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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9701
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries

Commission proposing emergency measures to help sector cope with high fuel price crisis

Brussels, 10/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 8 July, the European Commission adopted a package of emergency and restructuring measures to help the fisheries sector cope with the crisis caused by very high fuel prices. The draft regulation “elaborating a specific temporary action for encouraging the restructuring of EU fishing boats affected by the economic crisis” was approved on Thursday 10 July by the European Parliament. This will enable European fisheries ministers to reach a...

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