Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 18-20 November 2008

A meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council was held in Brussels on 18-20 November 2008. The agenda included the following topics:

+ Political agreement on the 'health check' of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform;

+ Political agreement on a proposal to allow the co-financing of programmes to supply fruits and vegetables in schools;

+ Exchange of views in preparation for the second round of negotiations with Norway regarding an agreement on fisheries for 2009;

+ Presentation of the European Commission's annual report on the positive evaluation of the implementation of Poland's national action plan for the stock of Baltic Sea cod;

+ Briefing on the measures taken to simplify and improve the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP);

+ Preliminary exchange of views on a renewed strategy for the sustainable development of acquaculture in the European Union;

+ Presentation of a proposal for a Regulation consolidating and modernising the control system applicable to the CFP;

+ Political agreement on a proposal revising the recovery plan for cod stocks.