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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2122/02
by Ian Hudghton (Verts/ALE) to the Commission
(17 July 2002)
Subject: Fisheries - Hague Preferences
The principle of relative stability which seeks to distribute fishing
opportunities based on traditional fishing rights and the maintenance of
fisheries-dependent communities, has been elaborated by virtue of the
Hague Preference system which, for its part, seeks to address the special
needs of Ireland and the northern parts of the United Kingdom.
Can the Commission provide assurances
that these special needs will continue to be recognised and that the Hague
Preferences system will not be undermined in the reform of the common
fisheries policy which is currently under review?
Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission
(29 July 2002)
The Commission has made it clear in Section 3.3 of its Communication on
the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy(1) that it wishes to maintain
relative stability and within this concept to "take account of Hague
Preferences, thereby removing any uncertainty about how relative stability
is to be applied". |
