Some people NEED change NOW: Reform of the common fisheries policy - Fisheries

Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Reform of the common fisheries policy - Fisheries - European Commission

Reform of the common fisheries policy

Press release: European Commission: a fisheries policy for the future

Memo: Questions and Answers on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy

Speech by Commissioner Damanaki at the press conference on the Common Fisheries Policy reform package

Press conference by Commissioner Damanaki, A fisheries policy for the future

Video clip

Leaflet: [857 KB] EC proposal at a glance

On 13 July 2011 the European Commission adopted the following:

COM(2011) 417 [58 KB] - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions; Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy

COM(2011) 425 [356 KB] - Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Fisheries Policy

COM(2011) 416 [104 KB] - Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Organisation of the Markets in Fishery and Aquaculture Products

COM(2011) 424 [264 KB] - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on External dimension of the Common Fisheries Policy

COM(2011) 418 [44 KB] - Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions; On Reporting Obligations under Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy

Impact assessments: SEC(2011) 891, SEC(2011) 883

The proposal for a new European Maritime and Fisheries Fund will be adopted in November 2011.

The proposals will now be discussed in the European Parliament and in the Council. The reformed CFP will enter into force in 2013.