UK and France clash over fishing licenses in Jersey island's waters

Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

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The United Kingdom and France are again clashing over post-Brexit fishing rights since the island of Jersey rejected 75 license requests from French fishermen. Paris announced retaliatory measures in fifteen days if the situation is not reversed. Read full article

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Under the terms of the agreement any ‘dispute’ must first be addressed through the dispute resolution procedure and then if necessary, independent arbitration and only if they decide one or other side has breached the treaty can the other side take ‘appropriate’ retaliatory action.

France, the EU cannot unilaterally decide the UK has broken the agreement and retaliate. To do so would be a gross breach of the agreement and collapse it entirely.

Here’s hoping.
Sep 30th, 2021 - 09:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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