EU Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki plans to present her CFP reform proposal to the Commission for its confirmation on 13 July, she has told MEPs.
The reform package will go to inter-service consultation within the Commission in mid-April, with the goal of having it ready for decision when the commissioners meet on 13 July, Damanaki told the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee.
The proposal will then be processed by the Council and the Parliament, the latter with co-decision rights since the Lisbon Treaty went into force in 2010.
The new Common Fisheries Policy is scheduled to be decided in 2012, to be implied on 1 January 2013.