European Fisheries Agency
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European Fisheries Agency will have its headquarters in Vigo
, Galicia Spain
. On March 14, 2005 the European Union
Agriculture ministers reached a political agreement on establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency which will be tasked with coordinating fishing controls in Community waters.
The establishment of the agency constitutes one of the last stages of the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy initiated in 2002 in so far as the measure will enable standardised controls and inspections to be carried out throughout the Community, as well as the pooling of national control methods with a view to common deployment and harmonised training of fisheries inspectors. The weighting of voting rights on the governing board takes into consideration the interests of the Community: the Commission will have six votes; the Member States will have one vote each.
Vigo
Vigo is a city and municipality in north-west Spain, in Galicia, situated on the ria of the same name on the Atlantic Ocean.-Population:...
, Galicia Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. On March 14, 2005 the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
Agriculture ministers reached a political agreement on establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency which will be tasked with coordinating fishing controls in Community waters.
The establishment of the agency constitutes one of the last stages of the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy initiated in 2002 in so far as the measure will enable standardised controls and inspections to be carried out throughout the Community, as well as the pooling of national control methods with a view to common deployment and harmonised training of fisheries inspectors. The weighting of voting rights on the governing board takes into consideration the interests of the Community: the Commission will have six votes; the Member States will have one vote each.