Activites

• 1995/12/30 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 1995/586
  • OJ L 327 30.12.1995, p. 0035
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• 1995/12/22 Council Meeting
• 1995/12/22 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1995/12/22 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 1995/12/15 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
  • T4-0660/1995 summary

    In adopting the report by Mr Mc MAHON (PSE, UK), the European Parliament approved this proposal for a decision on the conclusion of the EC-Canada fisheries agreement, with the following amendments: -the Agreed Minutes and its Annexes, and the Exchange of Letters and Exchange of Notes constitute an indivisible whole forming an integrated part of the EC-Canada fisheries agreement and requires to be carried out in its entirety by the contracting parties; -the Union's quota for Greenland halibut in zone 3LMNO for 1996 and successive years should be at least 55.35% of the TACs allocated by NAFO; -Canada should repeal the provisions of its domestic law which prevent free fishing by the Community fleet outside 200 miles; -the agreement should not be approved unless the preceding conditions are observed. �

• 1995/11/22 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0293/1995
• 1995/09/18 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1995/06/12 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1995)0251 summary

    OBJECTIVE: conclusion of a fisheries agreement between the Community and Canada with a view to increasing cooperation between the parties in the conservation and management of fish stocks in the NAFO (North Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) Regulatory Area and monitoring the allocation of the TAC for Greenland halibut, which is the source of many conflicts between the Community and Canada. SUBSTANCE: this proposal is the supplement to the urgent proposal of 16 April 1995 concerning the signature and provisional application of the EC-Canada fisheries agreement (CNS95095, COM(95)0400), which led to the adoption of the corresponding Council Decision of 17 April 1995. It should thus be considered as a single proposal. This agreement, constituted in the form of an agreed minute, an exchange of letters, an exchange of notes and the annexes thereto, seeks to enhance cooperation between the parties in the conservation and rational management of fish stocks within the framework of NAFO. In particular, the agreement provides for: .a series of fisheries control and enforcement measures in the NAFO Regulatory Area (including the application of a programme for the inspection of vessels operating in the area concerned, the detailed implementation of the control measures, and, in particular, the catches made by vessels operating in this area and the introduction of a pilot observation programme, chargeable to the Union, applicable to Community vessels), .the allocation of the authorised catch for Greenland halibut in the fisheries area concerned: in 1995 the TAC for 2 + 3 Greenland halibut in the NAFO Regulatory Area will be divided as follows: - 2 + 3 K (Canadian 200 miles): 7 000 tonnes (reserved for Canada); - 3 LMNO: 20 000 tonnes (including 10 000 tonnes for Canada and 5 013 tonnes for the Community from 16 April 1995). From 1996, NAFO will manage the quotas for Greenland halibut. Quota allocations will be in the ratio of 10:3 for the European Union and Canada. At the same time, and following various disputes resulting from Canada's expansion of the scope of its law on coastal fisheries protection (Coastal Fisheries Protection Act of 3 March 1995) and the subsequent arrest of EC vessels (Spanish and Portuguese in particular) on the high seas outside the Canadian 200 mile zone, the agreement contains an exchange of letters in which Canada is requested to repeal the provisions of its legislation and suspend legal proceedings against Community vessels (notably the Spanish fishing vessel "Estai"). �

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0251
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0293/1995
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0660/1995
• : Decision 1995/586
• : OJ L 327 30.12.1995, p. 0035

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)