ADOPTION OF RULES ON THE COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF DATA ON FISHERIES.

• Position: Brief Article

Following the agreement reached at the Agriculture Council on June 16 (see European Report no2509 for further details), the Council adopted on 30 June, without a debate:- the Regulation establishing a Community framework for the collection anand management of data required for the conduct of the common fisheries policy;- the Decision concerning the Community's financial participation in spspending by the Member States on data collection, financial studies and pilot projects in support of the common fisheries policy.The Regulation outlines for a period of six years the necessary provisions for the co-ordination of Member States' national programmes on the collection of...