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Holyrood hosts conference on European
maritime policy


4 December 2006

MSPs, MEPs and stakeholders attended a conference to examine the impact on Scotland of the European Commission’s Green Paper on a future Maritime Policy for the EU.

Organised by the Scottish Parliament’s European and External Relations Committee, in partnership with Scotland Europa, the conference was part of the largest consultation ever undertaken by the European Commission.

  conference taking place in the debating chamber
     
Minister for Environment and Rural Development, Ross Finnie MSP and convener of the European and External Relations Committee Linda Fabiani MSP speaking in the debating chamber.
  Ross Finnie MSP Linda Fabiani MSP
     
John Richardson, Head of the Maritime Policy Task Force, European Commission.

The consultation on the paper is open until 30 June 2007. See also: News release and inquiry homepage.
  John Richardson

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