Brussels, 25/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 20 July, the European Commission adopted a decision to enable the EU to become a full member of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) established by the 1949 Convention between the United States of America and Costa Rica.
In 1999, the European Commission decided to allow Spain, the only Member State whose vessels operate in the area covered by the 1949 Convention, to become a member of the IATTC, but Spain had to wait until 2003 to get...