Considerations on COM(2024)285 -

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dossier COM(2024)285 - .
document COM(2024)285
date July  9, 2024
 
(1) In accordance with Council Decision [XXX] of […]1, the Implementing Protocol (‘the Protocol’) to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau was signed on [...], subject to its conclusion at a later date.

(2) The objectives of the Protocol are to enable Union vessels to fish in the fishing zone of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and to enable the Union and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau to work closely together to further promote the development of a sustainable fisheries policy and the responsible exploitation of fishery resources in the fishing zone of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. This cooperation will also contribute to decent working conditions in the fisheries sector.

(3) This Protocol should be approved on behalf of the European Union.

(4) In order for the Protocol to enter into force, the Commission, as the representative of the Union, should follow up on the Council Decision and notify the Republic of Guinea-Bissau of the Union’s consent to be bound by the Protocol.

(5) Article 10 of the Agreement establishes a Joint Committee responsible for monitoring the application of the Agreement and the Protocol. That committee has the power to approve certain amendments to the Protocol. In order to facilitate the approval of such amendments, the Commission should be empowered, subject to substantive and procedural conditions, to approve them on behalf of the Union under a simplified procedure.

(6) The Union’s position on proposed amendments to the Protocol should be established by the Council. The proposed amendments should be approved unless a blocking minority of Member States, in accordance with Article 16(4) of the Treaty on European Union, objects to them.

(7) The European Data Protection Supervisor was consulted in accordance with Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 and delivered an opinion on [date],