EU–Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement

QUEST WATER AND AQUATAP™ OASIS PARTNERSHIP SARL ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH ORANGE DRC S.A. IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

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Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Orange DRC is integrating AQUAtap Oasis electronic water management and cashless revenue collection systems into its Orange Money digital revenue collection platform, allowing the public to purchase water from our AQUAtap Oasis Community Water Centers using their mobile phones.

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  • Orange DRC is integrating AQUAtap Oasis electronic water management and cashless revenue collection systems into its Orange Money digital revenue collection platform, allowing the public to purchase water from our AQUAtap Oasis Community Water Centers using their mobile phones.
  • The partnership with Orange DRC and the integration of Orange Moneys innovative platform will allow us to reach a greater number of people in need of clean water, which will generate additional sales.
  • Our companies are collaborating to achieve a first in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: pioneering the digital distribution of clean water.
  • AQUAtap Oasis Partnership SARL is a strategic partnership between Quest Water Solutions, Inc. (Canada), a wholly owned operating subsidiary of the Company, Dikembe Mutombos American Venture Mergers & Acquisitions, LLC (USA), and Kalo Products SARL (DRC).

RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania concerning the extension of the Protocol setting out the fishing o[...]

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Thursday, April 30, 2020
Fishing industry, Fishing, Fisheries law, Fisheries science, EU–Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement, Economy of Morocco, Environment

Background: The Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA) with Mauritania provides significant fishing opportunities targeting demersal and pelagic species as well as tuna and highly migratory species for the EU fleet.

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  • Background: The Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA) with Mauritania provides significant fishing opportunities targeting demersal and pelagic species as well as tuna and highly migratory species for the EU fleet.
  • Due to the complex nature of the negotiations, both parties indeed agreed to extend the current Protocol for a maximum period of one year.
  • They established the extension by way of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, which they initialled on 4 September 2019 in Brussels.
  • This extension avoided the interruption of fishing activities by EU vessels after the Protocol expired in November 2019.
  • It is now necessary for the European Parliament to make its decision as regards the approval of the extension.
  • Position of the rapporteur The fisheries agreement with Mauritania is the most important of the EU's current fisheries agreements with third countries.
  • EU shipowners have suffered heavy losses from the road transport blockade caused by the conflict at Mauritanias border with Morocco.
  • The rapporteur urges the Commission to ensure that the new protocol maintains the balance achieved on fishing opportunities in the financial contribution.
  • The cost-benefit ratio of the agreement with Mauritania, which the changes made to the technical measures have also helped improve, also needs to remain unchanged.

Opinion - Conclusion of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Implementation Protocol thereto and an exchange of letters accompanying the said Agreement - PE 630.543v02-00 - Committ[...]

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
EU–Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement, Economy of Morocco, Environment, Indrek Tarand

OPINION on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Implementation Protocol thereto and an exchange of letters accompanying the said Agreement

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OPINION on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Implementation Protocol thereto and an exchange of letters accompanying the said Agreement