Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and th... (22015A1212(01))
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Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia
- SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
- between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia
- Article 1
- Definitions
- Article 2
- Scope
- Article 3
- Principles
- Article 4
- Access to the Liberian fishing zone
- Article 5
- Applicable law and implementation
- Article 6
- Financial contribution
- Article 7
- Promoting cooperation among economic operators and civil society
- Article 8
- Joint Committee
- Article 9
- Cooperation in the area of surveillance and combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
- Article 10
- Scientific cooperation
- Article 11
- Geographical area to which this Agreement applies
- Article 12
- Duration and tacit renewal
- Article 13
- Suspension
- Article 14
- Termination
- Article 15
- Provisional application
- Article 16
- Language and entry into force
- PROTOCOL
- on the implementation of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia
- Article 1
- Scope
- Article 2
- Duration
- Article 3
- Financial contribution
- Article 4
- Sectoral support
- Article 5
- Scientific cooperation on responsible fishing
- Article 6
- Review of fishing opportunities and technical measures by mutual agreement
- Article 7
- Experimental fisheries and new fishing opportunities
- Article 8
- Suspension
- Article 9
- Termination
- Article 10
- Electronic exchanges of data
- Article 11
- Confidentiality
- Article 12
- Provisional application
- Article 13
- Entry into force
- ANNEX
- CONDITIONS GOVERNING FISHING ACTIVITIES BY UNION VESSELS IN THE LIBERIAN FISHING ZONE
- CHAPTER I
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Designation of competent authority
- Liberian fishing zone
- Payments by vessel owners
- Contacts
- CHAPTER II
- FISHING AUTHORISATIONS
- SECTION 1
- Application and issuing of fishing authorisations
- Conditions for obtaining a fishing authorisation
- Application for a fishing authorisation
- Issuing of the fishing authorisation
- List of vessels authorised to fish
- Transfer of fishing authorisation
- Period of validity of the fishing authorisation
- Documents to be carried onboard
- SECTION 2
- Fishing authorisation conditions — fees and advance payments
- SECTION 3
- Support vessels
- CHAPTER III
- CONSERVATION TECHNICAL MEASURES
- CHAPTER IV
- CONTROL, MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE
- SECTION 1
- Catch reporting
- Fishing logbook
- Catch reporting
- Transition to an electronic system
- Quarterly catch declarations
- Final statement of fees
- SECTION 2
- Landing and transhipment
- Landing procedure
- Landing incentives
- Transhipment
- SECTION 3
- Control and inspection
- Entering and leaving the zone
- Inspection at sea
- Inspection in port
- Participatory monitoring in the fight against IUU fishing
- SECTION 4
- Sattelite-based Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)
- Vessel position messages — VMS system
- Transmission by the vessel in the event of breakdown of the VMS
- Secure communication of the position messages to Liberia
- Malfunction of the communication system
- Revision of the frequency of position messages
- SECTION 5
- Observers
- Observation of fishing activities
- Designated vessels and observers
- Flat-rate financial contribution
- Observer's salary
- Embarkation conditions
- Observer's obligations
- Embarkation and landing of observers
- Observer's duties
- Observer's report
- SECTION 6
- Infringements
- Handling of infringements
- Detention of a vessel — Information meeting
- Penalties for infringements — Compromise procedure
- Legal proceedings — Bank security
- Release of the vessel and the crew
- CHAPTER V
- SIGNING-ON OF SEAMEN
- Appendices to this Annex
- Appendix 1
- LIBERIA — EUROPEAN UNION FISHING AGREEMENT
- FISHING AUTHORISATION APPLICATION FORM
- Appendix 2
- TECHNICAL SHEET
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
- COMMUNICATION OF VMS MESSAGES TO LIBERIA
- Appendix 5
- LIMITS OF THE LIBERIAN FISHING ZONE
- COORDINATES OF THE FISHING ZONE
- Appendix 6
- GUIDELINES FOR MANAGING AND IMPLEMENTING THE ELECTRONIC REPORTING SYSTEM FOR FISHING ACTIVITIES (ERS)
- General provisions
- Producing and communicating ERS data
- Failure of the on-board ERS or transmission of ERS data between the vessel and the FMC of the flag State
- FMC failure — ERS data not received by the Liberian FMC
- FMC maintenance
- Appendix 7
- CONTACT DETAILS OF THE LIBERIAN AUTHORITIES
- Appendix 8
- CATCH DECLARATION FORM
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