Commission supports request for CFCA's enlarged mandate

摘要

An enlarged and strengthened mandate: this request was expressed insistently both by Marcelo Vasconcelos, President of the Governing Board of the Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA), and its Executive Director Harm Koster, during the inauguration of the agency's seat in Vigo on 19 July. In an interview with Europolitics Environment, Cesar Deben, director for the conception and coordination of the fisheries policy at DG MARE, explains why the Commission supports this demand. No. The agency is an autonomous body. The European Commission and member states have transferred responsibilities to the agency. It does not depend on the Commission. It is autonomous in decision-making and management, including financial management. The Commission's role is to define the political framework and the agency's mandate in agreement with member states and grant it the necessary financial facilities and personnel so that it can react.