Gabriel MATO

Born in 1961. The Canary Islands. 1984,Graduate in Law (Universidad Autónoma Madrid. 1986-1988: Substitute Judge in Santa Cruz de la Palma´s Court1985-now: Lawyer of the Excmo. Cabildo Insular de La PalmaPolitical career:-Functions in the national Partido Popular:2001-2004: President of Partido Popular in La Palma2004-2007: Vicesecretary General Partido Popular in Canary Islands2000-now: Member of the National Board of Directors of Partido Popular. 1997-2000: Adviser of Agriculture, Stockbreeding, Fisheries and Food in the Government of the Canary Islands. www.gabrielmato.com;International Tennis Referee. MEP from 2009 - 2019 and since 2020.

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What we stand for

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Foreign affairs

Budget, agriculture & regional funding

Legal & home affairs

Economy, jobs & the environment

Gabriel MATO

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My work in the European Parliament

Recent activities

Scheme of generalised tariff preferences

Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean: accession of the European Union

The state of play in the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives

Management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Area of Competence

EU/Central America Association Agreement: accession of Croatia to the EU. Protocol

Multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, amending Regulations (EU) No 2017/2107, (EU) No 2019/[NAFO], (EU) No 1936/2001, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1627

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund 2021-2027

Fisheries control

Negotiations of the modernisation of the trade pillar of the EU-Chile Association Agreement. Recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS

EU/Mauritius Fisheries Partnership Agreement: fishing opportunities and financial contribution 2017-2021. Protocol

Common system of Value Added Tax (VAT): temporary application of a generalised reverse charge mechanism in relation to supplies of goods and services above a certain threshold

European statistical programme 2013-2017: extension to 2018-2020

Recommendation for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Article 22 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (ECB/2017/18)

EU/Colombia and Peru Trade Agreement: accession of Ecuador; EU/Central America Association Agreement: CN code for bananas

EU/Chile Agreement: trade in organic products

EC/Chile Association Agreement: accession of Croatia to the EU. Protocol

My views and opinions

Venezuelan freedom fighters receive the Sakharov Prize

EU-Mercosur Deal is a much-needed boost for the EU’s economy

Make Europe’s fisheries fit for the future

EU Marine Action Plan: recipe for economic disaster and biodiversity setback

Commission initiatives against the need for food security

European Commission mustn't endanger fishers’ livelihood