Brussels, 12/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament (EP) fisheries committee, on Wednesday 11 July, unanimously approved the deal reached with the EU Council of Ministers on sanctions that could be imposed on third countries that engage in overfishing. The agreement empowers the Commission to ban the import of fish into the EU from overfished stocks and related species.
The committee, indeed, toughened the sanctions the Commission will be able to apply, while fully complying with...