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We are now examining the mid-term review of the fourth fisheries protocol between the EU and Greenland, which entered into force in January 2001. This protocol provides for compensation of greater value than the fishing rights that have been allocated; these sums total around EUR 43 million and EUR 28 million respectively. The protocol also puts forward a proposal for sustainable partnership taking account of the crisis facing the fisheries sector.
The issue that is most relevant to Portugal is still the loss of historical fishing rights in Greenlandic waters once it joined the EU and the existence of the so-called ‘paper quotas’ that were allocated according to the principle of relative stability, but which are not used by the fleets of the Member States that are signatories to the protocol. In 2000, only 54% of acquired fishing possibilities were used, despite the Protocol’s financial effort. Consequently, without calling into question the principle of relative stability, we must ensure that these unused quotas can be used by the fleets of other Member States. Particular attention must be paid, however, to the Portuguese fleet.
It is right to state that the financial assistance we give Greenland for the crisis it is currently facing cannot be included in the financial compensation for the fisheries agreement, because this would overload the relevant budget line, which already faces serious shortfalls. Non-fisheries-related aspects must, therefore, be separated from this agreement."@en1
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