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Information note for the delegation of the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries to Andalusia, Atlantic region, 7 to 9 May 2018. A comprehensive outline of the Andalusian fisheries sector in the Atlantic region, from the catching sector to consumption, taking into account the sustainability of resources in the ecosystem, the economy and the social dimension.

The European Union has established a common classification of territorial units for statistics, known as ‘NUTS’, in order to facilitate the collection, development and publication of harmonised regional statistics in the EU. This hierarchical system also serves socioeconomic analyses of the regions and the framing of interventions in the context of EU cohesion policy.

This briefing was prepared to provide information for the visit to Bulgaria of a delegation of the European Parliament’s Committee on Regional Development (REGI) from 29 to 31 October 2017, the region visited being Sofia city and the surrounding Sofia district.