BELGIUM ECJ
July 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLBELGIUM has joined the growing list of European Union (EU) member states censured by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to properly police EU fishing rules in its waters. And again, as with France, Ireland, Denmark and others, the Belgians have been found breaking the Common Fishing Policy (CFP) in a number of ways over the years. The court ruled Belgium, from 1991 to 1996, had failed to properly assign quotas, had not effectively monitored fishing, the landing of catches, and their registration, and had not stopped out-of-quota ...
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