Considerations on COM(2024)479 - - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2024)479 - . |
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| document | COM(2024)479 |
| date | October 17, 2024 |
(2) The objectives of the Protocol are to enable Union vessels to fish in the fishing zone of Greenland and to enable the Union and Greenland 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 Greenland. 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 accordance with the Treaties, it is for the Commission to ensure that the notification to the Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark as provided for in Article 14 of the Protocol be made on behalf of the Union, in order to express the consent of the Union to be bound by the Protocol.
(5) Article 12 of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SPFA) 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],