On 25 April, the Dutch minister for agriculture, Piet Adema, wrote to Virginijus Sinkevičius, the European Commissioner for Fisheries, asking him to carry out an assessment and simplification of Community rules on fisheries.
The letter, seen by Agence Europe, has the support of the Belgian, Cypriot, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Maltese and Romanian ministers. It points out that fishers are faced with complex regulations and increasing administrative...