Budgetary assessment: Council decision on Cook Islands fisheries protocol
EP Position
The Committee on Budgets prepared a budgetary assessment addressed to the Committee on Fisheries regarding the Commission proposal, with Olivier Chastel as rapporteur and the document dated 5 February 2026. The document carries the references COM(2025)0511, C10-0346/2025 and 2025/0287(NLE).
Key Trade Point
The assessment concerns a proposal for a Council decision to conclude the protocol on implementation of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands for the period 2025–2032, and is presented to the Parliament committee responsible for fisheries.
What Comes Next
The available metadata does not specify any next procedural or institutional step; the assessment is available on the Parliament website in PDF (160 KB) and DOC (76 KB) formats.
Sources
Official Documents
- BUDGETARY ASSESSMENTof the Committee on Budgetsfor the Committee on Fisherieson the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol on the implementation of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands (2025-2032)(COM(2025)0511 - C10-0346/2025 - 2025/0287(NLE))Rapporteur for budgetary assessment: Olivier Chastel Budgetary assessment report produced by the Budgets Committee on the proposal to conclude the SFPA protocol with the Cook Islands (2025-2032).
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