The EU Council of Ministers adopted without debate, on Monday 25 January, the decision on the conclusion of an arrangement to extend the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Mauritania until mid-November 2021 (see EUROPE 12623/20, 12570/20).
This agreement provides significant fishing opportunities for the European fleet, targeting demersal and pelagic species as well as tuna and highly migratory species.
At present, this is the most important mixed fisheries agreement with a non-Member State. It authorises the fishing activities of a maximum of 58 vessels from Spain, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.
In addition, the EU Council also adopted, without debate: - a decision allowing the extension of the EU/Cook Islands Fisheries Partnership Agreement for one year (see EUROPE 12584/32); - a decision authorising negotiations with the United Kingdom and Norway for a fisheries agreement (see other news). (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)