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European CommunitiesEUROPEAN PARLIAMENTWbrking Documents1982- 1983:ember 1982 DocurrfENT 1 -965 I 8? IANNEXOP INIONof the Committee on Budgetson the proposaL from the Commission of the European Communitiesto the CounciL (Doc.1-756182 - C0!l(82) 599 tinal) for a Regu[ationconcerning the concLusion of the Agreement between the Governmentof the Revolutionary Peop[e's Repubtic of Guinea and the EuropeanEconomic Community on fishing off the Guinean coastDraftsman: Ilr E. KELLETT-B0WII|ANEnglish EditionPE 81 .188ltin./Ann.OPINIOUof the Corunittee on BudgetsDraftamtnl, llr E. Kollett_Bordrtan, On 1 Deeember 19g2, the Conmittee on Budgetsappor.nted !.rr Kellett-Bomun draftanran .of the opinr.oh.The corunittee conaidered the draft opinion atits neeting of g.December lggz and adopted it unaniraousry.The folloring took part Ln the vote: I{r Lange,chairman; Mr l.ellett-Bowman, draftaman; Mr Ansquer,llr tsalfe, !{r Barbagli, Mre Bog€rup, ur Fich, I}trs *ir,lrr R- ilackson, !!r Mouchel (deputizing for t{r couet6),t'tr Newton Dunn, lrrr B. Nielsen (deputizrng for tlr Lo.wee),l{rs Nikolaou, tlr Nord (deputJ.zing for^ tlr Bossi).r. IrIr HrLeer* 1*r, Itts vayasade (deputtzLng for tlr LarumiBre) ,-3- PE 81 .188/fin./Ann.j-, rIo!qsdssgisn1. The proposa[ concerns an agreement conctuded betyeen the Commissionand Guinea on 10 August 19E2. Council. has nor consulted partiament (on15 0ctober 19EZ) before signing the agreement, yhich is intended to comeinto force on 1 January 1983. This opinion is for the committee onAgriculture as the competent committee.?. The agreement is the third to be conctuded betyeen the Communityand Uest African States: the first tro concerned Senegat and Guinea Bissau.Fishermen from the Community have traditionatLy fished off the coasts ofthese countries. The community now negotiates on their behatf andconcludes agreements taking the ptace of eartier bilaterat agreements.There is no scope to offer fishermen fron these countries reciprocatfishing rights in Community Haters so the fundamentat element of theseagreements is the financiat compensation paid.trnengra!-esPes!g3. The agreement foresees expenditure ol ?.4 mECU over the three-yearLife of the agreement. This expenditure is apportioned as fottors:2.1 nECU specified in Article 2 of the protoco[ attached to theagreement as compeilsation, to be paid at the rate of 0.7 mECu peryeari0.2 mECU is the Communityrs contribution to a scientific programmedesigned to improve knontedge of the fishery resources of Guinea(Article 5 of the protocot);- 0-1 mECU for six three-year study and training projects for nationatsof Guinea to study subjects concerned yith fisheries, to be taken upeither in the filember states of the community or those of the ACp(atthough not specified in cOil(Ez) 599, this amount corresponds to51556 ECU per year per student).4- Articte 4 of the protocot attached to the agreement specifies thatthe use to vhich the compensation is put shaLI be determined exctusivetyby Guinea, and no checks on this compensation are therefore taid doyn. Inits draft motion for a resotution, the Committee on Agricutture requests the0ommission to ensure proper coordination rith the European Devetopment Fund.-4- PE 81.980 /fin./Ann.The draftsman of the opinion supports this vieul fishery devetoprnentprojects in Uest African countries have substantiaI potentiaI for increaeingthe suppt,y of protein for the native popuLation, uhich iS short of thistype of foodstuff.,5. The retevant budget articte i s 3?2 ("Expenditure in connection rithfishing in the maritime raters of certain deveLoping countries!'). Boththe 19E2 budget and the 1983 draft budget contain 5.8 mECU in both paymentsand commitments for this obIigatory expenditurei these amounts areearmarked for the agrcements yith Senegat and Guinea Bissau. The 1985draft budget atso contains a reserve amount of 4.?6 mECU in Chapter 1fi)earmarked for funding certaln fishing agreeilents, and the 0.9 mECUforeseen for the first ycar of this agreement with Guinea v.itt presumabtybe funded from that. ALthough ParLiament proposed modifications to the1983 budget concerning this budgetary tine2 these modifications did notaffect the agreement uith Guinea and vere i'n any case rejected by Council.geng!sEieog6. The Budgets.Committee looked at the first agreement of this type(vith SenegaL) vith some care and emphasised that- Council. shouLd respect the procedures of cortsuttation before puttingany such agreement into effect,- more detai I shouLd haVe been provided on the minor forms of .comp€nsat'ionsuch as Qrants.7. These conditions appear to have been futfiLted in the present caseand the Budgets Committee therefore endorses the proposed reguLation,shoutd it be considered that a regutation is necessary given that the necessaryfunds are entered in the budget. It aLso supports particutarLy therequest that this financia[ compensetion shouLd be coordinated as far aspossibl.e yith sther forms of aid; so as to improve th'e protein supp[yin Guinea.-5- PE E1 .98Olt in./Ann.

Opinion of the Committee on Budgets on the proposal from the Commission of the European Communities to the Council (Doc. 1-756/82 - COM(82) 599 final) for a Regulation concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the Government of the Revolutionary People's Republic of Guinea and the European Economic Community on fishing off the Guinean coast. EP Working Documents 1982-83, Document 1-965/82/Annex. 8 December 1982

European Communities
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Wbrking Documents
1982- 1983
:ember 1982 DocurrfENT 1 -965 I 8? IANNEX
OP INION
of the Committee on Budgets
on the proposaL from the Commission of the European Communities
to the CounciL (Doc.1-756182 - C0!l(82) 599 tinal) for a Regu[ation
concerning the concLusion of the Agreement between the Government
of the Revolutionary Peop[e's Repubtic of Guinea and the European
Economic Community on fishing off the Guinean coast
Draftsman: Ilr E. KELLETT-B0WII|AN
English Edition
PE 81 .188ltin./Ann.

OPINIOU
of the Corunittee on Budgets
Draftamtnl, llr E. Kollett_Bordrtan
, On 1 Deeember 19g2, the Conmittee on Budgets
appor.nted !.rr Kellett-Bomun draftanran .of the opinr.oh.
The corunittee conaidered the draft opinion atits neeting of g.December lggz and adopted it unaniraousry.
The folloring took part Ln the vote: I{r Lange,chairman; Mr l.ellett-Bowman, draftaman; Mr Ansquer,llr tsalfe, !{r Barbagli, Mre Bog€rup, ur Fich, I}trs *ir,lrr R- ilackson, !!r Mouchel (deputizing for t{r couet6),t'tr Newton Dunn, lrrr B. Nielsen (deputizrng for tlr Lo.wee),l{rs Nikolaou, tlr Nord (deputJ.zing for^ tlr Bossi).r. IrIr HrLeer
* 1*r, Itts vayasade (deputtzLng for tlr LarumiBre) ,
-3- PE 81 .188/fin./Ann.
j-, r

Io!qsdssgisn
1. The proposa[ concerns an agreement conctuded betyeen the Commission
and Guinea on 10 August 19E2. Council. has nor consulted partiament (on
15 0ctober 19EZ) before signing the agreement, yhich is intended to come
into force on 1 January 1983. This opinion is for the committee on
Agriculture as the competent committee.
?. The agreement is the third to be conctuded betyeen the Community
and Uest African States: the first tro concerned Senegat and Guinea Bissau.
Fishermen from the Community have traditionatLy fished off the coasts of
these countries. The community now negotiates on their behatf and
concludes agreements taking the ptace of eartier bilaterat agreements.
There is no scope to offer fishermen fron these countries reciprocat
fishing rights in Community Haters so the fundamentat element of these
agreements is the financiat compensation paid.
trnengra!-esPes!g
3. The agreement foresees expenditure ol ?.4 mECU over the three-year
Life of the agreement. This expenditure is apportioned as fottors:
2.1 nECU specified in Article 2 of the protoco[ attached to the
agreement as compeilsation, to be paid at the rate of 0.7 mECu per
yeari
0.2 mECU is the Communityrs contribution to a scientific programme
designed to improve knontedge of the fishery resources of Guinea(Article 5 of the protocot);
- 0-1 mECU for six three-year study and training projects for nationats
of Guinea to study subjects concerned yith fisheries, to be taken up
either in the filember states of the community or those of the ACp
(atthough not specified in cOil(Ez) 599, this amount corresponds to
51556 ECU per year per student).
4- Articte 4 of the protocot attached to the agreement specifies that
the use to vhich the compensation is put shaLI be determined exctusivety
by Guinea, and no checks on this compensation are therefore taid doyn. In
its draft motion for a resotution, the Committee on Agricutture requests the
0ommission to ensure proper coordination rith the European Devetopment Fund.
-4- PE 81.980 /fin./Ann.

The draftsman of the opinion supports this vieul fishery devetoprnent
projects in Uest African countries have substantiaI potentiaI for increaeing
the suppt,y of protein for the native popuLation, uhich iS short of this
type of foodstuff.
,5. The retevant budget articte i s 3?2 ("Expenditure in connection rith
fishing in the maritime raters of certain deveLoping countries!'). Both
the 19E2 budget and the 1983 draft budget contain 5.8 mECU in both payments
and commitments for this obIigatory expenditurei these amounts are
earmarked for the agrcements yith Senegat and Guinea Bissau. The 1985
draft budget atso contains a reserve amount of 4.?6 mECU in Chapter 1fi)
earmarked for funding certaln fishing agreeilents, and the 0.9 mECU
foreseen for the first ycar of this agreement with Guinea v.itt presumabty
be funded from that. ALthough ParLiament proposed modifications to the
1983 budget concerning this budgetary tine2 these modifications did not
affect the agreement uith Guinea and vere i'n any case rejected by Council.
geng!sEieog
6. The Budgets.Committee looked at the first agreement of this type
(vith SenegaL) vith some care and emphasised that
- Council. shouLd respect the procedures of cortsuttation before putting
any such agreement into effect,
- more detai I shouLd haVe been provided on the minor forms of .comp€nsat'ion
such as Qrants.
7. These conditions appear to have been futfiLted in the present case
and the Budgets Committee therefore endorses the proposed reguLation,
shoutd it be considered that a regutation is necessary given that the necessary
funds are entered in the budget. It aLso supports particutarLy the
request that this financia[ compensetion shouLd be coordinated as far as
possibl.e yith sther forms of aid; so as to improve th'e protein supp[y
in Guinea.
-5- PE E1 .98Olt in./Ann.



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