Brussels, 13/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Association of Mediterranean Tuna Purse Seiners has said that the tuna management measures adopted by the Council of Ministers on 11 June (see EUROPE 9443) are discriminatory. It claims there were several breaches of procedure in the adoption of the regulation and has taken the matter to the European Court of Justice.
“It is unthinkable that certain sections of the fleet that are specially protected by the Commission do not suffer in any...