The Committee on Fisheries adopted the report drafted by Maria do CÉU PATRÃO NEVES (EPP, PT) on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Solomon Islands. It recommends the European Parliament to give its consent to the Agreement.
With a view to increasing transparency, Members ask to be better informed of the work carried out by the Joint Committee provided for in the Agreement. They call on the Commission to send it the conclusions of the meetings and proceedings of the Joint Committee, as well as the multiannual sectoral programme referred to in the Protocol and the findings of the annual assessments. They also call for representatives of its Committee on Fisheries and of its Committee on Development, acting as observers, to attend meetings and proceedings of the Joint Committee.
Lastly, the Commission is called upon to submit an implementation review of the Agreement to Parliament and the Council in the final year of application of the Protocol, before negotiations are opened on the renewal of the Agreement.