The Community has played a key role in the development of a next step international fusion project, the ITER, starting in 1988 with Conceptual Design Activities , continuing in 1992 with Engineering Design Activities which were extended by three years in 1998 and followed by a second agreement in 1994 which, in 2001, produced a detailed, complete and fully integrated engineering design for a research facility aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of fusion as an energy source from which the Community could derive significant benefit, in particular in the context of ensuring the security and diversity of its long-term energy supply.

The Community has played a key role in the development of a next step international fusion project, the ITER, starting in 1988 with Conceptual Design Activities (2), continuing in 1992 with Engineering Design Activities (3) which were extended by three years in 1998 (4) and followed by a second agreement in 1994 (5) which, in 2001, produced a detailed, complete and fully integrated engineering design for a research facility aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of fusion as an energy source from which the Community could derive significant benefit, in particular in the context of ensuring the security and diversity of its long-term ener ...[+++]gy supply.

2. Before placing any fishing vessel on the Community IUU vessel list, the Commission shall provide the owner and, where appropriate, the operator of the fishing vessel concerned with a detailed statement of reasons for the intended listing and with all elements supporting the suspicion that the fishing vessel has carried out IUU fishing.

2. Before placing any fishing vessel on the Community IUU vessel list, the Commission shall provide the owner and, where appropriate, the operator of the fishing vessel concerned with a detailed statement of reasons for the intended listing and with all elements supporting the suspicion that the fishing vessel has carried out IUU fishing.

To achieve all this, political support from Member States is of paramount importance. Before preparing a strategic plan (which will set out the strategy in general terms) and a comprehensive implementation plan (which will provide a detailed planning tool covering all the actions and projects necessary to achieve the strategic plan), in close cooperation with Member States, the Commission needs to ensure that the Council shares the common strategic objectives and the development of the common approach, as set out above.

To achieve all this, political support from Member States is of paramount importance. Before preparing a strategic plan (which will set out the strategy in general terms) and a comprehensive implementation plan (which will provide a detailed planning tool covering all the actions and projects necessary to achieve the strategic plan), in close cooperation with Member States, the Commission needs to ensure that the Council shares the common strategic objectives and the development of the common approach, as set out above.