Based on the evidence retrieved, Thai flagged vessels are reported to have committed the following serious infringements contrary to the conservation and management measures of the fishing areas concerned, as they have: fished without a valid licence, authorisation or permit issued by the flag State or the coastal States concerned; fished without Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) equipment on-board in the high seas and in coastal States where VMS is a requirement for all foreign flagged vessels; presented erroneous information regardin ...[+++]g fishing areas to obtain validation of catch certificates from the Thai authorities and importation of the products into the EU; falsified or concealed their markings, identity or registration; obstructed the work of coastal State officials in the exercise of their duties in inspecting for compliance with the applicable conservation and management measures.

In order to ensure the uniform implementation of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 of 4 May 2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (2), it is necessary to lay down models to which permits, certificates and other documents foreseen in those Regulations must correspond.

11. Calls on the Member States, in compliance with Directive 2004/81/EC, when considering applications for autonomous legal status, to take due account of the circumstances of women immigrants who are victims of violence, in particular victims of physical and psychological violence including the continuing practice of forced or arranged marriage and to ensure that all administrative measures are taken to protect such women, including effective access to assistance and protection mechanisms; calls on the Member States to simplify the procedures for granting a temporary or permanent residence permit to victims of the sex trade on the basi ...[+++]s of the provisions of the abovementioned Protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and to adopt measures to approve special residence permits in exceptional circumstances in order to enable foreign victims without legal status to escape from violence;

The evaluation of EU coordination on TRA of 2005-06 concludes that the EU Informal Trade and Development Expert Group remains the main tool at headquarter level for coordination between the Commission and the MS. Other key findings include: headquarters exchange of information is mostly from the Commission to the MS and not vice versa; in-country coordination is a very ad hoc process, which has succeeded in avoiding duplication, but is yet to mature into a common strategic response to TRA needs; some MS contribute to shaping multilateral initiatives, but there is no joint EU strategy on such initiatives.

The fisheries agreements have allowed the EC to establish stable relationships with 15 Developing Coastal States.

No, they are making them with small elite groups: scallops licence holders, crab licence holders, shrimp licence holders, scallop offshore licence holders on Georges Bank, and some mobile ITQ holders.