ZAGREB, Dec 11 (Hina) - The head of the Delegation of the European Commission in Croatia, Vincent Degert, said on Monday that the European Union was against the activation of the Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone (EFPZ), but
that Croatia had the right to activate it..
ZAGREB, Dec 11 (Hina) - The head of the Delegation of the European
Commission in Croatia, Vincent Degert, said on Monday that the European Union
was against the activation of the Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone
(EFPZ), but that Croatia had the right to activate it.. We asked
that the EFPZ should not apply to European Union member states, Degert said. He
said there was nothing new that he could say, adding that the European
Commission would motor the moves by the Croatian government and parliament.
He said the issue would be addressed during Croatia-EU negotiations on
the fisheries chapter, adding that after Croatia's territorial waters because
part of the EU, a common fisheries policies would be applied.