Results of
today's Agriculture and Fisheries Council
Landing obligation and discards ban
Ministers took stock of the preparations for the adoption by the Council of its position regarding a proposal for a regulation on the landing obligation. In addition, the Member States gave an update on the state of play of the preparation of discard plans at the regional level in line with the preparation of the implementation of the new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The President of the Council , Mr Karasmanis pointed out that "in the course of that discussion, Member States exchanged opinions, experiences and information".
Animal health, plant health, seeds market and controls
The Presidency presented to the Council its progress report on the package for animal and plant health and controls. In this package the proposal on plant reproductive material the Commission proposal is the most controversial and was rejected at first reading by the European Parliament. In light of the outcome of this vote, the Presidency gathered the views of Member States on the architecture of a possible revised Commission proposal to suggest a new architecture for the regulation.
