The European Commission adopted a proposal on Friday 25 September to extend the Protocol implementing the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands for an additional year.
The current protocol allows the EU fleet to fish for tuna in Cook Islands waters up to an indicative level of annual fishing opportunities of 7,000 tonnes. The current protocol expires on 13 October. This extension will allow a new agreement to be negotiated. Link to the proposal: https://bit.ly/3ctVQeL
Liberia. As announced (see EUROPE 12563/35), on Friday 25 September the Commission adopted a proposal asking the EU Council to authorise the institution to negotiate a new protocol for the fisheries agreement between the EU and Liberia. The Protocol implementing the Agreement expires on 8 December 2020. Amounts set are 357,500 euros for the first year, 325,000 euros for the second, third and fourth years and 292,500 euros for the fifth year, to be financed from the Union budget, for a reference tonnage of 6,500 t/year. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)