On 21 November, the European Commission adopted a communication amending the Guidelines for the examination of State aid to the fishery and aquaculture sector for the benefit of the EU's outermost regions (ORs).
It is in this context that on 23 November, at the annual conference of the outermost regions in Gran Canaria, the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker announced that the nine EU ORs could now use State aid to support the renewal of the small-vessel fishing fleet...