New fisheries agreement and protocol between the EU and Liberia

The first-ever EU fisheries agreement with Liberia and its associated implementation protocol were signed and entered into provisional application in December 2015. Their conclusion was now subject to approval by the European Parliament in a plenary vote in May 2016.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of a Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia and the Implementation Protocol thereto http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-council-decision-on-the-signing-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-and-provisional-application-of-a-sustainable-fisheries-partnership-agreement-between-the-european-union-and-the-republi/

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