What changed
The versions differ only in formal points: punctuation in SDG target references is corrected. #1#2
0 changes of substance, plus 2 formal. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.
The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.
Change #1 Formal
Replaces the decimal separator in the SDG target reference from a period to a comma.
J. whereas the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which was agreed at the 12th Ministerial Conference and entered into force in September 2025, is the first ever multilateral trade agreement with environmental sustainability at its core and establishes a binding set of global rules to help curb an estimated USD 22 billion per year in harmful subsidies provided by governments to the fishing sector, as mandated under SDG target 14.6;14,6;
Change #2 Formal
Replaces the decimal separator in the SDG target reference from a period to a comma.
17. Welcomes the entry into force in September 2025 of the first Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies; stresses the crucial importance of also reaching agreement swiftly on disciplines on fisheries subsidies that contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, which represent more than half of all fisheries subsidies, in order to avoid depleting marine biological resources and allow for their sustainable management, while respecting the need for special and differential treatment in line with SDG target 14.6;14,6;