Attachment

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community’), and

THE GOVERNMENT OF DENMARK AND THE HOME RULE GOVERNMENT OF GREENLAND, (hereinafter referred to as ‘Greenland’),

(hereinafter referred to as the ‘Parties’),

HAVING REGARD to the Protocol on the special arrangement applicable to Greenland,

RECOGNISING that the European Community and Greenland wish to strengthen the links between them and to establish a partnership and a cooperation which would support, complement and extend the relations and cooperation established between them in the past,

RECALLING the Council decision of November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community,

TAKING ACCOUNT of the recognition by the Council in February 2003 of the need to broaden and strengthen the future relations between the European Community and Greenland, taking into account the importance of fisheries and the need for structural and sector oriented reforms in Greenland based on a comprehensive partnership for sustainable development,

TAKING ACCOUNT of the Joint Declaration of 27 June 2006 by the European Community on one hand and the Home Rule Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark on the other on partnership between the European Community and Greenland,

RECALLING the Council Decision of 17 July 2006 on the relations between the European Community on the one hand and the Home Rule Government of Greenland and Government of Denmark on the other hand,

RECALLING the status of Greenland, which is both autonomous and an integral part of one of the Member States of the Community,

CONSIDERING the overall relationship between the Community and Greenland, and their mutual desire to continue that relationship,

HAVING REGARD TO the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Agreement for implementation of the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks,

AWARE of the importance of the principles established by the Code of conduct for responsible fisheries adopted at the FAO Conference in 1995,

DETERMINED to cooperate, in their mutual interest, in securing continued responsible fisheries to ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable exploitation of marine living resources,

CONVINCED that such cooperation must take the form of initiatives and measures which, whether taken jointly or separately, are complementary, consistent with policy and ensure synergy of effort,

INTENDING, to these ends, to continue a dialogue with a view to improving the sectoral fisheries policy in Greenland and identifying the appropriate means of ensuring that this policy is effectively implemented and that economic operators and civil society are involved in the process,

DESIROUS of establishing terms and conditions governing the fishing activities of Community vessels in the Greenlandic Exclusive Economic Zone and Community support for securing continued responsible fishing in those waters,

RESOLVED to pursue closer economic cooperation in the fishing industry and related activities through the setting up and development of joint enterprises involving companies from both Parties and the promotion of temporary joint ventures,

HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS: