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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11755

28 March 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 29
SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries
Malta Declaration will seek to end overfishing in Mediterranean
Brussels, 27/03/2017 (Agence Europe)

The ministers of the Mediterranean countries, due to meet in Malta on Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 March, are expected to adopt a raft of initiatives with precise targets to stem the decline in fish stocks by 2020 and to support small-scale fishing (see EUROPE 11753).

Theirs will be a massive task, with over 85% of stocks in the Mediterranean below safe biological limits, according to scientific opinion.

The MedFish4Ever declaration, which will be more a “work programme for action over the...

Contents

YOUTH
YOUTH: European Commission launches new youth mobility initiative
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Malta and Commission reiterate calls to member states over efforts to relocate asylum seekers
JHA: Still no solution on visa reciprocity with USA
GMOS: Appeals committee fails to reach decision on authorising transgenic maize cultivations or import
FISHERIES: Malta Declaration will seek to end overfishing in Mediterranean
AGRICULTURE: Rise Foundation suggests direct-payment reducing CAP reform
REGIONS: Regions reassured by Rome Declaration
ENVIRONMENT: Following Rome celebrations, NGOs want action from leaders for a 'sustainable Europe'
ENERGY: Public consultation on third list of infrastructure projects of common interest
ENERGY: Three electricity TSOs agree to develop North Sea wind power platform
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION:  Conditional green light to DuPont/Dow merger
TAXATION: European banks are taking full advantage of tax havens, Oxfam alleges
ECONOMY: European unions outline their vision of a European Treasury
FINANCE: Supervising clearinghouses at European level makes sense, says König
EXTERNAL ACTION
PALESTINE: Mahmoud Abbas says Palestinians ready  for peace, hoping Israelis are too
RUSSIA: EU calls on Moscow to release peaceful demonstrators immediately 
BELARUS: Reacting to repression, EU calls again on Belarusian authorities to respect fundamental freedoms
ALGERIA: EU aid for developing inland and off-shore fishing and fish-farming
TRADE: Open Europe thinktank recommends UK’s full exit from Customs Union
MERCOSUR: Significant progress in negotiating text for association agreement with EU
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: EU agri-food exports worth €10.3 billion in January 2017
STATE AID: Green light for Italian aid scheme for new air routes to Calabria
COHESION: Committee of the Regions and CEMR becoming closer
EUROGROUP: Rajoy would like his finance minister to be Eurogroup chair
PHILIPPINES: Following president's call to hang Europeans, chargé d'affaires is summoned to EEAS
UNITED KINGDOM: Barnier's three Brexit issues that must be settled first
UNITED KINGDOM:  Thousands of protesters march in London against Brexit
TUNISIA: New EBRD representative in Tunis
EUROPEAN LIBRARY
European Library: No. 1175