Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0159(NLE)
Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029)
Non-legislative procedure (NLE): for example international agreements, appointments or opinions. · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it. · listed as 2024/0159M in the vote records
Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.
Where it stands
Adopted by the Council
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 21 May 2025 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 10 October 2024
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 18 March 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 20 March 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 2 April 2025
- Adopted by the Council(done) 21 May 2025
Decided in plenary
2 April 2025 · decision 3
Agriculture, food & fisheries, International agreement
Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029)
Consent given 518 for · 104 against · 61 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The protocol lets EU vessels fish for tuna, cephalopods, shrimps and demersal species in Guinea-Bissau waters.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:Adds a budgetary assessment from the Committee on Budgets with financial figures and recommendations. Updates the population figure for Guinea-Bissau. The other changes are formal: spelling corrections and rephrasing.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Fisheries
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Eric Sargiacomo (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral (EPP), António Tânger Corrêa (Patriots), Giuseppe Milazzo (ECR), Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez (Renew), Mélissa Camara (Greens), Emma Fourreau (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Development· rapporteurUdo Bullmann (S&D)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 2 Apr 2025
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Guinea-Bissau for 2024–2029.
Tabled for plenary· 20 Mar 2025
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol implementing the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Guinea-Bissau (2024–2029).
Committee draft· 14 Nov 2024
AI summary:The Committee on Fisheries recommends that Parliament consent to the EU's conclusion of the Implementing Protocol (2024-2029) to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement with Guinea-Bissau, which sets fishing opportunities and EU financial contributions.
Committee opinions: Opinion (DEVE), Opinion (BUDG), Draft opinion (BUDG), Draft opinion (DEVE)
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
21 May 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 2 steps
2 April 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 2 Apr 2025 Adopted text TA10-0053/2025Report A10-0028/2025
20 March 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 7 steps
18 March 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
PECH (Fisheries) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
28 January 2025
DEVE (Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
27 November 2024
Draft opinion from DEVE (Development)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
21 November 2024
BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
14 November 2024
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in PECH (Fisheries). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
10 October 2024
Referred to the PECH (Fisheries) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; DEVE (Development) gives an opinion.
3 October 2024
Draft opinion from BUDG (Budgets)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0159(NLE)