Press Release: Cooperation agreement in maritime surveillance

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), the European Agency for the Management of Operational Co-operation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex), and the Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA), concluded an agreement, on 22 December 2009, to cooperate in the field of maritime surveillance in a way that would be mutually beneficial for the three agencies. The cooperation will result in an improvement of the control of external maritime borders of the EU (competence of Frontex), an increase in maritime safety (competence of EMSA) and an enhancement of the coordination of fisheries control and inspection activities by the Member States (competence of CFCA).

• Primary Source

Community Fisheries Control Agency: Press Release, 22.12.09 http://cfca.europa.eu/pages/home/press_releases/pressrelease_221209_en.htm

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