The maritime transport and port sector and the seafood sector, including aquaculture, would also benefit from deeper cooperation between the Member States along the Atlantic.

18. Calls on the EU to strongly insist that third countries effectively combat IUU fishing, including by promoting the signing, ratification and implementation of the FAO Port State Measures Agreement, the UN Fish Stocks Agreement, the FAO Compliance Agreement and the UN Law of the Sea as well as the various catch documentation schemes already adopted by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) in the context of trade agreements, Fisheries Partnership Agreements and the EU's development policy;

The Community and its Member States are each parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) approved by Council Decision 98/392/EC of 23 March 1998 concerning the conclusion by the European Community of the Unclos and the Agreement of 28 July 1994 relating to the implementation of Part XI thereof .

In the case of the aid for processing citrus fruits and fruit and vegetables referred to in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 of 28 October 1996 introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits and in Articles 2 and 6a(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products respectively, for the minimum price referred to in Article 6a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96, and for the aid for dried fodder referred to in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation o ...[+++]f the market in dried fodder , the commercial objective is attained when the products are taken over by the processor.

This afternoon, we have had the opportunity to hear two figures from the region: Naomi Chazan, an Israeli, and Jamal Zaqoud, of the Palestinian National Council, who, after the Dead Sea talks, wish to present what is known as the Geneva Accord.

12. Notes that the liberalisation of trade in the fisheries sphere must take account of the existing legal framework, in particular the United Nations International Convention on the Law of the Sea and the objectives of international agreements on environmental preservation and natural resource management and of the International Fisheries Agreement, and therefore calls for a list of sensitive products to be drawn up in order to ensure that the international fishery industry complies with the principles governing responsible fishing m ...[+++]ethods; notes the important role played by the EU's common fisheries policy, not only in safeguarding employment and keeping the social and economic fabric intact, but also by making a vital contribution to supplying the Community market;