Considerations on COM(2024)287 -

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dossier COM(2024)287 - .
document COM(2024)287
date July  9, 2024
 
(1) The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau0 (hereinafter: ‘the Agreement’), approved by Council Regulation (EC) No 241/2008 of 17 March 20080, entered into force on 15 April 2008. The Agreement is renewed automatically and remains in force. The Protocol thereto setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement expired on 14 June 2024.

(2) On 14 February 2024 the Council adopted a Decision0 authorising the Commission to open negotiations with the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (hereinafter: ‘Guinea-Bissau’) for the conclusion of a new Implementing Protocol to the Agreement.

(3) The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the European Union (hereinafter: ‘the Union’), a new Implementing Protocol to that Partnership Agreement (hereinafter: ‘the Protocol’). As a result of those negotiations, the Protocol was initialled on 16 May 2024.

(4) In accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2024/...0, the Protocol was signed on […], subject to its conclusion at a later date. It will apply on a provisional basis as from that date, in accordance with Article 19 of the Protocol.

(5) The fishing opportunities provided for in the Protocol, established in line with the scientific advice and the recommendations of the Joint Scientific Committee, in accordance with the recommendations and resolutions adopted by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, should be allocated among the Member States for the entire period of its application.

(6) These measures are urgent given the economic importance of Union fishing activities in Guinea-Bissau’s fishing zone and the need to keep to a minimum any interruption of those activities. The Protocol will therefore apply on a provisional basis as from the date it is signed in order to allow Union vessels to carry out their fishing activity as soon as possible. This Regulation should therefore apply from the same date,