Activites

• 2015/01/12 Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
• 2014/12/03 Vote scheduled in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2014/07/03 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2014/04/03 Legislative proposal published
  • 07911/2014 summary

    PURPOSE: to conclude the Agreement between the European Union and the Seychelles on access for fishing vessels flying the flag of the Seychelles to waters and marine biological resources of Mayotte, under the jurisdiction of the European Union. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act. BACKGROUND: on 11 July 2012, the European Council adopted Decision 2012/419/EU1 amending, with effect from 1 January 2014, the status of Mayotte with regard to the European Union. From that date, Mayotte ceased to be an overseas country or territory and became an outermost region of the Union within the meaning of Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The Council authorised the Commission to negotiate, on behalf of the Union, an agreement with the Seychelles relating to the access, for fishing vessels flying the flag of Seychelles, to waters and marine biological resources of the Union in the exclusive economic zone off the coast of Mayotte. The Agreement between the European Union and the Seychelles on access for fishing vessels flying the flag of the Seychelles to waters and marine biological resources of Mayotte, under the jurisdiction of the European Union was signed in accordance with a Council Decision and is provisionally applied. In order for the authorities in Mayotte to implement the rules of the common fisheries policy (CFP) from the date on which Mayotte becomes an outermost region, it is necessary to set up the appropriate administrative framework, control activities and physical infrastructure, and to provide the appropriate capacity building. The Agreement should be approved on behalf of the EU. CONTENT : the proposal calls on the council to approve, on behalf of the EU, an Agreement with the Seychelles on access for fishing vessels flying the flag of the Seychelles to waters and marine biological resources of Mayotte, under the jurisdiction of the European Union. For the contents of the Agreement, please refer to the summary of the Commission’s initial legislative proposal dated 10/03/2014. Simplified procedure: the Agreement established a Joint Committee responsible for monitoring its application. The Joint Committee may approve certain modifications to the Agreement. In order to facilitate the approval of such modifications, the Commission is empowered, subject to specific conditions, to approve them under a simplified procedure. The modifications relate to the following issues: reassessment and adjustment of fishing opportunities in accordance with the Agreement; revision of the technical provisions of the Agreement and the Annex, including a review of the technical rules on VMS in accordance with the Annex to the Agreement.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/maritimeaffairs_fisheries/', 'title': 'Maritime Affairs and Fisheries'}, DAMANAKI Maria
• 2014/03/10 Initial legislative proposal published
  • COM(2014)0139 summary

    PURPOSE: to conclude an Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Seychelles on access for fishing vessels flying the flag of the Seychelles to waters and marine biological resources of Mayotte, under the jurisdiction of the European Union. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act. BACKGROUND: in the course of the negotiations for a new protocol to the EU-Seychelles Fisheries Partnership Agreement, held in May 2013, the Seychelles raised the need of negotiating an access agreement for Seychelles flagged vessels to the waters of Mayotte, which will fall under the jurisdiction of the EU from 1 January 2014. This would enable Seychelles flagged vessels to continue to have access to Mayotte waters from 1 January 2014. Seychelles flagged vessels can currently fish in Mayotte waters on the basis of an agreement between the Prefet de Mayotte and the Seychelles flagged vessels owners. A mandate for the Commission to undertake these negotiations was agreed on 14 October and negotiations were held with the Seychelles shortly following this and concluded on 15 November 2013. The Agreement should now be concluded on behalf of the EU. CONTENT: the proposal calls on the Council to approve on behalf of the Union the Agreement with Seychelles on access for fishing vessels flying the flag of the Seychelles to waters and marine biological resources of Mayotte, under the jurisdiction of the EU. Administrative framework and fees : in order for the authorities in Mayotte to implement the rules of the common fisheries policy, from the date on which Mayotte becomes an outermost region (1 January 2014), it is necessary to set in place : the appropriate administrative framework, control activities, physical infrastructure and the appropriate capacity building Therefore, the necessary financial means will be provided to the fisheries authorities in Mayotte through the use of the funding provided through the shipowners fees to be paid directly to Mayotte. All payments related to authorisations and catches under the agreement will directly benefit the local community in Mayotte. France shall be empowered to collect, for the account of its outermost region Mayotte, the payments related to authorisations and catches and other fees due by operators of Seychelles vessels in consideration of the granting of access to fisheries within EU waters around Mayotte. These receipts shall be used by France for the setting in place of the appropriate administrative framework mentioned above in order for the administration in Mayotte to meet the requirements of the CFP. Joint committee: the Agreement established a Joint Committee responsible for monitoring the application of the Agreement. In order to facilitate the approval of modifications, it is appropriate to empower the Commission, subject to specific conditions, to approve them under a simplified procedure.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/maritimeaffairs_fisheries/', 'title': 'Maritime Affairs and Fisheries'}, DAMANAKI Maria

Documents

• Initial legislative proposal published: COM(2014)0139
• Legislative proposal published: 07911/2014

History

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