Letter signed by six NGOs, sent to to the EU Council, following the Ombudsman’s recommendations on fisheries TAC transparency, asking the Council to implement these recommendations as a matter of urgency:
“The Council should proactively make public documents related to the adoption of the TAC Regulation at the time they are circulated to Member States or as soon as possible thereafter”.
NGO Letter: transparency and accountability in setting the 2020 fishing opportunities
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