On Wednesday 24 February, the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Member States to the EU (Coreper) agreed to adopt in the near future, by written procedure (ending Friday 26 February), the decision authorising the European Commission to negotiate a new bilateral fisheries agreement with Norway (see EUROPE B12647A8).
In light of the considerable impact that the UK’s withdrawal from the EU is expected to have on the shared management of stocks in the North-East Atlantic, Norway is...