Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 9 October 2017

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Publication Date 09/10/2017
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A meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council was held on 9 October 2017. The agenda includes the following items:

  • Adoption of general approach regarding the fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for the forthcoming year;
  • Exchange of views regarding EU position at the annual consultations with Norway in the framework of their bilateral fisheries agreement;
  • Exchange of views regarding EU position at the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT);
  • Update on the latest development in the most important agricultural markets;
  • Update on progress of negotiations on a free trade agreement with Mercosur;
  • Exchange of views on the role of agriculture in implementing the 2030 agenda for sustainable development;
  • Under AoB, ministers were informed about:
    • Follow-up to the fipronil egg incident;
    • Financing of the EU minor use coordination facility;
    • Anti-dumping and anti-subsidy proceedings opened by the United States against Spanish black table olives;
    • Sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains;
    • Implementation of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF).
Source Link Link to Main Source https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/agrifish/2017/10/09/
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Outcome of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 9 October 2017 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/31740/st12959en17.pdf
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