The Committee on Fisheries adopted the recommendation by Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS (S&D, PT) on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Madagascar and the European Community.
Members called on the European Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol.
Members welcomed the Protocol but considered that further measures should be taken to ensure a better monitoring of the implementation such as transmitting relevant information to Parliament on the joint scientific meetings provided for in the Partnership Agreement and on the changes to fishing conditions. The Commission is also asked to present to Parliament and to the Council, during the last year of the Protocol's validity and before the opening of negotiations for its renewal, an ex-post evaluation report on its implementation.