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Manufacturing and trade in firearms for civilian purposes employs around 150 000 people in the EU. In 2020, the Commission adopted a 2020-2025 action plan on firearms trafficking to help curb the illegal flows of firearms, and ammunition, while also strengthening the legal market. The adoption of Directive (EU) 2021/555 on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons in 2021was the first legislative outcome of the plan. In October 2022, the Commission presented a proposal for a regulation ...

The government of the United Kingdom (UK) introduced the 'Northern Ireland Protocol bill' in the House of Commons on 13 June 2022. If enacted, the bill provides that certain provisions of the Northern Ireland Protocol would no longer 'have effect in the UK'. The main fields concerned are i) customs and movement of goods, ii) regulation of goods, iii) State aid, and iv) application of EU law. On 15 June, the EU relaunched the infringement procedure against the UK for failing to properly implement ...

On 5 May 2022, voters elected the members of the Northern Ireland Assembly (NIA) in a challenging political context, due among other things to differences over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Indeed, the largest unionist party in Northern Ireland strongly opposes the Protocol, and has blocked the work of Northern Ireland's political institutions pending changes in its operation. The UK government has reiterated its readiness to 'unilaterally dis-apply' the Protocol and/or to suspend it – putting forward ...

Das Fischereiabkommen mit Mauretanien ist in wirtschaftlicher Hinsicht das wichtigste Fischereiabkommen der EU und ein zentrales Element einer Reihe von Abkommen der EU mit westafrikanischen Staaten. Dieser Rahmen für die Zusammenarbeit wird nun aktualisiert, wobei das Parlament während der Juni-I-Tagung über seine Zustimmung zu dem Abschluss eines neuen Abkommens und des zugehörigen Protokolls abstimmen soll.

Das partnerschaftliche Abkommen über nachhaltige Fischerei zwischen der EU und Grönland ist ein Schlüsselelement der Fischereibeziehungen der EU im Nordatlantik. Es ermöglicht Fischereifahrzeugen der EU, in grönländischen Gewässern zu fischen, und spielt eine tragende Rolle im Quotentauschnetz in dem Raum, da die EU einen erheblichen Teil ihrer Fangmöglichkeiten in grönländischen Gewässern mit Norwegen und den Färöern gegen Fangquoten in deren Gewässern tauscht. Das Europäische Parlament soll auf ...

On 9 September 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) government tabled a bill in the House of Commons which would govern the country's internal market after the Brexit transition period ends. It aims to allow goods and services to flow freely between the four jurisdictions of the UK – England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – replacing the rules now in place through membership of the EU's single market. Certain parts of this UK Internal Market Bill are particularly controversial, as they explicitly ...

Das Europäische Parlament wurde um seine Zustimmung zum Abschluss eines neuen Protokolls zu dem Fischereiabkommen mit Mauritius ersucht. Über das Protokoll, das es Fischereifahrzeugen der EU ermöglicht, in mauritischen Gewässern zu fischen, und in dem die der EU-Flotte zur Verfügung stehenden Fischereimöglichkeiten sowie die finanzielle Gegenleistung der EU dargelegt werden, soll während der Tagung im April im Plenum abgestimmt werden.

In July 2016, the Council adopted a decision authorising the Commission to begin negotiations, on behalf of the EU, for the conclusion of a fisheries agreement and protocol with Kenya. The negotiations are planned for the coming months. This would be the first ever EU fisheries agreement with Kenya, and would complement the regional network of agreements previously concluded in the western Indian Ocean (Seychelles, Madagascar, Mozambique, Comoros and Mauritius). The agreements allow the EU fleet ...

Mauritania, an important ally of the EU in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel, faces several inter-related development challenges: ensuring an efficient use of the revenue derived from natural resources, economic diversification and improved governance. The severity of these development challenges is increased by difficult political relations between the three main ethnic groups in the country, the dominant group being the Arab-Berber Bidhan. They constitute less than one-third of the country ...

The EU fisheries agreement with the Cook Islands and its implementation protocol, signed in October 2016, allow EU vessels to fish in this country’s waters for the first time. Parliament’s consent, requested for their conclusion, will be subject to a plenary vote planned for the February II session.