Fisheries Issues in WTO and ACPEU Trade Negotiations

Abstract

Foreword I. THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN UNION-ACP FISHERIES RELATIONS by Beatrice Gorez and Brian O'Riordan 1. Introduction 1.1 Executive Summary 1.2 Overview of the Common Fisheries Policy 1.3 Background to the CFP Review 2. The Failure of European Fishing Policy 2.1 The Context of European Union Fisheries 2.2 The Structure of the CFP 2.3 The Failure of the CFP Model 3. The Shaping of Europe's Revised Fishing Policy 3.1 The First Decisions 4. Positions of EU Member States on CFP Reform 4.1 The Enlargement States 5. Current Status of EU-ACP Fisheries Relations 5.1 EU Fishery Interventions in ACP States under the CFP 5.2 EU-ACP Co-operation in the Fisheries Sector 5.3 The Cotonou Agreement and Fisheries 6. Elements of New EU-ACP Fisheries Relations 6.1 From Fisheries Agreements to Fisheries Partnership Agreements 6.2 Fisheries and Poverty reduction: An Alternative Framework for FPAs 6.3 EU action Plan against Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing 7. WTO Fishery Subsidy Negotiations: Implications for EU-ACP Relations 7.1 What Constitutes a Subsidy? 7.2 How Far Will the Negotiations Go? 7.3 Which Fisheries Subsidies Currently Affect EU-ACP Relations? 7.4 What Impact Will WTO Negotiations Have on EU-ACP Relations? 8. Strengthening the Capacity of ACP Countries to Satisfy Health Conditions for Fishery Products 8.1 Increasingly Stringent Food Quality and Safety Standards 8.2 EU Quality Standards: A Constraint to Local Value-adding Industries 8.3 An EU Programme to Support Compliance with its Hygiene Standards 9. Observations, Conclusions and Recommendations 10. References