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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10696
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) fisheries

Council adopts text sanctioning countries for overfishing

Brussels, 25/09/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 25 September, the Fisheries Council formally adopted the regulation on applying certain sanctions to third countries that authorise or practise non-sustainable fishing. The text was recently approved by the European Parliament (EUROPE 10688) and will enter into force after its publication in the EU Official Journal. This instrument may be used for the first time against Iceland and the Faroe Islands, which the EU believes have unjustifiably...

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