Considerations on COM(2025)76 - Conclusion of the Protocol (2025-2029) on the implementation of the fisheries agreement with Côte d’Ivoire - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2025)76 - Conclusion of the Protocol (2025-2029) on the implementation of the fisheries agreement with Côte d’Ivoire. |
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| document | COM(2025)76  |
| date | March 5, 2025 |
(2) The aim of the Partnership Agreement is to allow Union vessels to carry out fishing activity in Côte d’Ivoire’s fishing zone and to enable the Union and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire to work together more closely to develop a sustainable fisheries policy, so as to promote the responsible exploitation of fishery resources in Côte d’Ivoire’s fishing zone and in the Atlantic Ocean, and to help achieve decent working conditions in the fisheries sector.
(3) This Protocol should be approved on behalf of the European Union.
(4) Article 9 of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Community (‘the Agreement’) establishes a Joint Committee responsible for monitoring the application of the Agreement and its implementing Protocol. Furthermore, the Joint Committee may approve certain amendments to the Protocol. In order to facilitate the approval of such amendments, the Commission should be empowered, subject to specific substantive and procedural conditions set out in Annex 2, to approve them on behalf of the Union under a simplified procedure.
(5) The Union’s position on the proposed amendments is established by the Council. The proposed amendments are approved unless a number of Member States equivalent to a blocking minority of the Council, in accordance with Article 16(4) of the Treaty on European Union, object to them.
(6) The European Data Protection Supervisor was consulted in accordance with Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 7 of the European Parliament and of the Council and delivered an opinion on [date].