Draft EP recommendation on EU–Cook Islands fisheries protocol (2025–2032)
EP Position
The draft recommendation is the Committee on Fisheries' formal response to the draft Council decision and is attributed to rapporteur Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez; the available source does not include the committee's full text or its substantive positions. The document is presented as a committee-level proposal recorded on 23 February 2026.
Key Trade Point
The document concerns the planned conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of a Protocol implementing a Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands covering 2025–2032. The public record cites file references and confirms the protocol's temporal scope but provides no further trade-related detail in the accessible summary.
What Comes Next
The source provides links to PDF and DOC versions of the draft recommendation but does not specify any subsequent procedural steps or outcomes.
Sources
Official Documents
- DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONon the draft 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)(13158/2025 - C10-0346/2025 - 2025/0287(NLE))Committee on FisheriesRapporteur: Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez EP Committee on Fisheries drafts a recommendation urging the Council to conclude the Protocol implementing the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement with the Cook Islands (2025-2032).
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