EU-Cape Verde Fisheries Partnership Agreement *** European Parliament legislative resolution of 27 September 2011 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a new Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde (09793/2011 – C7-0228/2011 – 2011/0097(NLE))
Date: 2011-09-27
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Development, Committee on Fisheries, European Parliament
Subjects: Cabo Verde, association agreement (EU), financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, protocol to an agreement, ratification of an agreement








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Official Journal of the European Union


CE 56/125





Tuesday 27 September 2011EU-Cape Verde Fisheries Partnership Agreement ***
P7_TA(2011)0398
European Parliament legislative resolution of 27 September 2011 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a new Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde (09793/2011 – C7-0228/2011 – 2011/0097(NLE))
2013/C 56 E/20
(Consent)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the draft Council decision (09793/2011),










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having regard to the draft for a new Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde (09791/2011),










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having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council, pursuant to Article 43(2) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7-0228/2011),










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having regard to Rules 81 and 90(7) of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinions of the Committee on Development and the Committee on Budgets (A7-0299/2011),










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Consents to the conclusion of the Protocol to the Agreement;










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Calls on the Commission to forward to Parliament the minutes and the conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Committee provided for in Article 9 of the Agreement, as well as the multiannual sectoral programme provided for in Article 3 of the new Protocol and the corresponding annual evaluations; calls on the Commission to facilitate the participation of representatives of Parliament as observers in the meetings of the Joint Committee; calls on the Commission to submit to Parliament and the Council, within the last year of application of the new Protocol and before the opening of negotiations for its renewal, a full evaluation report on its implementation, without imposing unnecessary restrictions on access to this document;










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Calls on the Commission and Council, in the context of their respective competences, to keep Parliament immediately and fully informed, at all stages of the procedures related to the new Protocol and its renewal, pursuant to Article 13(2) of the Treaty on European Union and Article 218(10) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;










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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the Republic of Cape Verde.