Considerations on COM(2022)22 - Signing of the Agreement with Mauritius on an extension of the Protocol to the fisheries agreement setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution

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dossier COM(2022)22 - Signing of the Agreement with Mauritius on an extension of the Protocol to the fisheries agreement setting out the fishing ...
document COM(2022)22 EN
date February 11, 2022
 
table>(1)The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius (1) (‘the Agreement’) was approved on behalf of the Union by means of Council Decision 2014/146/EU (2) and entered into force on 28 January 2014.
(2)The application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius (3) (‘the Protocol’) started on 8 December 2017 for a period of 4 years. The Protocol expired on 7 December 2021.

(3)On 28 September 2021 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the Republic of Mauritius for the conclusion of a new protocol implementing the Agreement.

(4)Pending the completion of the negotiations on the renewal of the Protocol, the Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Union, an agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Union and the Republic of Mauritius on the extension of the Protocol for a maximum period of 6 months. The negotiations on the extension of the Protocol were concluded successfully, and the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius concerning the extension of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius (‘the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters’) was initialled on 6 December 2021.

(5)The objectives of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters are to enable the Union and the Republic of Mauritius to continue working together to promote a sustainable fisheries policy and the sound exploitation of fisheries resources in Mauritius waters and to allow Union vessels to carry out their fishing activities in those waters.

(6)The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters should be signed, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

(7)To limit the interruption of the fishing activity of Union vessels in Mauritius waters, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters should be applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its entry into force,