European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 April 2013 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius and of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement (13501/2012 — C7–0007/2013 — 2012/0215(NLE))
Date: 2013-04-16
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Development, Committee on Fisheries, European Parliament
Subjects: Mauritius, agreement (EU), catch quota, consent procedure, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing rights, protocol to an agreement, ratification of an agreement, sea fishing








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Official Journal of the European Union


C 45/106





P7_TA(2013)0105
Fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for by the EU-Mauritius Fisheries Partnership Agreement ***
European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 April 2013 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius and of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement (13501/2012 — C7–0007/2013 — 2012/0215(NLE))
(Consent)
(2016/C 045/22)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the draft Council decision (13501/2012),










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having regard to the draft Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius and the draft Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement (13503/2012),










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having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 43(2) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7–0007/2013),










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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 to the opinion of the committee on Budgets (A7-0127/2013),












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Consents to the conclusion of the Agreement and of the Protocol;












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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 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 to the Council, within the last year of application of the 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 Council and the Commission, acting within the limits of their respective powers, 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 Mauritius.