Negotiating Group on Rules - Fisheries Subsidies - Paper from the European Communities
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11 April 2005 (05-1487) Negotiating Group on Rules Original: English
FISHERIES SUBSIDIES
Paper from the European Communities
The following communication, dated 8 April 2005, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the European Commission.
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1. Introduction
The EC shares the observation made recently by the Chairman of the Group, that negotiations on new rules for fisheries subsidies have significantly advanced in recent months. Discussions have moved on from the question of whether any disciplines are indeed possible or even desirable, and have increasingly focussed on the extent and form of such disciplines. This is a very positive development, and the EC commends members for moving so decisively in this very positive direction.
There is one crucial aspect, however, which has so far not received the attention of the Group which, in our view, it deserves. This is th