Decision (EU) 2019/1570 on the position to be taken within the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF)

Summary:

Council Decision of 16 September 2019 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the Union at sessions of the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF) during the period 2019-2023.

Further information:

The Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF) was established in 1967 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The purpose of the CECAF is to promote the sustainable utilisation of the living marine resources within its area of competence by the proper management and development of the fisheries and fishing operations. The Committee covers all living marine resources within this area of competence, which runs from Cape Spartel to the mouth of the Congo River.

Consistent with the procedures applicable to regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs), the position to be adopted on behalf of the Union at the annual meetings of the parties are established using a two-tier approach. A Council Decision sets out the guiding principles and orientations of the Union’s position on a multiannual basis, and it is subsequently adjusted before each annual meeting.

This Decision therefore contains general principles and orientations, but as far as possible also takes account of the specific characteristics of the CECAF.

EUR-Lex: COM(2019)327: Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken in the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2019:327:FIN

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