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The European Union is a contracting party to the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), and therefore the binding conservation and management measures adopted by this organisation must be enacted into EU law. The European Parliament is currently considering the Commission's proposal on the first transposition of SPRFMO measures.

On 25 April 2017, the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries adopted its first reading report on a European Commission proposal for a regulation concerning the conservation of tuna and tuna-like species and the management of fisheries targeting these stocks in the Atlantic Ocean (including adjacent seas such as the Mediterranean). The committee also proposed to start negotiations with the Council on this basis. This legislative proposal aims to transpose into EU law a number of binding recommendations ...

Since 1980, the EU has set up a network of bilateral fisheries agreements, providing fishing opportunities for the EU fleet in the waters of third countries. These agreements were concluded with countries in West Africa (1980-1998), in the western Indian Ocean (1984-1989), and in the western-central Pacific (2003-2007). Over the past few years, the European Commission has considered the possibility of expanding EU fleet access to new partner countries’ waters in the three regions. These fishing opportunities ...

The EU's trade policy does not exist in a vacuum. On the one hand, it is affected by international standard and rule-setting. On the other hand, the EU is itself an influential actor shaping the international trade agenda by participating in the work of international organisations and fora. This short note focuses on the Group of 20 (G20).

Plan plurianual para el atún rojo

De un vistazo 11-01-2016

La Unión Europea es Parte Contratante de la Comisión Internacional para la Conservación del Atún Atlántico (CICAA), responsable de gestionar las poblaciones de atún y las pesquerías que las explotan. Es preciso incluir en la legislación europea aquellos elementos de los compromisos internacionales contraídos por la UE en el marco de la CICAA entre 2012 y 2014 que aún no forman parte de ella. Ello brinda asimismo la ocasión de reagrupar medidas para un plan plurianual de recuperación del atún rojo ...

Outcome of the G20 summit in Antalya

De un vistazo 19-11-2015

On 15 and 16 November, the Group of Twenty (G20) held the annual summit of its leaders in Antalya, Turkey. Recent events in Paris and the refugee crisis put concerns related to terrorism and conflict in Syria high on the agenda. First reactions since the summit suggest mixed success.

G20 energy ministers held their first ever meeting on 2 October 2015. Their discussion focused on renewable energy, energy efficiency, universal access to energy and investments in energy. The ministers adopted the 'Toolkit of Voluntary Options for Renewable Energy Deployment', aimed at increasing the use of renewable energy around the world, as well as the 'G20 Energy Access Action Plan: Voluntary Collaboration on Energy Access', part of the overall G20 goal of ensuring universal access to affordable ...

The Group of Twenty (G20) was established in 1999 after a series of crises in emerging economies, as a forum of finance ministers and central bank governors. It comprises 'systemically important' developed and emerging economies (including the European Union) and its purpose is to improve coordination of global economic policies. Since 2008, the G20 has also met at the level of leaders, who hold annual summits organised by the rotating presidency. These gatherings are the culmination of a year-long ...

The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) in the European Parliament has requested scientific input contributing to its work on an Own Initiative Report on the EU's role in international economic fora (2015/2060/INI). This leaflet presents an overview on the ten studies prepared in this context for ECON. The studies provide factual information as background to this project; they also include policy recommendations to enhance the EU's role and the internal governance of the entities researched ...

This paper forms part of a series of nine studies on the role of the European Union in international economic fora, prepared by Policy Department A at the request of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament. It provides factual background information about the G20, the EU’s role and representation therein, its accountability as well as the coordination and impact thereof. The G20 has played a key role in measures taken to overcome the economic and financial crisis ...