Briefing note on the fisheries and aquaculture sector in Martinique for the Committee on Fisheries delegation, 28 February 2007 to 5 March 2007.

This document compares the proposal for a Regulation (COM 99/0055 final) with the amendments adopted by the European Parliament and the text adopted by the Council (R (CE) n° 104/2000).

The aim of this note is to establish the legislative position regarding the feeding of fishmeal to ruminants in four countries outside the European Union: Australia, Canada, Japan and the United States.

This paper analyses the CFP's definition of fishing capacity and examines the ways of improving the estimation of that capacity. It also describes how excess capacity has been managed in the recent CFP reforms and identifies the fisheries with excess fishing capacity. It outlines possible...

Le processus d'élaboration de la constitution tunisienne a été enclenché au lendemain d'élections démocratiques et transparentes. S'il a mis en exergue des divergences profondes entre les acteurs politiques quant au statut de l'Islam dans la constitution et l'équilibre des pouvoirs, il...

This report is a succinct description of the sociolinguistic situation of a number of minority language communities living in the following six European States applying for European Union membership: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia.

Water security is a major threat to development and food security in many parts of the world. The study examines problems of water management and proposes strategies for conflict prevention and techniques for a better management of resources with a view to sustainable development.

Multilateral trade negotiations limited to agriculture started again in March 2000. Set out in Article 20 of the Agreement on Agriculture, they are among the WTOs built-in agenda commitments which Member countries entered into when signing the Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round...