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The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cape Verde is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation.

Scope This Agreement establishes the principles, rules and procedures governing:

— economic, financial, technical and scientific cooperation in the fisheries sector with a view to promoting responsible fishing in Cape Verde waters to ensure the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources and develop the Cape Verde fisheries sector,

— the conditions governing access by Community fishing vessels to Cape Verde waters,

— cooperation on the arrangements for policing fisheries in Cape Verde waters with a view to ensuring that the above rules and conditions are complied with, that the measures for the conservation and management of fish stocks are effective and that illegal, undeclared and unregulated fishing is prevented,

— partnerships between companies aimed at developing economic activities in the fisheries sector and related activities, in the common interest.