The European Parliament, meeting in Strasbourg on Tuesday 25 October, called for fisheries controls to be harmonised and for targeted revision of the 2009 control regulation (see EUROPE 11630).
The European Commission said it was currently evaluating this regulation and would bring forward a proposal in 2017. The Commission believes that improvements are possible, particularly on the application of the rules in member states.
MEPs voted by 581 to 59, with 48 abstentions, to adopt the own...