The Council of Ministers of the EU adopted a decision, without debate, on Monday 10 October, lifting the trade sanctions imposed on the Republic of Guinea at the end of 2013 for failing to do enough to eradicate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The European Commission proposed the removal of sanctions in July (see EUROPE 11593). Since November 2013, Guinea had been on the list of third countries failing to cooperate on illegal fishing and the import into the EU of...