(Consent)

The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the draft Council decision (09335/2010),

–  having regard to the draft Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Solomon Islands,

–  having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 43(2) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7-0338/2010),

–  having regard to Rules 81 and 90(8) of its Rules of Procedure,

–  having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinions of the Committee on Development and the Committee on Budgets (A7-0292/2010),

1.  Consents to the conclusion of the Agreement;

2.  Requests the Commission to send it the conclusions of the meetings and proceedings of the Joint Committee provided for in Article 9 of the Agreement, as well as the multiannual sectoral programme referred to in Article 7(2) of the Protocol thereto and the findings of the annual assessments; calls for representatives of its Committee on Fisheries and of its Committee on Development, acting as observers, to attend the meetings and proceedings of the Joint Committee provided for in Article 9 of the Agreement; calls on the Commission to submit an implementation review of the Agreement to Parliament and the Council in the final year of application of the Protocol, before negotiations are opened on the renewal of the Agreement;

3.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and Solomon Islands.