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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9705

17 July 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
Adoption of EU-Mauritania fisheries agreement

Brussels, 16/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - The EU member state fishing ministers adopted by a qualified majority on Tuesday 15 July 2008 a regulation adjusting the fisheries partnership agreement between the EU and Mauritania. The new protocol covers the period from 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2012 and this timely adoption of the regulation will mean that EU fishermen will not have to stop fishing in the region. As expected, Spain voted against the deal in protest at the way the quota for...

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