR 35 (compared with EUR 25 
previously) per tonne of tuna. The amount for demersal fishing licences will be 
fixed  after  the  exploratory  fishing  phase.  The  advances  are  fixed  at 
EUR 3 920 per year per tuna seiner, EUR 3 500 per year per surface longliner 
over 250 GT and EUR 1 680 per year per surface longliner under 250 GT. 

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5.2 

Value-added  of  Community  involvement  and  coherence  of  the  proposal  with 
other financial instruments and possible synergy 

Regarding  this  new  FPA,  if  the  Community  does  not  act,  then  private  agreements 
will  spring  up  which  would  not  guarantee  sustainable  fisheries.  The  Community 
therefore hopes that, thanks to this FPA, Madagascar will cooperate effectively with 
the  Community  in  regional  bodies  such  as  the  Indian  Ocean  Tuna  Commission 
(IOTC), in the fight against illegal fishing and for the proper management of stocks 
of highly migratory species. 

5.3 

Objectives, expected results and related indicators of the proposal in the context 
of the ABM framework 

The negotiation and conclusion of fishing agreements with third countries meets the 
general objective of maintaining and safeguarding the traditional fishing activities of 
the Community fleet, including the distant-water fleet, and developing relations in a 
spirit  of  partnership  with  a  view  to  strengthening  the  sustainable  exploitation  of 
fishery resources outside Community waters, taking account of environmental, social 
and economic concerns. 

The following indicators will be used in the context of the ABM for the purposes of 
monitoring implementation of the Agreement: 

• 
• 

• 
• 
• 

• 

monitoring the utilisation rate of the fishing opportunities; 
gathering  and  analysing  data  on  catches  and  the  commercial  value  of  the 
Agreement; 
contribution to employment and value-added in the Community; 
contribution to stabilising the Community market; 
contribution  to  the  general  objectives  of  reducing  poverty  in  Madagascar, 
including  the  contribution  to  employment,  development  of  infrastructure  and 
support for the state budget; 
number of technical meetings and meetings of the Joint Committee. 

5.4 

Method of implementation (indicative) 

Indicate below the method(s)13 of implementation chosen. 

X 

Centralised Management 

X  Directly by the Commission 

(cid:133) 

indirectly 

Shared or decentralised management 

Joint management with international organisations (please specify) 

(cid:133) 

(cid:133) 

13 

If more than one method is indicated, please give details in the “Comments” section under this point. 

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6. 

MONITORING AND EVALUATION 

6.1 

Monitoring system 

The  Commission  (DG  FISH,  in  collaboration  with  the  European  Commission 
Delegation to Madagascar) will ensure regular monitoring of implementation of this 
Agreement, particularly in terms of its use by operators and catch data. 

6.2 

Assessment 

A  comprehensive  evaluation  was  carried  out  on  the  Protocol  currently  in  force, 
ending  in  March  2006,  with  the  assistance  of  a  consortium  of  independent 
consultants, with a view to the launch of negotiations on a new Protocol.  

6.2.1 

Ex-ante evaluation 

The key elements of the evaluation highlight the use of fishing opportunities, which 
have  always  been  satisfactory  for  seiners  (83%  in  2004,  93%  in  2005  and  98%  in 
2006) and for longliners (78% in 2004, 85% in 2005 and 100% in 2006). As regards 
tonnages  caught,  the  results  vary  widely.  Constant  at  around  8 000  tonnes  per  year 
until 2001, these fell sharply in 2003 and 2004 to just a few hundred tonnes. This is 
the result of as yet unexplained biological phenomena which led to a concentration of 
tuna around Tanzania at the point when it was expected in the Mozambique Channel. 
The year 2005 marked a return to normal, with catches in excess of 12 000 tonnes in 
Madagascar’s fishing zone.  

According to ex-ante evaluation, the conclusion of the new Agreement is beneficial 
for both sides.  

- Added value of Community involvement:  

While the Community’s return on its investment in 2004 was negative (low catches), 
in  2005  it  was  in  line  with  the  level  measured  for  other  tuna  agreements  at 
EUR 4.8 million  of  value-added  for  the  Community.  In  other  words,  each  euro 
invested  generated  around  EUR  5  in  value-added.  The  economic  rewards  for 
Madagascar  are  estimated  at  EUR 2.2  million  per  year  (financial  contribution, 
licence  fees  and  economic  impact),  plus  EUR  5.4  million  per  year  in  value-added 
generated by the canning industry. 

The  agreement  will  support  around  1 100  on-board  and  shore-based  jobs  for  EC 
nationals  from  regions  which  are  dependent  on  fishing.  The  Fisheries  Agreement 
guarantees  a  substantial  share  of  resources  to  the  sectoral  fisheries  policy  in 
Madagascar.  

- Risks and alternative options: 

There  is  some  risk  in  setting  up  a  fisheries  protocol,  for  example:  the  amounts 
intended  to  finance  the  sectoral  fisheries  policy  and  shipowners’  fees  might  not  be 
allocated  as  agreed  (fraud),  foreign  fleets  might  ignore  licences  and  other  controls. 
To  avoid  these  risks,  extensive  dialogue  is  planned  on  the  programming  and 
implementation  of  the  sectoral  policy,  in  particular  in  the  field  of  control  and 
monitoring.  

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6.2.2 

Ex-ante  estimate  of  the  economic  value  of  the  Agreement  and  the  Community’s 
financial contribution 

The  Agreement  meets  a  need  of  Community  shipping  by  procuring  fishing 
opportunities  for  a  resource  which  is  spread  randomly  through  migration  across 
international waters and coastal states’ EEZ. Madagascar’s fishing zone is important 
in  this  respect  during  at  least  one  quarter  of  the  year.  The  Agreement  is  also 
considered  to  correspond  to  Madagascar’s  need  to  be  able  to  generate  revenue  in 
foreign  currency  from  a  resource  which  the  country  does  not  have  the  means  to 
exploit itself.  

The  financial  contribution  granted  by  the  Community  under  this  new  Fisheries 
Partnership  Agreement  is  a  single  allocation  established  on  the  basis  of  an  annual 
financial envelope of EUR 990 000 for the 2007-12 Protocol. 

6.2.3  Measures taken  following  an  intermediate/ex-post evaluation (lessons  learned from 

similar experiences in the past) 

The  reference  tonnage  remains  similar  and may  be  increased  slightly.  The  advance 
for the licences for large longliners has been reassessed. 

The  dialogue  with  the  Malagasy  authorities  which  was  lacking  in  the  previous 
Protocol has been re-established. 

6.2.4 

Terms and frequency of future evaluation 

Following  on  from  the  study  finalised  in  March  2006  (cf.  point  6.2),  in  order  to 
ensure  sustainable  fishing  in  the  region,  an  evaluation  of  the  economic,  social  and 
environmental impact will be carried out before each future renewal of the Protocol. 
The indicators listed in point 5.3 will be used to carry out an ex-post evaluation.  

7. 

ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES 

The  use  to  which  the  financial  contribution  paid  by  the  Community  under  the 
Agreement  is  put  is  entirely  at  the  discretion  of  the  sovereign  third  country 
concerned. 

Nevertheless,  the  Commission  undertakes  to  try  and  establish  permanent  political 
dialogue and cooperation with a view to improving the management of the Protocol 
and  strengthening  the  Community’s  contribution  to  the  sustainable  management  of 
resources. 

In any case, any payment which the Commission makes under a fisheries agreement 
is subject to its standard rules and budgetary and financial procedures. This makes it 
possible, in particular, to fully identify the bank accounts of the third countries into 
which the financial contribution is paid. 

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8. 

8.1 

DETAILS OF RESOURCES 

Objectives of the proposal in terms of their financial cost 

(Headings 
of 
objectives,  actions 
and  outputs  should 
be provided) 

Type of 
output 

[Year n] 

Year n+1 

Year n+2 

Year n+3 

Year n+4 

Year n+5 

Total 

Number 
of outputs 

Tota
l 
cost 

Number  of 
outputs 

Total 
cost 

Number  of 
outputs 

Total 
cost 

Number  of 
outputs 

Total 
cost 

Number of 
outputs 

Total 
cost 

Number  of 
outputs 

Total 
cost 

Number 
of outputs 

Total 
cost 

Commitments (in EUR million to four decimal places) 

OPERATIONAL 
OBJECTIVE 
No 114:  To  obtain 
fishing opportunities 
in  exchange  for  a 
financial 
contribution 

Action 1 

- Output 1 

OPERATIONAL 
OBJECTIVE 

Action 2 

- Output 1   

TOTAL COST 

Vessels/licenc
es 

88 
licences 

0 9900

quota 

11 000 t 

88 
licences 

11 000 t 

0 9900

88 
licences 

11 000 t 

0 9900

88 
licences 

11 000 t 

0 9900 

88 
licences 

11 000 t 

0 9900

88 licences 

0 9900

528 

11 000 t 

licences 

5 9400 

66 000 t 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

0.9900 

5.9400 

* 

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8.2 

Administrative expenditure 

8.2.1  Number and type of human resources 

Types of 
post 

Staff to be assigned to management of the action using existing and/or 
additional resources (number of posts/FTE) 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

2012 

0.2500 

0.2500 

0.2500 

0.2500 

0.2500 

0.2500 

0.3000 

0.3000 

0.3000 

0.3000 

0.3000 

0.3000 

Officials or 
temporary 
staff15 (11 
01 01) 

A*/AD 

B*, 
C*/AST 

Staff financed16 by Art. 
11 01 02 

Other  staff  financed17 
by Art. 11 01 04 04 

TOTAL 

0.5500 

0.5500 

0.5500 

0.5500 

0.5500 

0.5500 

8.2.2  Description of tasks deriving from the action 

•  Assisting  the  negotiator  to  prepare  and  conclude  the  negotiation  of  fisheries 

agreements: 

– 

– 

– 

– 

taking  part  in  negotiations  with  third  countries  to  conclude  fisheries 
agreements; 

preparing  draft  evaluation  reports  and  negotiation  strategy  notes  for  the 
Commissioner; 

presenting  and  defending  the  Commission’s  position  in  the  Council’s 
“External Fisheries” Working Party; 

taking part in the search for a compromise with the Member States to be 
included in the final text of the Agreement. 

•  Monitoring the implementation of agreements: 

– 

– 

daily monitoring of fisheries agreements; 

preparing  and  checking  the  commitment  and  payment  of  the  financial 
contribution  and  targeted  measures  or  financing  for  the  development  of 
responsible fishing; 

15 
16 
17 

Cost of which is NOT covered by the reference amount. 
Cost of which is NOT covered by the reference amount. 
Cost of which is included in the reference amount. 

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– 

– 

– 

regular reporting on the implementation of agreements; 

evaluating agreements: scientific and technical aspects; 

preparing  the  draft  proposal  for a  Council  Regulation  and  Decision  and 
drafting the text of the agreement; 

– 

launching and monitoring adoption procedures. 

•  Technical assistance: 

– 

preparing the Commission’s position for the Joint Committee. 

•  Inter-institutional relations 

– 

– 

representing 
Parliament and the Member States in the negotiation process; 

the  Commission  before 

the  Council, 

the  European 

writing  the  replies  to  oral  and  written  questions  from  the  European 
Parliament. 

•  Interdepartmental consultation and coordination: 

– 

liaising  with  the  other  Directorates-General  on  matters  relating  to  the 
negotiation and monitoring of agreements; 

– 

organising and responding to interdepartmental consultations. 

•  Evaluation: 

– 

– 

taking part in updating the impact assessment; 

analysing the achieved objectives and evaluation indicators. 

8.2.3 

Sources of human resources (statutory) 

(When more than one source is stated, please indicate the number of posts originating from 
each of the sources) 

X 

(cid:133) 

(cid:133) 

(cid:133) 

(cid:133) 

Posts currently allocated to the management of the programme to be replaced 
or extended 

Posts pre-allocated within the APS/PDB exercise for year 2006 

Posts to be requested in the next APS/PDB procedure 

Posts  to  be  redeployed  using  existing  resources  within  the  managing  service 
(internal redeployment) 

Posts required for year n although not foreseen in the APS/PDB exercise of the 
year in question 

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8.2.4  Other administrative expenditure included in reference amount 

(11 01 04/05 – Expenditure on administrative management) 

(EUR) 

Budget line: 11010404 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

2012 

TOTAL 

(number and heading) 

Technical 

1. 
administrative 
(including 
costs) 

related 

and 
assistance 
staff 

Executive Agencies18 

Other 
administrative assistance: 

technical 

and 

- intra muros 

- extra muros (1)° 

Total 
administrative assistance 

technical 

and 

40 000 

40 000 

40 000 

40 000 

(1) Ex-post evaluation of the current Protocol and ex-ante evaluation of the future Protocol. 

8.2.5 

Financial cost of human resources and associated costs not included in the reference 
amount 

Type of human resources 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

2012 

TOTAL

(EUR) 

Officials  and  temporary  staff 
(11 01 01) 

Staff  financed  by  Art.  XX  01 
02  (auxiliary,  END,  contract 
staff, etc.) 

(specify budget line) 

Total cost of human 
resources and associated 
costs (NOT included in the 
reference amount) 

59400 

59400 

59400 

59400 

59400 

59400 

356400 

59400 

59400 

59400 

59400 

59400 

59400 

356400 

18 

Reference  should  be  made  to  the  specific  legislative  statement  for  the  Executive  Agency/Agencies 
concerned. 

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Calculation – Officials and contract staff 

Reference should be made to Point 8.2.1, if applicable 

- 

1A = EUR 108 000*0.25 = EUR 27 000 

1B = EUR 108 000*0.15 = EUR 16 200 

1C = EUR 108 000*0.15 = EUR 16 200 

Subtotal: EUR 59 400 (EUR 0.0594 million per year) 

Total: EUR 59 400 per year (EUR 0.0594 million per year) 

Calculation – Staff financed under Article XX 01 02 

Reference should be made to Point 8.2.1, if applicable 

8.2.6  Other administrative expenditure not included in reference amount 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

2012 

TOTAL

(EUR) 

11 01 02 11 01 – Missions 

20 000 

20 000 

20 000 

20 000 

20 000 

20 000 

120 000 

11  01  02  11  02  –  Meetings  and 
conferences 

XX 01 02 11 03 – Committees19 

XX  01  02  11  04  –  Studies  and 
consultations 
XX  01  02  11  05  –  Information 
systems 
2.  Total  other  management 
expenditure (XX 01 02 11) 
3.  Other  expenditure  of  an 
administrative  nature (specify 
including  reference  to  budget 
line) 
administrative 
Total 
than 
other 
expenditure, 
and 
resources 
human 
associated 
(NOT 
costs 
included in reference amount) 

1 500 

1 500 

1 500 

1 500 

1 500 

1 500 

9 000 

21 500 

21 500 

21 500 

21 500 

21 500 

21 500 

129 000 

Human resource and administrative needs will be covered by the managing DG’s allocation 
under the annual allocation procedure. 

19 

Specify the type of committee and the group to which it belongs. 

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