The UK’s demand for Union measures to deal with the problem of ‘quota hopping’

Date: 12/06/1997

now looks less likely to become a major feature of next week's Amsterdam summit. Formally, the planned protocol suggested by the former Conservative government remains on the table, but London has rejected any idea of holding up the entire treaty review over the issue. Spanish officials said it was more likely to be covered by a declaration in the summit conclusions. But one stressed: “Spain would not be very happy about an arrangement requiring a set share of the catch to be landed in the flag state.”