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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries

First compromise quite insufficient for 2008 quotas

Brussels, 18/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - Fisheries ministers from EU member states examined a new draft proposal on Tuesday 18 December on Total Allowable Catches (TACs), quotas and fishing limitation measures for 2008. Negotiations are expected to last up to Wednesday morning, 19 December.

The first compromise text presented on Tuesday morning to the Council was deemed insufficient by a majority of countries: France, Spain, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark. These...

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(EU) EU/ENERGY: Priority action plan 2008-2013 is launched for Euro-Mediterranean energy cooperation
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