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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11136

21 August 2014
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) fisheries
Trade restrictions on Faroe Islands formally lifted

Brussels, 20/08/2014 (Agence Europe) - The trade restrictions on the fisheries sector of the Faroe Islands were formally lifted on Wednesday 20 August, as per the settlement of the dispute between the EU and this European third country over fishing for Atlanto-Scandian herring (see EUROPE 11098).

These restrictions, which were set in place in August 2013, concerned a ban on importing herring and mackerel caught by vessels of the Faroe Islands, as well as all fisheries products containing or...