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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10861

7 June 2013
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 30
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) fisheries
EU bans shark-finning at sea

Brussels, 06/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - Without debate on Thursday 6 June 2013, the EU Council of Ministers adopted a regulation putting an end to the barbarous practice of shark-finning by fishing vessels and throwing the remainder of the shark's body back into the ocean (see EUROPE 10736). Only Portugal voted against, wanting to be granted a derogation to the shark-finning ban. The regulation will come into force on the seventh day after its publication in the European Union's Official...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU