Lidstaten eens over vangstmogelijkheden tussen EU en Marokko (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Litouws voorzitterschap Europese Unie 2e helft 2013 i, gepubliceerd op donderdag 7 november 2013.

6 November, at the meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER I) EU Member States agreed to send the letter to the European Parliament to ask its consent for the conclusion of the protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Morocco.

The Committee also agreed on Council regulation on the fishing opportunities under this future fisheries protocol. The Regulation stipulates the allocation of fishing quotas. The Presidency presented to the Committee a compromise proposal that ensures an increase of quota in absolute terms for each Member State involved. The global fishing opportunities under the protocol increase by 33% (comparing to the previous protocols).

According to the Chair of the Committee Ambassador Arūnas Vinčiūnas, today’s agreement reached in COREPER on a fisheries protocol of great political relevance and is particularly important to the EU fishing fleet.

The Commission adopted the proposals on 23 September 2013. The European Parliament is planning to vote on the consent for the conclusion of the protocol in the FIsheries Committee on 27 November, in Plenary in December 2013.