PURPOSE: to amend Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 to move the provisions regarding technical measures out of the regulatory framework establishing annual fishing opportunities.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Regulation (EU) No 1237/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 as regards the prohibition of highgrading and restrictions on fishing for flounder and turbot in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound.

CONTENT: following a first-reading agreement reached with the European Parliament, the Council approved a regulation amending regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 as regards the prohibition of highgrading and restrictions on fishing for flounder and turbot in the Baltic sea, the Belts and the Sound.

Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 lays down specific technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound, and in particular restrictions on fishing as regards certain species, mesh sizes and areas.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1226/2009 of 20 November 2009 fixing the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2010 provides for the prohibition of highgrading and for restrictions on fishing for flounder and turbot.

This prohibition and these restrictions are technical measures of a permanent nature which should no longer be included in the regulatory framework establishing annual fishing opportunities. From January 2011, they should therefore be incorporated into Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 31/12/2010.

APPLICATION: from 01/01/2011.

The European Parliament adopted by 626 votes to 13, with 5 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 as regards the prohibition of highgrading and restrictions on fishing for flounder and turbot in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound.

Parliament adopted its position at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure (formerly known as the codecision procedure). The amendments adopted in plenary are the result of a compromise negotiated between the European Parliament and the Council.

The position at first reading amends the Commission’s proposal to ensure that the Regulation enters into force before the end of 2010. The Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2011.

The Committee on Fisheries adopted the report drafted by Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 as regards the prohibition of highgrading and restrictions on fishing for flounder and turbot in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound.

It recommended that the European Parliament’s position at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure (formerly known as the codecision procedure) should be to amend the Commission’s proposal to ensure that the Regulation enters into force before the end of 2010.

PURPOSE: to amend Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 to move the provisions regarding technical measures out of the regulatory framework establishing annual fishing opportunities.

PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

LEGAL BASE: Article 43(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

IMPACT ASSESSMENT: no impact assessment was carried out.

CONTENT: Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 sets specific technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound, and in particular restrictions on fishing for certain species, sizes and areas. Council Regulation (EC) No 1226/2009 fixing the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2010 provides in Article 7 for the prohibition of highgrading and in Annex III for restrictions on fishing for flounder and turbot.

Those technical measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1226/2009 should be incorporated into Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 as from January 2011 since, in the light of the entry in to force of the Lisbon Treaty, there is a need to move technical measures out of the regulatory framework establishing annual fishing opportunities and, furthermore, since they are of a permanent nature. Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 should be amended accordingly,

BUDGETARY IMPLICATION: this proposal has no implications for the European Union.

PURPOSE: to amend Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 to move the provisions regarding technical measures out of the regulatory framework establishing annual fishing opportunities.

PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

LEGAL BASE: Article 43(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

IMPACT ASSESSMENT: no impact assessment was carried out.

CONTENT: Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 sets specific technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound, and in particular restrictions on fishing for certain species, sizes and areas. Council Regulation (EC) No 1226/2009 fixing the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2010 provides in Article 7 for the prohibition of highgrading and in Annex III for restrictions on fishing for flounder and turbot.

Those technical measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1226/2009 should be incorporated into Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 as from January 2011 since, in the light of the entry in to force of the Lisbon Treaty, there is a need to move technical measures out of the regulatory framework establishing annual fishing opportunities and, furthermore, since they are of a permanent nature. Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 should be amended accordingly,

BUDGETARY IMPLICATION: this proposal has no implications for the European Union.