PURPOSE: to conclude a new Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and Cape Verde.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
BACKGROUND: the Commission has negotiated with Cape Verde the renewal of the Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and Cape Verde, which expired on 31 August 2011 (see CNS/2006/0122).
This new protocol was initialled and will be applied provisionally from 1 September 2011. The new Protocol should now be concluded on behalf of the EU.
IMPACT ASSESSMENT: no impact analysis was undertaken.
LEGAL BASIS: Article 43(2) in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU.
CONTENT: this proposal deals with the approval of the Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and Cape Verde on behalf of the Union. For further details of the Protocol, please refer to the former initial proposal dated 27/04/2011.
BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has no implications for the budget of the EU.