No decision on the proposed Regulation establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel (COM(2005)472) was made at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting on 16-17 April in Luxembourg.
There is still a disagreement on issues related to glass eel restocking in the regulation proposal that remains to be solved before an agreement can be reached. Instead, discussions on the outstanding issues will continue in the Council Working Group over the coming weeks, with a view to reaching political agreement in May or June.