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Planas praises the EU-UK fisheries agreement because "it gives security to Spanish fishermen"
Friday 11 June 2021
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has expressed his satisfaction with the agreement on fishing in shared waters between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom, approved by the Council, because "it gives Spanish fishermen certainty about the catches available to them until the end of the year, and meets their demands".
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Planas: The unity of EU countries has been key to reaching a fisheries agreement with the UK
Wednesday 9 June 2021
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has conveyed Spain's support for the fisheries pre-agreement verbally reached between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom, which will allow the national fleet fishing in British waters to maintain its current catch quotas for 2021 and those for deep-sea species for 2021 and 2022.
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Monday 17 May 2021
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Luis Planas has indicated that "a partial agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom" on setting Total Allowable Catches (TACs) and fishing quotas for 2021 "is not acceptable".
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Tuesday 6 April 2021
The Spanish Tax Agency has digitalised the process to refund VAT to travellers ('DIVA') - a system now implemented at 58 airports, ports and land borders in Spain to facilitate the refund of the tax to travellers not resident in the EU.
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Tuesday 23 March 2021
The Spanish Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, welcomed the agreement reached at the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers to extend the Total Allowable Catches (TAC) and quotas in fisheries shared with the United Kingdom until 31 July, and to increase them to 58.3%.