Fisheries policy: integration of environmental protection, Cardiff process

The European Parliament adopted the resolution by Vincenzo LAVARRA (PES, I). (Please refer to the decision of the committee responsible 18/12/01). It should be added that the Parliament points out that the appropriate legal basis for environmental policy is Article 175 TEC and that specific legislation on the protection of the marine environment stemming from the the review of the common fisheries policy must take account of that fact. �