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SEYCHELLES GAINS SUPPORT FROM EU OVER CATCH CERTIFICATES

SEYCHELLES GAINS SUPPORT

Seychelles gains support from EU over catch certificates. Seychelles was for the first time the host at negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the Eastern Southern African States that are focusing on the implementation of an interim economic partnership.

The two-day negotiations were held last week at the International Conference Centre of Seychelles in Victoria.

One area that Seychelles is encountering difficulty and gaining support from the EU is the fisheries sector, the second pillar of the island nation economy.

“In the Agreement EU has come up with an issue that before fish is being exported to the European market, it is necessary for the exporter to produce a catch certificate. The issue is that sometimes it takes too long for the operator (fishing boat) to give a catch certificate to the exporter. There are certain cases whereby the fish has been shipped, but the certificate has not reached the EU, and this leaves a burden on the importer, which has to pay several port fees,” he said.

Seychelles will get 10 million euros from the European Union under a new contract signed in November last year to support the implementation of the current Economic Partnership Agreement.

SEYCHELLES GAINS SUPPORT

 

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