C 434/10
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
15.11.2022
Tuesday 5 April 2022
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Emphasises the need to ensure that the Specialised Committee on Fisheries, which will be responsible for taking decisions that are fair for both Parties and ensuring that resources are managed sustainably in the long term, takes shape and starts work swiftly, including prioritising work on urgent issues, such as the practical application of access to waters and the definition of a ‘direct replacement’ of a qualifying vessel with a view to further facilitating a faithful implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement; 43.
Highlights the need for transparency in the work of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries and for the European Parliament to be regularly updated about its work and the decisions it takes, both before and after its meetings; demands that technical representatives from the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries be invited to take part in the meetings of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries as observers; 44.
Urges the Commission and the Council to ensure that all decisions taken in the framework of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement respect the prerogatives of the different institutions and follow the appropriate legislative process, particularly with regard to technical measures; 45.
Recalls that the Trade and Cooperation Agreement provides for its Parties to consult with civil society; stresses the importance of including regional entities that represent the sector and regional public authorities in advisory groups, ensuring that the coastal communities of regions directly or indirectly affected are legally protected under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, including from the effects of any unilateral decisions taken by the United Kingdom; 46.
Calls for representatives of the fisheries sector, regional authorities, coastal communities and other stakeholders to be actively involved in the monitoring and implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, in particular through their participation in the domestic advisory groups and the Civil Society Forum provided for by Articles 13 and 14 of the agreement; urges the Commission to promote the establishment of a domestic internal fisheries advisory group to that effect, without prejudice to the existing advisory councils; 47.
Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Committee of the Regions, the Governments and Parliaments of the Member States, and the Governments and Parliaments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Norway, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.