On Friday 20 April, Morocco and the European Union began a first series of talks with a view to finding common ground regarding renewal of their fisheries agreement (see EUROPE 12002, 11986). Discussion may continue until 24 April, sources say.
The current protocol is due to expire on 14 July this year. The Court of Justice of the European Union said, in a ruling on 27 February, that the fisheries partnership agreement sealed between the EU and Morocco in 2006 is in line with EU law as...