Negotiators from the Council of the EU, the European Parliament and the European Commission decided to cancel the 21 June meeting on the text aimed at reforming control procedures for fishing activities.
Several trilogues have already taken place in recent months and progress has been made on some issues (weighing of fisheries products), but not on the most controversial ones such as the margins of tolerance on the quantities of fish landed, the modalities for the use of Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) as well as the need to use Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) systems.
Due to the lack of progress in the discussions on these contentious issues, the trilogue on 21 June was cancelled in the morning (see EUROPE 12964/7). Negotiations will resume under the Czech Presidency of the EU Council, starting on 1 July. Some negotiators had hoped for progress on 21 June on the controversial issues of VMS and the use of on-board cameras (CCTV). (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)