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In addition to the community provisions, the country imposes taxes according to the species, wood quality (two classes are recognized) and cubic volume. They range from US$25/m3 to US$100/m3 (for Pterocarpus erinaceus) for first-class wood; and US$20/m3 for all second-class wood. In addition, taxes of 25% and 5% of the f.o.b. price are applied respectively to exports of wood planks and panels; and a "special" tax of 6% of the f.o.b. value per cubic metre has also been applied since 2014.
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The Ministry responsible for fisheries implements government policy on: development and exploitation of aquatic natural resources; control and surveillance of fisheries in waters under national sovereignty and jurisdiction; scientific marine research; negotiation of fisheries agreements in cooperation with the Ministry responsible for foreign affairs; and the issuing of access licences for fishery resources. Decree Law No. 10/2011 (Table 4.3) and its implementing regulations of 2011 define the arrangements for access to and management of fishery resources under national jurisdiction. Investments in the fisheries industry are governed by the General Investment Code.
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Table 4.3 Fisheries legislation
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Protocol of agreement Partnership agreement for sustainable fisheries with the European Union https://publications.europa.eu/fr/publication-detail/-/publication/ef861c6c-5a73-11e4-a0cb-01aa75ed71a1/language-fr
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The Government considers the industry as strategic for the country's development and, in addition to the "Terra Ranka" Plan, has adopted a Fisheries Development Strategic Plan (2015 2020). The two Plans cover maritime fiscalization, research and development of maritime and small-scale fisheries, and aquaculture. [26] (...)
[26] An annual fisheries resources management plan for 2015 has also been adopted. Secretaria de Estado das Pescas e Economia Marítima (2014), Plano de Gestão das Pescas para o Ano 2015, December.
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The vessels covered by the Order must also pay a contribution to a Fisheries Resources Conservation and Protection Management Fund. These contributions range from CFAF 12,000/GT/year to CFAF 123,990/GT/year for shrimps, cephalopod, demersal and pelagic fishing vessels; and CFAF 456,103 per tuna vessel per year. Finally, there is also a charge on fisheries-related operations, ranging from CFAF 60,000/GT/year for transport of fuel for fishing vessels; CFAF 30,600/GT/year for the transport of fisheries products; CFAF 23,000/GT/year for the transport of fishing equipment and provisions; and CFAF 50,000/GT/year for fishing vessels.
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Bearing the title of Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) , this Protocol authorizes up to 40 European Union vessels to fish for tuna, shrimps, cephalopods and demersal species in Guinea-Bissau's territorial waters against annual compensation (right of access for vessels to the EEZ, and support for sustainable fisheries and compliance with sanitary standards) of €9.2 million over the period 2014-2017. A laboratory has been built and equipped with EU financing, but it still lacks the equipment for microbiological analysis. In addition, Guinea Bissau receives a levy based on the gross registered tonnage (GRT) of the authorized vessels , and on the total tonnage of the fleet authorized to operate.
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(…) The price of the fishing licence to be paid to the public treasury rose from €8,000 to €12,000/year/vessel, and the contribution to the Fisheries Resources Management Fund, paid to the Ministry of Fisheries, was increased from €6,500 to €7,000/year/vessel. (...)
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The agreement signed with the Union of Russian Shipowners (URS) in 2014 for a two-year period authorizes direct access for vessels not exceeding 5,000 GRT to the fisheries resources in the EEZ, with a total annual catch ceiling of 50,000 tonnes of small pelagic species and an annual licence price set at CFAF 25,000/tonne of catch. An advance contribution to the Fisheries Resources Management Fund of CFAF 15 million/year/vessel is required. The Russian shipowners undertake to annual surveys to evaluate pelagic species resources; to unload 10% of their catch at the port of Bissau for local marketing by a national enterprise; and to invest, on the basis of a plan approved by the Government, in the development of processing industries. Each vessel must employ at least 12 Guinea-Bissau seamen for a wage of US$700/month. This agreement has not been renewed.
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The 2010 implementing protocol of the Bilateral Fisheries Agreement with China of 1974 allowed the company China International Fisheries Cooperation (CNFC) to fish a specified maximum tonnage of shrimp, cephalopods and demersal in the Guinea-Bissau EEZ for four years. Under this protocol, the compensation paid by the CNFC has essentially taken the form of investment in the fisheries sector in Guinea-Bissau. The protocol expired in June 2014 and was directly renewed in February 2015 with the Chinese company ZGSC, a subsidiary of CNFC, for a five-year period (2015-2019). ZGSC undertakes to make a payment of CFAF 12 million/vessel/year into the Fisheries Resources Management Fund prior to any application for a licence; (...)
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Finally, a Maritime Fisheries Agreement with Senegal has been in force since 1978 and has allowed for the creation of a joint management maritime area. The fisheries resources are shared and managed by a Joint Management Agency under a Management and Cooperation Agreement. The latest implementing protocol of this Convention, signed on 1 April 2016 for a two-year period, sets the possibilities and the price of the fishing licence for small-scale and industrial fishing vessels. The protocol provides that the issuance of industrial fishing licences is subject to the prior payment of a contribution to the Fisheries Resources Management Fund. The contributions range from CFAF 2.5 million/vessel/year to CFAF 10 million/vessel/year according to the type of vessel. (...)
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