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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11523

2 April 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) fisheries
Tackling illicit fishing - 219 import rejections in five years

Brussels, 01/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - In answer to a question from an MEP, Fisheries Commissioner Karmenu Vella said on Friday 1 April that, between 2010 and 2015, the member states gave notification of 219 refusals to allow imported fish into the EU as part of a clampdown on illegal fishing.

The following countries reported rejecting fisheries product imports: Austria (4 rejections), Belgium (1), the Czech Republic (4), Denmark (7), Finland (7), France (7), Germany (8), Ireland (3),...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
ECONOMY - FINANCE
INSTITUTIONAL
NEWS BRIEFS
CALENDAR