Overview
Status: Dormant
The European Union and Micronesia have had a fisheries partnership since 2007. The fisheries partnership agreement (FPA) between the European Union and the Federated States of Micronesia was signed on 26 February 2007, for a period of nine years, and automatically renewing for additional three-year periods. It is a tuna agreement.
The most recent protocol ended on 25 February 2010.
A dormant agreement means that the partnership exists, but there is no active protocol. As a result, with no rules on catches and contributions, the EU fleet cannot fish in the waters of Micronesia. This also applies to direct licencing, in line with the agreement’s exclusivity clause and the common fisheries policy article 31(5).
However, dormant agreements can still be used for discussions and cooperation on fisheries issues.
News
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