The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Costas Kadis, will travel to Brussels on Sunday 11 December 2022 to participate in the work of the EU Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers.
The Council will discuss the Political Agreement on the setting of fishing opportunities in the Mediterranean and Black Sea for 2023 and the setting of fishing quotas for 2023 and 2024 for deep-sea stocks. The Council will also review the market situation following the invasion of Ukraine and the European Commission will present its assessment of animal welfare legislation. At the end of the Council, the Presidency will present its progress reports on the rational use of plant protection products and the amendment of the legislation on geographical indications.
Then, on Wednesday 14 December, the Minister will leave for Canada where he will take part in the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15), which will take place between 15 and 17 December in Montreal.
The Conference of the Parties (High-Level Segment), among other things, is to adopt the new Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) post-2020, which will provide a strategic vision and a global roadmap for the conservation, protection, restoration and sustainable use and management of biodiversity and ecosystems for the next decade.
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