France has called on the European Commission to intervene after rejecting Britain’s provisional changes to fishing licenses under the Brexit agreement, which would affect fishing rights in the Channel Islands.
France’s ministry for maritime affairs on Monday said it considered the new requirements put forth by the UK as “null and void” and called for a strict compliance on fisheries as negotiated under the Brexit agreement.
The Ministry stated that if the UK wants to introduce new provisions then it has to submit these to the European Commission, who then notifies them to enable dialogue.
The ministry added that at this stage, these new technical measures are not applicable to their fishermen as they stand.
On Friday, the UK published a list of 41 fishing vessels equipped with Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) and authorised to fish in waters around Jersey Island since Saturday.
The European Commission had been informed of the new provisions and was expected to dialogue with the UK to understand what the changes mean.
In the meantime, in a joint statement the regional fisheries committees of Brittany and Normandy have threatened “a suspension of all economic relations with Jersey, including the ferry link between Jersey and the Continent”.
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