European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) 2014-2020

The Council reached agreement on a full general approach on the proposal for a regulation on the European maritime and fisheries fund (EMFF) replacing the existing European fisheries fund.

The agreement specifically focused on issues covering budgetary resources under shared and direct management as well as financial distribution for shared management "allocation criteria" and on the interruption of payment deadlines. Some of these outstanding issues had been left open pending an agreement on the 2014-2020 multi-annual financial framework (MFF) between EU institutions, which has now been reached.

On the basis of this full general approach, the Council is now in a position to start negotiating with the European Parliament.

The Council confirmed the political agreement reached by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the outstanding issues concerning this proposal.