18/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - New EU-Mauritania agreement to be negotiated. On Tuesday 18 February, the Council of Ministers of the EU adopted without debate a decision authorising the European Commission to open negotiations, on behalf of the European Union, to renew the protocol to the fisheries partnership agreement with Mauritania. The current protocol has been applied provisionally since 16 December 2012 for a period of two years. The Commission will negotiate a new protocol on behalf of...