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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-885/attachment-1/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/885",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 14 November 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and the provisional application of the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau setting out fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force (2011/885/EU)",
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  "path": "attachment/1/article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Specific contribution to help improve the health and plant-health conditions of fishery products and to fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance",
  "text": "1. The specific contribution from the Union mentioned in Article 2(6) of this Protocol shall be put towards, in particular, helping the fisheries sector achieve compliance with health standards and, where necessary, towards Guinea-Bissau’s monitoring, control and surveillance policy.\n2. Guinea-Bissau shall be responsible for the management of the corresponding amount, based on the identification by the two Parties, by mutual agreement, of the measures to be carried out and the annual programming to attain them.\n3. Without prejudice to the objectives identified by the two Parties and in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of this Protocol, the Parties agree to focus on:\n(a)) all of the measures which aim to improve the health and plant-health conditions of fishery products, including building up the competent authority, bringing the Centro de Investigação Pesqueira Apliquada (CIPA) up to standards (ISO 9000), training staff and achieving compliance in the necessary legal framework; and, where necessary,\n(b)) all of the support measures for fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance, including surveillance of Guinea-Bissau waters by sea and by air, setting up a satellite vessel monitoring system (VMS) and improving the legal framework and its application in the event of infringements.\n4. A detailed annual report shall be submitted for approval to the Joint Committee provided for in Article 10 of the Agreement.\n5. However, the EU reserves the right to suspend payment of the specific contribution provided for in Article 2(6) of this Protocol, from the first year of application of the Protocol, in the event of disputes concerning the programming of measures or where the results obtained, except in exceptional circumstances, do not comply with the programming.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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