The European Commission has ordered France to pay a multi-million euro penalty for failing to enforce EU fishing rules since the early 1990s.
Paris has been ordered to pay a fine of €57 million every six months until an adequate fisheries control system is in place.
The commission on Wednesday (1 March) announced that it had taken the action because France di not fulfill obligations laid out in a ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on 12 July last year.
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