I don't see an internal collapse occurring within Bangladesh, but I do see that the internal situation within the country will be exploited by outside parties for their own strategic interests, and I also think that non-state challenges, be they in the realm of political extremism or organized crime, will continue to undermine the domestic stability of that country that could have regional ramifications, both within the Indian subcontinent and also the northern part of Southeast Asia, going th ...[+++]rough Myanmar into Indo-China.

In view of the fact that France has presented to the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) a development plan describing the indicative size of the fleet of Mayotte and the expected evolution of the underdeveloped fleet of mechanical long-liners which are less than 23 metres in length and of purse-seiners based in Mayotte, as a new outermost region, to which no IOTC contracting party, including the Union, has objected, it is appropriate to use the reference levels of that plan as ceilings for the capacity of the fleet of mechanical long-liners which are less than 23 metres in length and of purse-seiners registered in the ports of Mayotte.

- Nowadays two thirds or more of these ships are dismantled on beaches and river banks on the Indian sub-continent, with Bangladesh currently holding the largest share of the market.

- None of the sites used for ship dismantling on the Indian sub-continent has containment to prevent pollution of soil and water, few have waste reception facilities, and the treatment of waste rarely conforms to even minimum environmental standards.

It constitutes a strong incentive to promote the most advanced customs standards between us and other countries of the Indian subcontinent and Asia".

We should have made an agreement with the Indian countries in the way that we did with Chile.