Maltese Parliamentary Delegation to attend Council of Europe Sub Committee meetings

The Hon. Dr. Francis Agius and the Hon. Joe Debono Grech, members of the Parliamentary Delegation to the Council of Europe, are participating in meetings of the Sub-Committee on Fisheries and the Sub-Committee on Food respectively. The Sub-Committees of the Council of Europe Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development is hold meetings in Paris as well as a study visit to Brest, France, between today, 2^nd and Saturday, 4 ^th December 1999.

Topics on the agenda of the Sub-Committee on Fisheries include:

• The Common Fisheries Policy", with presentations by a representative of the European Commission and a representative of the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries;
• Preservation and Management of Fish Stocks" with a presentation by a representative of FAO;
• Future work of the Sub-Committee".

The Sub-Committee on Food is expected to discuss:

• The situation and problems of the Agro-food sector in Member States";
• Rehabilitation of the Agro-food sector in South-East Europe" with presentations by representatives of farmers' professional organisation;
• Future work of the Sub-Committee"; and
• Items on the agenda of the January 2000 session of the Parliamentary Assembly, including "Ban on antibiotics in food production" and "Health security for Europe's populations".

The study visit to Brest will incorporate a visit of the IFREMER Centre and a visit of the CEDRE (Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution).