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Preparatory phase in Parliament

2018/0267M(NLE) Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Community (2018-2024)

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Opinion	BUDG	HAUTALA Heidi (Verts/ALE)
Opinion	DEVE
Lead	PECH	FERREIRA João (GUE/NGL)	ITURGAIZ Carlos (EPP), CORBETT Richard (S&D)

Legal Basis RoP 99-p2

Subjects

3.15.15.02 Fisheries agreements with African countries

Links

Activites

2019/02/12 Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading

Documents

Amendments	Dossier
25	2018/0267M(NLE) 2018/11/23 DEVE 13 amendments... Amendment 1 # Mireille D'ORNANO Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Access for EU vessels should be limited to the fisheries resources that Côte d’Ivoire lacks the capacity to harvest (surplus resources) and, to ensure the biodiversity and sustainability of fishery resources, should never entail catches that exceed the maximum sustainable yield; the local population’s nutritional needs should have priority and be reflected in local landing obligations; Amendment 10 # Maurice PONGA Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – indent 4 - guarantee transparency of the use of sectoral funding under the protocol, in order to monitor and improve absorption rates and ensure that the agreement delivers tangible results in support of local fisheries and the local population in general;deleted Amendment 11 # Maurice PONGA, Thierry CORNILLET Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. The Commission should provide support to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire in managing its absorption capacity of the funds received in order to ensure their optimal use and to ensure that the agreement delivers tangible results for local fishing and the local population in general; Amendment 12 # Maurice PONGA, Thierry CORNILLET Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Employment possibilities for ~~local~~seamen from the ACP, giving priority to Ivorian seamen, on EU vessels provided for by the protocol should be fully exploited; Amendment 13 # Maurice PONGA, Thierry CORNILLET Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. The Commission should endeavour to ensure that the monitoring and evaluation of activities set out in the protocol and in the ensuing multiannual sectoral programme are upheld in order to safeguard sustainable practices, labour laws and decent working conditions, and the human rights protections established in the agreement. An annual report should be submitted to Parliament and the Council to encourage transparency and ensure that the budget intended to support fisheries policy in Côte d'Ivoire is indeed used for that purpose. Regional aspects should also be taken into account when the report is prepared so that the impact of fisheries agreements concluded by the EU in the region and their effect on the fisheries agreement with Côte d'Ivoire can be highlighted. Amendment 2 # Maurice PONGA, Thierry CORNILLET Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Access for EU vessels should be limited to the fisheries resources that Côte d’Ivoire lacks the capacity to harvest (surplus resources) and should never entail catches that exceed the maximum sustainable yield; the local population’s nutritional needs should have priority, in order to improve food security, and be reflected in local landing obligations; Amendment 3 # Maurice PONGA, Thierry CORNILLET Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. The Commission should urge the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire to use the financial contribution provided by the protocol for sectoral support to strengthen its national fisheries industry, particularly artisanal fishing, encouraging demand for local investment and industrial projects in the blue economy, and creating local jobs; Amendment 4 # Thierry CORNILLET Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. The Commission should urge the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire to use the financial contribution provided by the protocol to sustainably strengthen its national fisheries industry, encouraging demand for local investment and industrial projects, and creating local jobs; Amendment 5 # Thierry CORNILLET Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – indent 1 - promote the sustainable development of the local, and in particular artisanal, fishing and fish-processing sector, as well as other local activities and partnerships linked to this sector; Amendment 6 # Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – indent 1 a (new) - promote and finance a development plan on shipbuilding in west Africa and the development of high- quality professional training in fishing and merchant shipping; Amendment 7 # Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – indent 3 - reinforce fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance, and thus further prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, including by training, arming and financing the units of the Ivorian navy tackling illegal fishing, and by training and financing Côte d'Ivoire's fisheries inspection control infrastructure; Amendment 8 # Maurice PONGA, Thierry CORNILLET Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – indent 3 - reinforce fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance in Ivorian waters by establishing a coherent EEZ protection strategy, and thus further prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and its adverse economic, social and environmental effects; Amendment 9 # Mireille D'ORNANO Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – indent 3 - reinforce fisheries monitoring, control ~~and~~, surveillance and effective sanctions, and thus further prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; source: 630.642 2018/12/03 PECH 12 amendments... Amendment 1 # Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the EU-Côte d’Ivoire SFPA should promote more effective sustainable development of the Ivorian fish~~eries sector~~ing communities and of related industries and activities; whereas the support to be provided under the Protocol has to be consistent with the national development plans – in particular the Strategic Plan for the Development of Livestock, Fisheries, and Aquaculture (PSDEPA) – and the Blue Growth Action Plan, devised with the United Nations to increase production in, and professionalise, the sector in order to meet the population’s food and employment needs; whereas, according to the above-mentioned Strategic Plan, achieving those aims requires a budget of more than EUR 140 million; Amendment 10 # Sylvie GODDYN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to keep it regularly informed about the situation of Ivorian fishermen, whose livelihoods are being jeopardised by competition from sales of ‘false tuna’, i.e. tuna or other fish unsuitable for canning and landed in the port of Abidjan; calls, in particular, on the Commission to inform it about the steps European and Ivorian fishermen are taking to deal with this problem; Amendment 11 # Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in their cooperation and official development assistance policies centring on Côte d’Ivoire, to bear in mind that the European Development Fund and the sectoral support laid down in this SFPA should complement each other with a view to contributing more rapidly and effectively to the empowerment of the local fish~~eries sector~~ing communities and to the full exercise of Côte d’Ivoire’s sovereignty over that country’s resources; Amendment 12 # Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to send to the Parliament and make publicly available the minutes and the conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Committee provided for in Article 9 of the Agreement, the multiannual sectoral programme provided for in Article 4 of the Protocol, and the findings of the annual evaluations; calls on the Commission to enable representatives of Parliament to attend Joint Committee meetings as observers and to encourage the participation of Côte d’Ivoire fishing communities; Amendment 2 # Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Takes the view that the EU-Côte- d’Ivoire SFPA should pursue two equally important goals: 1) providing fishing opportunities for EU vessels in the Côte d’Ivoire EEZ, on the basis of the best available scientific advice and without interfering with conservation and management measures by the regional organisations to which Côte d’Ivoire belongs – primarily the ICCAT – or overrunning the available surplus; and (2) promoting cooperation between the EU and Côte d’Ivoire with a view to a sustainable fisheries policy and sound exploitation of fishery resources in the Côte d’Ivoire fishing zone, and contributing to sustainable development of the Ivorian fisheries ~~sector~~ through economic, financial, technical, and scientific cooperation, without undermining Côte d’Ivoire’s sovereign options and strategies regarding that development; Amendment 3 # Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 – indent 5 – Improve ~~conditions at smoke- house~~living and working conditions for local women fish smokers, including through direct access to "faux thon" landed by EU vessels, and improved smoking kilns, thus making for a more effective ~~cur~~smoking system, better revenues for women and their families, and a better protection of women's health; Amendment 4 # Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 – indent 5 – Improve conditions at smoke- houses, particularly for women, thus making for a more effective curing system; Amendment 5 # Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 – indent 5 a (new) – Support conditions for women, who are primarily responsible for dealing with by-catches; Amendment 6 # Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 – indent 7 – Strengthen partnerships with third countries in the form of fisheries agreements, ensuring transparency through the publication of the contents of these agreements, and also by establishing a regional programme for the training and use of observers; Amendment 7 # Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 – indent 9 – Enable ~~fishermen’s organisations to come into being~~the reinforcement of fishermen's and women in fisheries organisations, especially those involved in artisanal fishing, thereby helping to strengthen technical, management, and negotiating capabilities; Amendment 8 # Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Considers that information should be compiled on the benefits that the implementation of the Protocol brings to local economies (employment, infrastructure, social improvements); Amendment 9 # Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Considers it desirable to improve the quantity and accuracy of data on all catches (target species and by-catches) and on the conservation status of fishery resources and to improve the implementation of sectoral support funding in order that the impact of the Agreement on the marine ecosystem and fishing communities can be gauged more exactly; calls on the Commission to help ensure that the bodies responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Agreement, including a joint scientific committee to be set up for that purpose, can operate regularly and transparently, with the involvement of artisanal fishermen’s and women fish smokers associations, trade unions, representatives of coastal communities, and Ivorian civil society organisations; source: 630.583

Amendments

Dossier

2018/0267M(NLE)

2018/11/23 DEVE 13 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Mireille D'ORNANO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Access for EU vessels should be limited to the fisheries resources that Côte d’Ivoire lacks the capacity to harvest (surplus resources) and, to ensure the biodiversity and sustainability of fishery resources, should never entail catches that exceed the maximum sustainable yield; the local population’s nutritional needs should have priority and be reflected in local landing obligations;

Amendment 10 #

Maurice PONGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – indent 4

- guarantee transparency of the use of sectoral funding under the protocol, in order to monitor and improve absorption rates and ensure that the agreement delivers tangible results in support of local fisheries and the local population in general;deleted

Amendment 11 #

Maurice PONGA, Thierry CORNILLET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. The Commission should provide support to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire in managing its absorption capacity of the funds received in order to ensure their optimal use and to ensure that the agreement delivers tangible results for local fishing and the local population in general;

Amendment 12 #

Maurice PONGA, Thierry CORNILLET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Employment possibilities for ~~local~~seamen from the ACP, giving priority to Ivorian seamen, on EU vessels provided for by the protocol should be fully exploited;

Amendment 13 #

Maurice PONGA, Thierry CORNILLET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. The Commission should endeavour to ensure that the monitoring and evaluation of activities set out in the protocol and in the ensuing multiannual sectoral programme are upheld in order to safeguard sustainable practices, labour laws and decent working conditions, and the human rights protections established in the agreement. An annual report should be submitted to Parliament and the Council to encourage transparency and ensure that the budget intended to support fisheries policy in Côte d'Ivoire is indeed used for that purpose. Regional aspects should also be taken into account when the report is prepared so that the impact of fisheries agreements concluded by the EU in the region and their effect on the fisheries agreement with Côte d'Ivoire can be highlighted.

Amendment 2 #

Maurice PONGA, Thierry CORNILLET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Access for EU vessels should be limited to the fisheries resources that Côte d’Ivoire lacks the capacity to harvest (surplus resources) and should never entail catches that exceed the maximum sustainable yield; the local population’s nutritional needs should have priority, in order to improve food security, and be reflected in local landing obligations;

Amendment 3 #

Maurice PONGA, Thierry CORNILLET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. The Commission should urge the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire to use the financial contribution provided by the protocol for sectoral support to strengthen its national fisheries industry, particularly artisanal fishing, encouraging demand for local investment and industrial projects in the blue economy, and creating local jobs;

Amendment 4 #

Thierry CORNILLET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. The Commission should urge the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire to use the financial contribution provided by the protocol to sustainably strengthen its national fisheries industry, encouraging demand for local investment and industrial projects, and creating local jobs;

Amendment 5 #

Thierry CORNILLET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – indent 1

- promote the sustainable development of the local, and in particular artisanal, fishing and fish-processing sector, as well as other local activities and partnerships linked to this sector;

Amendment 6 #

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – indent 1 a (new)

- promote and finance a development plan on shipbuilding in west Africa and the development of high- quality professional training in fishing and merchant shipping;

Amendment 7 #

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – indent 3

- reinforce fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance, and thus further prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, including by training, arming and financing the units of the Ivorian navy tackling illegal fishing, and by training and financing Côte d'Ivoire's fisheries inspection control infrastructure;

Amendment 8 #

Maurice PONGA, Thierry CORNILLET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – indent 3

- reinforce fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance in Ivorian waters by establishing a coherent EEZ protection strategy, and thus further prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and its adverse economic, social and environmental effects;

Amendment 9 #

Mireille D'ORNANO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – indent 3

- reinforce fisheries monitoring, control ~~and~~, surveillance and effective sanctions, and thus further prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;

source: 630.642

2018/12/03 PECH 12 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the EU-Côte d’Ivoire SFPA should promote more effective sustainable development of the Ivorian fish~~eries sector~~ing communities and of related industries and activities; whereas the support to be provided under the Protocol has to be consistent with the national development plans – in particular the Strategic Plan for the Development of Livestock, Fisheries, and Aquaculture (PSDEPA) – and the Blue Growth Action Plan, devised with the United Nations to increase production in, and professionalise, the sector in order to meet the population’s food and employment needs; whereas, according to the above-mentioned Strategic Plan, achieving those aims requires a budget of more than EUR 140 million;

Amendment 10 #

Sylvie GODDYN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to keep it regularly informed about the situation of Ivorian fishermen, whose livelihoods are being jeopardised by competition from sales of ‘false tuna’, i.e. tuna or other fish unsuitable for canning and landed in the port of Abidjan; calls, in particular, on the Commission to inform it about the steps European and Ivorian fishermen are taking to deal with this problem;

Amendment 11 #

Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in their cooperation and official development assistance policies centring on Côte d’Ivoire, to bear in mind that the European Development Fund and the sectoral support laid down in this SFPA should complement each other with a view to contributing more rapidly and effectively to the empowerment of the local fish~~eries sector~~ing communities and to the full exercise of Côte d’Ivoire’s sovereignty over that country’s resources;

Amendment 12 #

Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to send to the Parliament and make publicly available the minutes and the conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Committee provided for in Article 9 of the Agreement, the multiannual sectoral programme provided for in Article 4 of the Protocol, and the findings of the annual evaluations; calls on the Commission to enable representatives of Parliament to attend Joint Committee meetings as observers and to encourage the participation of Côte d’Ivoire fishing communities;

Amendment 2 #

Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Takes the view that the EU-Côte- d’Ivoire SFPA should pursue two equally important goals: 1) providing fishing opportunities for EU vessels in the Côte d’Ivoire EEZ, on the basis of the best available scientific advice and without interfering with conservation and management measures by the regional organisations to which Côte d’Ivoire belongs – primarily the ICCAT – or overrunning the available surplus; and (2) promoting cooperation between the EU and Côte d’Ivoire with a view to a sustainable fisheries policy and sound exploitation of fishery resources in the Côte d’Ivoire fishing zone, and contributing to sustainable development of the Ivorian fisheries ~~sector~~ through economic, financial, technical, and scientific cooperation, without undermining Côte d’Ivoire’s sovereign options and strategies regarding that development;

Amendment 3 #

Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 5

– Improve ~~conditions at smoke- house~~living and working conditions for local women fish smokers, including through direct access to "faux thon" landed by EU vessels, and improved smoking kilns, thus making for a more effective ~~cur~~smoking system, better revenues for women and their families, and a better protection of women's health;

Amendment 4 #

Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 5

– Improve conditions at smoke- houses, particularly for women, thus making for a more effective curing system;

Amendment 5 #

Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 5 a (new)

– Support conditions for women, who are primarily responsible for dealing with by-catches;

Amendment 6 #

Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 7

– Strengthen partnerships with third countries in the form of fisheries agreements, ensuring transparency through the publication of the contents of these agreements, and also by establishing a regional programme for the training and use of observers;

Amendment 7 #

Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 9

– Enable ~~fishermen’s organisations to come into being~~the reinforcement of fishermen's and women in fisheries organisations, especially those involved in artisanal fishing, thereby helping to strengthen technical, management, and negotiating capabilities;

Amendment 8 #

Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers that information should be compiled on the benefits that the implementation of the Protocol brings to local economies (employment, infrastructure, social improvements);

Amendment 9 #

Linnéa ENGSTRÖM, Marco AFFRONTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Considers it desirable to improve the quantity and accuracy of data on all catches (target species and by-catches) and on the conservation status of fishery resources and to improve the implementation of sectoral support funding in order that the impact of the Agreement on the marine ecosystem and fishing communities can be gauged more exactly; calls on the Commission to help ensure that the bodies responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Agreement, including a joint scientific committee to be set up for that purpose, can operate regularly and transparently, with the involvement of artisanal fishermen’s and women fish smokers associations, trade unions, representatives of coastal communities, and Ivorian civil society organisations;

source: 630.583

History

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2019-07-06Show (20) Changes | Timetravel

activities	date: 2019-02-12T00:00:00 body: EP type: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
commission	body: EC dg: Maritime Affairs and Fisheries commissioner: VELLA Karmenu
committees/0	type Responsible Committee body EP associated False committee_full Fisheries committee PECH date 2018-07-16T00:00:00 rapporteur name: FERREIRA João group: European United Left - Nordic Green Left abbr: GUE/NGL shadows name: ITURGAIZ Carlos group: Group of European People's Party abbr: EPP name: CORBETT Richard group: Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats abbr: S&D
committees/0	body EP responsible False committee BUDG date 2018-07-09T00:00:00 committee_full Budgets rapporteur group: Verts/ALE name: HAUTALA Heidi
committees/1	type Committee Opinion body EP associated False committee_full Development committee DEVE date 2018-09-19T00:00:00 rapporteur name: THEOCHAROUS Eleni group: European Conservatives and Reformists abbr: ECR
committees/1	body EP responsible False committee_full Development committee DEVE
committees/2	type Committee Opinion body EP associated False committee_full Budgets committee BUDG opinion False
committees/2	body EP shadows group: EPP name: ITURGAIZ Carlos group: S&D name: CORBETT Richard responsible True committee PECH date 2018-07-16T00:00:00 committee_full Fisheries rapporteur group: GUE/NGL name: FERREIRA João
docs	date: 2018-11-07T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE629.695 title: PE629.695 type: Committee draft report body: EP date: 2018-12-03T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE630.583 title: PE630.583 type: Amendments tabled in committee body: EP date: 2018-12-18T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE629.615&secondRef=02 title: PE629.615 committee: DEVE type: Committee opinion body: EP
events	date: 2018-10-25T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP date: 2019-01-23T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP date: 2019-01-28T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A8-2019-0034&language=EN title: A8-0034/2019 summary: The Committee on Fisheries adopted the report by João FERREIRA (GUE/NGL, PT) containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. Members took the view that the EU-Côte-d’Ivoire SFPA should pursue two equally important goals: providing fishing opportunities for EU vessels in the Côte d’Ivoire EEZ, on the basis of the best available scientific advice and without interfering with conservation and management measures by the regional organisations to which Côte d’Ivoire belongs – primarily the ICCAT – or overrunning the available surplus; promoting cooperation between the EU and Côte d’Ivoire with a view to a sustainable fisheries policy and sound exploitation of fishery resources in the Côte d’Ivoire fishing zone, and contributing to sustainable development of the Ivorian fisheries sector through economic, financial, technical, and scientific cooperation, without undermining Côte d’Ivoire’s sovereign options and strategies regarding that development. Finding showed that the Protocol to the 2013-2018 SFPA had on the whole proved to be effective, efficient, appropriate to the interests involved, and consistent with the Ivorian sectoral policy and a high degree of acceptability to stakeholders, and which recommended the option of concluding a new protocol. This new protocol should, inter alia : - improve governance: drafting and validating legislation and building on management plans; - tighten up control and surveillance in the Côte d’Ivoire EEZ; - strengthen measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, including in inland waters; - enable landing quays and ports to be constructed and/or renovated, including at – but not limited to – the Port of Abidjan; - establish marine protected areas and improve the sustainability of marine resources overall. Members considered that rules regarding the hiring of ACP seamen for EU fishing vessels, amounting to 20 % of the crew, could be more ambitious and called for ILO principles to be abided by. They also stressed that the quantity and accuracy of data on all catches (target species and by-catches) and on the conservation status of fishery resources should be improved. On a financial note, the Commission urged the Côte d’Ivoire to use the financial contribution provided by the protocol to sustainably strengthen its national fisheries industry, encouraging demand for local investment and industrial projects, and creating local jobs. Parliament should be kept immediately and fully informed at every stage of the procedures relating to the Protocol and, if applicable, its renewal. date: 2019-02-11T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20190211&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament date: 2019-02-12T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2019-0064 title: T8-0064/2019 summary: The EUropean Parliament adopted by 535 votes to 35, with 28 abstentions, a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. Members took the view that the EU-Côte-d’Ivoire SFPA should pursue two equally important goals: (1) providing fishing opportunities for EU vessels in the Côte d’Ivoire EEZ, on the basis of the best available scientific advice and without interfering with conservation and management measures by the regional organisations to which Côte d’Ivoire belongs – primarily the ICCAT – or overrunning the available surplus; (2) promoting cooperation between the EU and Côte d’Ivoire with a view to a sustainable fisheries policy and sound exploitation of fishery resources in the Côte d’Ivoire fishing zone, and contributing to sustainable development of the Ivorian fisheries sector through economic, financial, technical, and scientific cooperation, without undermining Côte d’Ivoire’s sovereign options and strategies regarding that development. The conclusion of successive agreements between the Union and Côte d'Ivoire in the sustainable fisheries sector has contributed to Côte d'Ivoire's economy through the employment of local seamen, the use of the Abidjan port and canning facilities, the by-catches of EU tuna seiners have been turned to account, and local monitoring capacities have been strengthened. Findings showed that the Protocol to the 2013-2018 SFPA had on the whole proved to be effective, efficient, appropriate to the interests involved, and consistent with the Ivorian sectoral policy and a high degree of acceptability to stakeholders, and which recommended the option of concluding a new protocol. This new protocol should, inter alia : - improve governance: drafting and validating legislation and building on management plans; - tighten up control and surveillance in the Côte d’Ivoire EEZ; - strengthen measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, including in inland waters; - enable landing quays and ports to be constructed and/or renovated, including at – but not limited to – the Port of Abidjan; - establish marine protected areas and improve the sustainability of marine resources overall. - enable the reinforcement of organisations representing men and women in the fishing industry, especially those involved in artisanal fishing. Parliament considered that rules regarding the hiring of ACP seamen for EU fishing vessels, amounting to 20 % of the crew, could be more ambitious and called for ILO principles to be abided by. It also stressed that the quantity and accuracy of data on all catches (target species and by-catches) and on the conservation status of fishery resources should be improved. On a financial note, the Commission urged the Côte d’Ivoire to use the financial contribution provided by the protocol to sustainably strengthen its national fisheries industry, encouraging demand for local investment and industrial projects, and creating local jobs. Parliament should be kept immediately and fully informed at every stage of the procedures relating to the Protocol and, if applicable, its renewal. date: 2019-02-12T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
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2018-10-16Show (5) Changes

activities	date: 2019-02-12T00:00:00 body: EP type: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
committees	body: EP responsible: False committee: BUDG date: 2018-07-09T00:00:00 committee_full: Budgets rapporteur: group: Verts/ALE name: HAUTALA Heidi body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Development committee: DEVE body: EP shadows: group: EPP name: ITURGAIZ Carlos group: S&D name: CORBETT Richard responsible: True committee: PECH date: 2018-07-16T00:00:00 committee_full: Fisheries rapporteur: group: GUE/NGL name: FERREIRA João
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other	body: EC dg: url: http://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/maritime-affairs-and-fisheries_en title: Maritime Affairs and Fisheries commissioner: VELLA Karmenu
procedure	legal_basis Rules of Procedure EP 99-p2 reference 2018/0267M(NLE) title Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Community (2018-2024) geographical_area Côte d'Ivoire stage_reached Preparatory phase in Parliament summary Accompanying procedure subtype Motion for a resolution under consent procedure type NLE - Non-legislative enactments subject 3.15.15.02 Fisheries agreements with African countries

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