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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8181

28 March 2002
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
Commission to propose reform of sector by phasing out State aid and reducing fishing effort

Brussels, 27/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - As announced in EUROPE of 22 March (p.9), the European Commission is to adopt, on 17 April, its first proposals for reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Commissioner Franz Fischler will propose indepth reform of the current aims and instruments of this policy, which have never really proved their worth over the years. Mr Fischler is expected to again insist on the weaknesses of this policy (already largely described in his "Green Paper" on the...

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