The outbreak of COVID-19 is having a significant negative impact on the EU fisheries and aquaculture sector. The EESC therefore welcomes the European Commission's proposal, which it considers very necessary, and asks the European institutions to adopt it without delay.
However, the Committee believes that certain additional measures should be adopted, either in this legislative proposal or in other complementary ones.
Download — COVID-19 Measures / Fisheries and aquaculture
Download — Parere del CESE: Proposal amending Directive (EU) 2016/797 and Directive (EU) 2016/798, as regards the extension of their transposition period
Download — Parere del CESE: Enable managing bodies or competent authorities to provide flexibility in respect of the levying of port infrastructure charges in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak constitutes a grave emergency and represents a situation unprecedented since the end of the Second World War. Especially for the most deprived, the crisis risks disrupting the support provided by the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD).
Download — Parere del CESE: Introduction of specific measures for addressing the COVID-19 crisis
