Article 3 Promotion of responsible and sustainable fishing in São Toméan waters
No later than three (3) months after the entry into force of this Protocol, the Parties shall agree, within the Joint Committee provided for in Article 9 of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement, on a multiannual sectoral programme and detailed implementing rules, in particular:
annual and multiannual guidelines for using the financial contribution referred to in Article 2(2)(b);
the objectives, both annual and multiannual, to be achieved with a view to introducing, over time, responsible and sustainable fishing, taking account of the priorities expressed by São Tomé and Príncipe in its national fisheries policy or other policies relating to or having an impact on the introduction of responsible and sustainable fishing;
criteria and procedures for evaluating the results obtained each year.
Any proposed amendments to the multiannual sectoral programme must be approved by both Parties within the Joint Committee.
Each year, the São Toméan authorities may decide to allocate an additional amount over and above the share of the financial contribution referred to in Article 2(2)(b) with a view to implementing the multiannual programme. This allocation shall be communicated to the European Union no later than two (2) months before the anniversary date of this Protocol.
Each year, the two Parties shall carry out an evaluation of the progress made in implementing the multiannual sectoral programme. Where this evaluation indicates that the objectives financed directly by the part of the financial contribution referred to in Article 2(2)(b) of this Protocol have not been satisfactorily achieved, the European Commission reserves the right to reduce that part of the financial contribution with a view to adjusting the amount allocated to the implementation of the Programme in line with the results.