Brussels, 02/09/2010 (Agence Europe) - In a press release published on Thursday 2 September, Alain Cadec MEP (EPP, France) calls for penalties for non-compliance with European regulations to be harmonised. This came in the wake of a heavy penalty imposed at the end of July on a French trawler from Brittany, inspected off the English coast, for failure to abide by the regulatory mesh size.
“Although sanctions are necessary for non-compliance with EU regulations in order to safeguard...