The European Commission presented the CFP reform package on 13 July 2011. Here are some of the key events since then.

Mixed reactions by Member States to CFP proposal (19 July 2011)

Council ahead of Parliament in CFP discussions (21 September 2011)

S&D gets rapporteurship for Basic Regulation (26 September 2011)

Fisheries Committee sets timetable for CFP reports (11 October 2011)

Explaining MSY: why it’s possible tomorrow (1 December 2011)

Commission unveils proposal for the new Maritime and Fisheries Fund (2 December 2011)

EMFF rapporteur says he “refuses to sign an end to fisheries in Europe” (14 December 2011)

Member states unwilling to take more regional responsibility, Commission says (19 January 2012)

Commission publishes four CFP non-papers (23 January 2012)

MEPs support EU eco-label for fish (25 January 2012)

“The Danish Presidency will try to bring discards to an end” (10 February 2012)

For more information, please refer to our news section and the European Commission’s reform proposal.

The goal is to have the new CFP in place on 1 January 2013, but the process may take longer.

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