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Final <strong>Report</strong>
RoO Derogation under the PACP-IEPA
potential to contribute to better living conditions for the local population (number of jobs
created, including for women, impact on the development of the local economy).
ii. The consultant shall analyse the management of fish resources in the region:
• The relationship between the use of the derogation included in the interim agreement and
the effective conservation and sustainable management of the fish resources in the region,
and its possible impact. Compliance of the processing industry and local authorities with the
requirements of the IUU Regulation, with an emphasis on the potential sourcing of IUU fish or
fish that does not come from a country that complies with IUU Regulation.
iii. The consultant shall also assess the impact on the EU:
• The effect of the measure on the EU market and the EU fish processing (canning) industry.
• The likely impact, current and future that the provisions may have on the EU's fishing
industry. This should also take into consideration the possible presence of EU's long distance
fleet in the region and possible investments in the local processing industry, including the
potential of having joint ventures between EU companies and PNG-owned companies.
• Potential impact on the other third countries to which the EU grants preferential access for
processed fishery products (e.g. other ACP countries, GSP+ beneficiaries) including other
countries in the same iEPA that could benefit from the derogation.
Taking the above analysis into account, the consultant shall make proposals and recommendations
that may be necessary for the future joint monitoring of key indicators.
2.3 Requested services
Areas which need to be closely analysed, assessed and reported by the contractor include:
i. Development effects on the PNG economy:
• The PNG fish processing industry and its actual and potential growth in the near future, with
particular attention to tuna processing, and the status of planned investment projects in the
tuna processing industry in PNG.
• The competitiveness of the PNG tuna processing industry compared to other EU trade
partners, including countries in the region.
• Trends in fish trade between PNG and the EU as well as with other Pacific States, and in
particular EU imports of canned tuna from PNG before and after the implementation of the
derogation to the rules of origin and the causal link between them.
• The development of fish exports from PNG to other parts of the world in recent years and
possible future evolution is such trends (e.g. USA, Australia, Japan).
• The impact of the derogation on local and international ongoing and planned investment in
the processing industry in the region, and possibilities for EU companies to invest in the area.
The impact of such investments on the economic development of PNG including in terms of
governance, environment, employment, positive and negative externalities, etc.
• Relevance of the proposed draft environmental legislation in PNG for the possible
environmental impact of new and existing investments in the fisheries sector
• The environmental impacts of the operations of the current processing industry, as well as
the potential environmental impact of the planned infrastructure for canning industries in
PNG.
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