Brussels, 18/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - The last Fisheries Council of the year ended on Tuesday afternoon with a qualified majority agreement (only Greece abstained) on the regulation setting TACs for 2002. The Fisheries Ministers also reached political agreement on the sensitive dossier (negotiated separately) of extending the MAGP (Multiannual Guidance Programme).
According to Commissioner Franz Fischler (who had had to fight a tough battle with six countries - France, Spain, Italy,...