On Friday 23 April, the European Commission authorised three French schemes totalling 100 million euros to support the fisheries sector affected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and the quota share reductions provided for in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA).
These support measures are the first to be authorised by the Commission in the context of the interinstitutional discussions on the ‘Brexit Adjustment Reserve’.
Although the decisions do not prejudge whether the...