Russian trade ban: Commissioner Damanaki ready to support EU fisheries sector with financial help, quota flexibility

EU News 371/2014

Brussels, 8 September 2014
IP/14/980

In the light of Russia’s trade ban on certain fisheries products which hit the European fisheries sector this summer, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, has today reassured the Council and the European Parliament that the European Commission stands ready to support the European fisheries sector. In a letter addressed to Italian Minister Maurizio Martina and the Chair of the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee, Alain Cadec, Commissioner Damanaki outlined that the EU can provide financial support to the sector as well as the possibility of shifting unused fishing quotas to 2015.

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http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-980_en.htm?locale=en

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