AIPCE-CEP Press Release – Revision of EU ATQ Regulation: insufficient access to raw material will put EU jobs and economic growth at stake
The revision of EU regulation 1220/2012 on trade related measures – autonomous tariff quotas (ATQ) – to guarantee the supply of raw material to Union processors is underway. EU fish processors (AIPCE-CEPi ) recall that within EU consumption the reliance on imported fish has stayed 63-65% every year across the market and for certain key species and sectors this reliance is often above 90%