transparency and accountability in setting the 2020 fishing opportunities

ClientEarth urges the Council of the European Union to increase transparency in the decision-making process for 2020 fishing opportunities, specifically requesting the public release of the 'the bible' document regarding Northeast Atlantic negotiations to align with a European Ombudsman recommendation.

• The European Ombudsman issued a recommendation on 25 October 2019 stating that the Council should proactively release documents related to the adoption of the TAC Regulation when they are circulated to Member States or shortly thereafter.
• Past processes for adopting fishing opportunities lacked transparency and participation, as environmental organisations were denied timely access to discussed options and positions because documents were systematically classified as LIMITE.
• ClientEarth specifically requests the public release of the document known as 'the bible' concerning Northeast Atlantic negotiations, tagged with inter-institutional code 2019/0235 (NLE), as a first step toward implementing the Ombudsman's recommendation.

APA

ClientEarth (2019). transparency and accountability in setting the 2020 fishing opportunities. https://www.clientearth.org/media/1degwb0w/letter-from-clientearth-to-the-eu-council-regarding-transparency-and-accountability-in-setting-the-2020-fishing-opportunities-ce-en.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. transparency and accountability in setting the 2020 fishing opportunities. 2019. https://www.clientearth.org/media/1degwb0w/letter-from-clientearth-to-the-eu-council-regarding-transparency-and-accountability-in-setting-the-2020-fishing-opportunities-ce-en.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=ClientEarth |title=transparency and accountability in setting the 2020 fishing opportunities |date=21 November 2019 |url=https://www.clientearth.org/media/1degwb0w/letter-from-clientearth-to-the-eu-council-regarding-transparency-and-accountability-in-setting-the-2020-fishing-opportunities-ce-en.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2019transparency, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{transparency and accountability in setting the 2020 fishing opportunities}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2019}, month = nov, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/1degwb0w/letter-from-clientearth-to-the-eu-council-regarding-transparency-and-accountability-in-setting-the-2020-fishing-opportunities-ce-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }