European Parliament 2 July 2003, WRITTEN QUESTION E-2190/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro (UEN) to the Commission. Fisheries — Western waters — Public anxiety about the imminent incursion of Spanish fisheries into Portuguese coastal waters.

Commission has offered all its assistance to the Italian Presidency and the Council with a view to ensuring that the negotiations on the two outstanding legislative proposals can be finished as soon as possible, but in any case by the new deadline set by the European Council in Thessaloniki. 4.