The UK has now published its response to the Commission’s Green Paper on CFP reform.
Responses had to be received by the 31st December and now the Commission will study the views of the member states, regional advisory councils, Advisory Committee, individual fishermen’s organisations, NGOs and individuals. The next step will be a Communication from the Commission in mid February, describing the main themes arising from the consultation and indicating the areas that will be subject to a formal impact assessment. This should give us a fairly clear idea of the range of possibilities for reform.
