The European Commission, in a report published on 23 December, estimated that the implementation of the 2014-2020 appropriations for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) “progressed considerably” in 2018.
Thus, a total of 2.4 billion euros of the appropriations have been committed to date, which accounts for 41.8% of the EMFF’s total financing. Payments to beneficiaries amounted to 1.1 billion euros or 18.9% of the total available.
The largest increase in terms of...