EU leaders stressed on Sunday 25 November in Brussels the importance of retaining fishing quotas in British waters in future agreements (see EUROPE 12145).
In their declaration annexed to the Agreement on future economic and trade relations between the EU and the United Kingdom, the 27 EU leaders specify that a fisheries agreement with the United Kingdom should be concluded “well before the end of the transition period” after Brexit, which should last until the end of 2020. The...