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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12772
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries

EU and Mauritania agree on a new fisheries partnership agreement

The European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania successfully concluded, on Wednesday 28 July in Brussels, the negotiations for the renewal of the bilateral agreement on sustainable fisheries.

The five-year agreement provides for access by the European fleet to Mauritanian waters to fish for crustaceans, demersal fish, tuna and small pelagics, for a total of approximately 290,000 tonnes (t) per year (see EUROPE B12681A9).

During the first years of the protocol, in addition to the...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: climate change adaptation, European Commission adopts new guidelines
CLIMATE: On ‘Earth Overshoot Day’, the world has used up all resources the Earth produces in a year
COHESION: European Commission adopts first partnership agreement for period 2021-2027
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor’s Office and European Commission sign working arrangement
FISHERIES: EU and Mauritania agree on a new fisheries partnership agreement
FISHERIES: EU Council agrees definitive EU/UK fishing quotas for 2021
EXTERNAL ACTION
CUBA: repression of demonstrations, EU calls for respect for human rights and dialogue
GEORGIA: EU calls on party in power to return to 19 April political agreement
AFGHANISTAN: EU calls for reforms
TRADE: negotiations are progressing on extension of Economic Partnership Agreement with five countries in Southern and Eastern Africa
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY: European Commission still looking for new signatories to Code of Practice on Disinformation
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: OECD releases new corporate income tax statistics
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: Commission launches call for evidence to assess situation of traineeships in EU
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Ms von der Leyen receives credentials of eight Heads of Mission to EU
STATE AID: European Commission approves €10.25 million support for Palanga airport in Lithuania
BIODIVERSITY: COP15 on biodiversity may be postponed again
MIGRATION: European Commission calls on Member States to step up aid to Lithuania
MIGRATION: Greek migration minister asks for European Commission’s support in convincing Turkey to take back irregular migrants
DIGITAL: EU fibre optic internet subscriptions to rise sharply in 2020
FISHERIES: green light for German State aid to fisheries sector affected by Brexit
FISHERIES: European Commission proposal on Southern Bluefin Tuna
UNITED KINGDOM: Commission pauses infringement action against London to work on solutions for Northern Ireland
HEALTH: ECDC publishes health risk assessment for areas of EU recently devastated by floods