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Commission Decision (EU) 2017/11 of 5 January 2017 approving, on behalf of the European Union, amendments to the Protocol between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco
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Commission Decision (EU) 2017/11
of 5 January 2017
approving, on behalf of the European Union, amendments to the Protocol between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2013/785/EU of 16 December 2013 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco(1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
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(1) Article 10 of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco(2), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, approved by Regulation (EC) No 764/2006(3), establishes a Joint Committee responsible for monitoring the application of the Agreement and, in particular, for supervising the implementation, interpretation and smooth operation thereof. Chapter X of the Annex to the Protocol between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Protocol’, approved by Decision 2013/785/EU, sets out the arrangements for landing a proportion of the catches made under the Protocol in Moroccan ports,
(2) The Joint Committee met in Rabat from 18 to 20 October 2016 to adopt amendments to certain arrangements for implementing the Protocol with regard to landing, in view of the recurring difficulties associated with meeting this obligation,
(3) Prior to the Joint Committee meeting in question, the Commission sent a preparatory document setting out the particulars of the envisaged Union position to the Council,
(4) The envisaged Union position was approved by the Council in accordance with point 3 of the Annex to Decision 2013/785/EU,
(5) The amendments adopted, which concern increasing the penalties in the event of non-compliance with the landing obligation and extending the financial incentives in the event of landing above the compulsory threshold to all categories subject to compulsory landing, have been recorded in Annex 8 of the minutes to the Joint Committee meeting in question,
(6) These amendments should be approved on behalf of the European Union,
(7) It is necessary to provide for the retroactive applicability of these measures from 20 October 2016,
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(3)
Council Regulation (EC) No 764/2006 of 22 May 2006 on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (OJ L 141, 29.5.2006, p. 1).
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