Tässä tapauksessa Norsunluurannikon on määrä saada maksunsa 31. joulukuuta 2003. ###>It is against this rather unfavourable background that my report on the Commission's proposal seeks to extend the current fisheries agreement between the Community and Côte d'Ivoire for a further year, although the period actually commenced last July – as Commissioner Nielson pointed out – before the Parliament had even been consulted.