The Council of the European Union adopts the fisheries agreement

The Council of the European Union adopted Thursday, November the 29th, the fisheries agreement concluded between Morocco and the EU, a European source told MAP news agency.

After it was approved, Tuesday, by the Committee of Permanent Representatives in the European Union (COREPER), the fisheries agreement must be ratified by the committees of the European Parliament before being finally adopted.

In a document published on the 27th of November COREPER, indicated that it «should be possible for Union fleets to continue the fishing activities they had pursued since the entry into force of the Agreement, and the scope of application of the Agreement should be defined so as to include the waters adjacent to the territory of Western Sahara».

For the record fisheries Ministers from the European Union will have to adopt the same document at their meeting scheduled for the 17th and 18 of December.