European Parliament legislative resolution of 13 January 2015 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (08585/2014 — C8-0018/2014 — 2014/0115(NLE))
Date: 2015-01-13
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Development, Committee on Fisheries, European Parliament
Subjects: São Tomé and Príncipe, 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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18.8.2016   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 300/48





P8_TA(2015)0001
Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and São Tomé and Príncipe: fishing opportunities and financial contribution ***
European Parliament legislative resolution of 13 January 2015 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (08585/2014 — C8-0018/2014 — 2014/0115(NLE))
(Consent)
(2016/C 300/10)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the draft Council decision (08585/2014),










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having regard to the draft protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (08554/2014),










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having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 43 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), and paragraph 7, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C8-0018/2014),










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having regard to its resolution of 25 October 2012 on the EU 2011 Report on Policy Coherence for Development (1),










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having regard to Council Decision 2014/334/EU of 19 May 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (2),










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having regard to Rule 99(1), first and third subparagraphs, and paragraph 2, and Rule 108(7) of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A8-0061/2014),










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Gives its consent to conclusion 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 new protocol and the results of the corresponding annual evaluations, and the minutes and the conclusions of the meetings provided for in Article 4 of the new protocol; 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 protocol and before the opening of negotiations for its renewal, a full report on its implementation, without unnecessary restrictions on document access;










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Calls on the Commission and Council, acting within the limits of their respective powers, to keep Parliament immediately and fully informed at all stages of the procedures relating to the 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 of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.






(1)  OJ C 72 E, 11.3.2014, p. 21.

(2)  OJ L 168, 7.6.2014, p. 1.