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2023/0206(COD) Conservation, management and control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the North-East Atlantic fisheries

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead PECH GUERREIRO Francisco (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE) MILLÁN MON Francisco José (icon: EPP EPP), ALBUQUERQUE João (icon: S&D S&D), BILBAO BARANDICA Izaskun (icon: Renew Renew), ILČIĆ Ladislav (icon: ECR ECR), PIMENTA LOPES João (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL)
Committee Opinion ENVI
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 043-p2

Events

2024/10/08
   Final act published in Official Journal
2024/09/18
   CSL - Draft final act
Documents
2024/09/18
   CSL - Final act signed
2024/07/29
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2024/07/22
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
2024/04/10
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2024/04/10
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 353 votes to 214, with 55 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down conservation, management and control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the North-East Atlantic fisheries, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1899/85 and Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010.

The proposed Regulation: (a) lays down conservation and management measures and implements into Union law the amendments to the Scheme of Control and Enforcement adopted by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (the NEAFC Scheme); (b) establishes measures for certain pelagic fisheries in the Convention Area and Union waters of the Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries (CECAF) area.

The position adopted by the European Parliament at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure is as follows:

Marking of gear

Fishing gear used by Union fishing vessels in the Regulatory Area should be marked in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 and generally accepted international standards, in particular the Convention on Conduct of Fishing Operations in the North Atlantic, signed in London on 1 June 1967. It should be prohibited to deploy fishing gear that is not marked, if marking is required, or if the marking does not meet the requirements referred to in paragraph 1. NEAFC fisheries inspectors may remove and dispose of fishing gear with non-compliant marking, as well as fish that are found in the gear.

Waste from fishing vessels and retrieval of lost gear

Any deliberate abandonment or discarding of fishing gear, and any discharge of waste from ships should be the responsibility of the master. Union fishing vessels should notify the competent authorities of their flag Member State within 24 hours about the required information in those cases where the lost gear cannot be retrieved.

Member States should undertake to retrieve on a regular basis lost fixed gear belonging to vessels flying their flag. If gear is retrieved that has not been reported as lost, the Member State or other Contracting Party that retrieved the gear may recover the cost from the master of the vessel that has lost the gear.

Infringement procedures

Where infringement of NEAFC rules is recorded in the inspection report, the inspecting Member State should either take appropriate enforcement measures or notify, by email, the designated authorities of the flag Member State or flag Contracting Party of the inspected fishing vessel about the intention to transfer the proceedings. That procedure should be without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the inspecting Member State, flag Member State or flag Contracting Party to enforce their own law and to the jurisdiction of the flag State regarding fishing activities within the Regulatory Area.

Remote surveillance

In landing and processing facilities where more than 3 000 tonnes of certain pelagic stocks are weighed per calendar year and where landings above 10 tonnes of those stocks occur, thus excluding small-scale coastal and artisanal fishing, only landings and weighing of landings above 10 tonnes should be monitored through camera and sensor technologies . All landings should be counted to determine the threshold of 3 000 tonnes. Member States should make publicly available the list of ports that meet those conditions. The Commission should be empowered to adjust those thresholds and the methods for calculating them if adjustments and precisions are made to these aspects in future agreements reached between coastal States or within the framework of NEAFC.

The implementation of remote surveillance of landings can benefit from support under the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund established by Regulation (EU) 2021/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Documents
2024/02/19
   EP - Approval in committee of the text agreed at 1st reading interinstitutional negotiations
Documents
2024/02/14
   CSL - Coreper letter confirming interinstitutional agreement
2024/02/14
   EP - Text agreed during interinstitutional negotiations
Documents
2024/02/07
   EP - Committee decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations confirmed by plenary (Rule 71)
2024/02/05
   EP - Committee decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations announced in plenary (Rule 71)
2024/01/24
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
Details

The Committee on Fisheries adopted the report Francisco GUERREIRO (Greens/EFA, PT) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down conservation, management and control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the North-East Atlantic fisheries, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1899/85 and Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010.

The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the proposal as follows:

Subject matter

The proposed regulation lays down conservation and management measures and implements the amendments to the Scheme of control and enforcement adopted by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (the NEAFC Scheme). It applies notwithstanding the obligations set out in existing regulations in the fisheries sector, in particular Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2017/2403, Council Regulations (EC) No 1005/2008 and (EC) No 1224/2009.

Marking of gear

It should be prohibited to deploy fishing gear that is not marked, if marking is required, or if the marking contravenes the relevant requirements. NEAFC fisheries inspectors may remove and dispose of a fishing gear with non-compliant marking. According to Members, the fish that are found in the gear should be donated to charitable organisations or organisations that benefit public interest and, if not fit for human consumption, disposed of in accordance with national law consistent with Union law.

Waste from fishing vessels and retrieval of lost gear

Masters of Union fishing vessels should be legally responsible for ensuring that they do not deliberately abandon or discard fishing gear or discharge any kind of waste from their ships into the sea. Member States should undertake to retrieve on a regular basis lost fixed gears belonging to vessels flying their flag. If gear is retrieved that has not been reported as lost, the Member State or other Contracting Party that retrieved the gear may recover the cost from the master of the vessel that has lost the gear.

Control of notified and authorised Union fishing vessels

The amended text stated that Member States should send by electronic means to the Commission the information of all fishing vessels flying their flag and registered in the Union which they intend to authorise to conduct fishing activities in the Regulatory Area. This information should be sent by 15 December each year for the following year or in any case not later than 15 days before the vessel’s entry into the Regulatory Area.

NEAFC port inspectors and officials

Member States should notify, 15 days prior to be effective, any changes in the lists referred to the European Fisheries Control Agency, which in turn should forward them without delay to the NEAFC Secretariat with the Commission in copy.

Remote surveillance

Port Member States should ensure surveillance by camera and sensor technologies at landing and processing facilities for landings exceeding 10 tonnes and where more than 3 000 tonnes per year , in total, of herring, mackerel, horse mackerel and blue whiting are weighed. For that purpose, Member States should make publicly available a list of their ports that meet those thresholds and where those requirements are to apply.

New Annex

Members added a new Annex (Annex VI a) which includes a list of codes of production from or presentation, preservation state of the resources, type of packing or container to be used in the production logbook. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts concerning measures adopted by NEAFC regarding this list of codes.

Documents
2024/01/23
   EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading
2024/01/23
   EP - Committee decision to open interinstitutional negotiations with report adopted in committee
2023/12/06
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2023/11/08
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2023/09/20
   ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
Documents
2023/09/20
   EP - GUERREIRO Francisco (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in PECH
2023/09/11
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading
2023/06/30
   EC - Legislative proposal
2023/06/30
   EC - Legislative proposal published

Documents

  • Draft final act: 00032/2024/LEX
  • Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2024)377
  • Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
  • Decision by Parliament, 1st reading: T9-0199/2024
  • Approval in committee of the text agreed at 1st reading interinstitutional negotiations: PE759.033
  • Coreper letter confirming interinstitutional agreement: GEDA/A/(2024)000978
  • Text agreed during interinstitutional negotiations: PE759.033
  • Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A9-0004/2024
  • Amendments tabled in committee: PE757.205
  • Committee draft report: PE756.019
  • Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES3331/2023
  • Legislative proposal: COM(2023)0362
  • Legislative proposal: EUR-Lex
  • Legislative proposal published: COM(2023)0362
  • Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
  • Legislative proposal: COM(2023)0362 EUR-Lex
  • Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES3331/2023
  • Committee draft report: PE756.019
  • Amendments tabled in committee: PE757.205
  • Coreper letter confirming interinstitutional agreement: GEDA/A/(2024)000978
  • Text agreed during interinstitutional negotiations: PE759.033
  • Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2024)377
  • Draft final act: 00032/2024/LEX

Votes

A9-0004/2024 – Francisco Guerreiro – Provisional agreement – Am 61 #

2024/04/10 Outcome: +: 353, -: 214, 0: 55
DE FR ES HU SE BE DK CZ IT RO NL FI SK EE HR LU MT PT IE LT EL AT CY LV SI BG PL
Total
91
71
56
18
21
21
13
21
60
18
28
14
14
7
6
6
4
20
12
9
14
18
5
7
7
14
47
icon: S&D S&D
125

Belgium S&D

2

Denmark S&D

2

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1

Slovakia S&D

For (1)

1

Estonia S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Lithuania S&D

2

Greece S&D

1

Cyprus S&D

2

Latvia S&D

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1

Slovenia S&D

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icon: Renew Renew
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Hungary Renew

2
3

Finland Renew

3

Estonia Renew

3

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Luxembourg Renew

2

Ireland Renew

2

Lithuania Renew

1

Greece Renew

1

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Poland Renew

1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
69

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Italy Verts/ALE

3

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Ireland Verts/ALE

1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Greece Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: NI NI
39

Germany NI

Against (1)

2

France NI

Against (1)

1

Belgium NI

For (1)

1

Czechia NI

For (1)

1

Romania NI

For (1)

1

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Latvia NI

1
icon: The Left The Left
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Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

1

Denmark The Left

1

Czechia The Left

Abstain (1)

1

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1

Finland The Left

Against (1)

1

Ireland The Left

Abstain (1)

4

Cyprus The Left

Abstain (1)

1
icon: ID ID
48

Denmark ID

Against (1)

1

Czechia ID

Against (1)

1

Estonia ID

Against (1)

1

Austria ID

3
icon: ECR ECR
59

Germany ECR

Against (1)

1

France ECR

Against (1)

1

Sweden ECR

3

Finland ECR

2

Slovakia ECR

For (1)

1

Greece ECR

Against (1)

1

Latvia ECR

Against (1)

1

Bulgaria ECR

2
icon: PPE PPE
153

Hungary PPE

Against (1)

1

Belgium PPE

Against (1)

Abstain (1)

4

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Finland PPE

3

Estonia PPE

Against (1)

1

Croatia PPE

2

Luxembourg PPE

2

Malta PPE

Against (1)

1

Cyprus PPE

2

Latvia PPE

3

Slovenia PPE

4
AmendmentsDossier
162 2023/0206(COD)
2023/12/06 PECH 162 amendments...
source: 757.205

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  • The European Parliament adopted by 353 votes to 214, with 55 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down conservation, management and control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the North-East Atlantic fisheries, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1899/85 and Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010.
  • The proposed Regulation: (a) lays down conservation and management measures and implements into Union law the amendments to the Scheme of Control and Enforcement adopted by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (the NEAFC Scheme); (b) establishes measures for certain pelagic fisheries in the Convention Area and Union waters of the Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries (CECAF) area.
  • The position adopted by the European Parliament at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure is as follows:
  • Marking of gear
  • Fishing gear used by Union fishing vessels in the Regulatory Area should be marked in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 and generally accepted international standards, in particular the Convention on Conduct of Fishing Operations in the North Atlantic, signed in London on 1 June 1967. It should be prohibited to deploy fishing gear that is not marked, if marking is required, or if the marking does not meet the requirements referred to in paragraph 1. NEAFC fisheries inspectors may remove and dispose of fishing gear with non-compliant marking, as well as fish that are found in the gear.
  • Waste from fishing vessels and retrieval of lost gear
  • Any deliberate abandonment or discarding of fishing gear, and any discharge of waste from ships should be the responsibility of the master. Union fishing vessels should notify the competent authorities of their flag Member State within 24 hours about the required information in those cases where the lost gear cannot be retrieved.
  • Member States should undertake to retrieve on a regular basis lost fixed gear belonging to vessels flying their flag. If gear is retrieved that has not been reported as lost, the Member State or other Contracting Party that retrieved the gear may recover the cost from the master of the vessel that has lost the gear.
  • Infringement procedures
  • Where infringement of NEAFC rules is recorded in the inspection report, the inspecting Member State should either take appropriate enforcement measures or notify, by email, the designated authorities of the flag Member State or flag Contracting Party of the inspected fishing vessel about the intention to transfer the proceedings. That procedure should be without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the inspecting Member State, flag Member State or flag Contracting Party to enforce their own law and to the jurisdiction of the flag State regarding fishing activities within the Regulatory Area.
  • Remote surveillance
  • In landing and processing facilities where more than 3 000 tonnes of certain pelagic stocks are weighed per calendar year and where landings above 10 tonnes of those stocks occur, thus excluding small-scale coastal and artisanal fishing, only landings and weighing of landings above 10 tonnes should be monitored through camera and sensor technologies . All landings should be counted to determine the threshold of 3 000 tonnes. Member States should make publicly available the list of ports that meet those conditions. The Commission should be empowered to adjust those thresholds and the methods for calculating them if adjustments and precisions are made to these aspects in future agreements reached between coastal States or within the framework of NEAFC.
  • The implementation of remote surveillance of landings can benefit from support under the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund established by Regulation (EU) 2021/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
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  • The European Parliament adopted by 353 votes to 214, with 55 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down conservation, management and control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the North-East Atlantic fisheries, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1899/85 and Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010.
  • The proposed Regulation: (a) lays down conservation and management measures and implements into Union law the amendments to the Scheme of Control and Enforcement adopted by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (the NEAFC Scheme); (b) establishes measures for certain pelagic fisheries in the Convention Area and Union waters of the Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries (CECAF) area.
  • The position adopted by the European Parliament at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure is as follows:
  • Marking of gear
  • Fishing gear used by Union fishing vessels in the Regulatory Area should be marked in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 and generally accepted international standards, in particular the Convention on Conduct of Fishing Operations in the North Atlantic, signed in London on 1 June 1967. It should be prohibited to deploy fishing gear that is not marked, if marking is required, or if the marking does not meet the requirements referred to in paragraph 1. NEAFC fisheries inspectors may remove and dispose of fishing gear with non-compliant marking, as well as fish that are found in the gear.
  • Waste from fishing vessels and retrieval of lost gear
  • Any deliberate abandonment or discarding of fishing gear, and any discharge of waste from ships should be the responsibility of the master. Union fishing vessels should notify the competent authorities of their flag Member State within 24 hours about the required information in those cases where the lost gear cannot be retrieved.
  • Member States should undertake to retrieve on a regular basis lost fixed gear belonging to vessels flying their flag. If gear is retrieved that has not been reported as lost, the Member State or other Contracting Party that retrieved the gear may recover the cost from the master of the vessel that has lost the gear.
  • Infringement procedures
  • Where infringement of NEAFC rules is recorded in the inspection report, the inspecting Member State should either take appropriate enforcement measures or notify, by email, the designated authorities of the flag Member State or flag Contracting Party of the inspected fishing vessel about the intention to transfer the proceedings. That procedure should be without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the inspecting Member State, flag Member State or flag Contracting Party to enforce their own law and to the jurisdiction of the flag State regarding fishing activities within the Regulatory Area.
  • Remote surveillance
  • In landing and processing facilities where more than 3 000 tonnes of certain pelagic stocks are weighed per calendar year and where landings above 10 tonnes of those stocks occur, thus excluding small-scale coastal and artisanal fishing, only landings and weighing of landings above 10 tonnes should be monitored through camera and sensor technologies . All landings should be counted to determine the threshold of 3 000 tonnes. Member States should make publicly available the list of ports that meet those conditions. The Commission should be empowered to adjust those thresholds and the methods for calculating them if adjustments and precisions are made to these aspects in future agreements reached between coastal States or within the framework of NEAFC.
  • The implementation of remote surveillance of landings can benefit from support under the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund established by Regulation (EU) 2021/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
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  • The proposed Regulation: (a) lays down conservation and management measures and implements into Union law the amendments to the Scheme of Control and Enforcement adopted by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (the NEAFC Scheme); (b) establishes measures for certain pelagic fisheries in the Convention Area and Union waters of the Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries (CECAF) area.
  • The position adopted by the European Parliament at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure is as follows:
  • Marking of gear
  • Fishing gear used by Union fishing vessels in the Regulatory Area should be marked in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 and generally accepted international standards, in particular the Convention on Conduct of Fishing Operations in the North Atlantic, signed in London on 1 June 1967. It should be prohibited to deploy fishing gear that is not marked, if marking is required, or if the marking does not meet the requirements referred to in paragraph 1. NEAFC fisheries inspectors may remove and dispose of fishing gear with non-compliant marking, as well as fish that are found in the gear.
  • Waste from fishing vessels and retrieval of lost gear
  • Any deliberate abandonment or discarding of fishing gear, and any discharge of waste from ships should be the responsibility of the master. Union fishing vessels should notify the competent authorities of their flag Member State within 24 hours about the required information in those cases where the lost gear cannot be retrieved.
  • Member States should undertake to retrieve on a regular basis lost fixed gear belonging to vessels flying their flag. If gear is retrieved that has not been reported as lost, the Member State or other Contracting Party that retrieved the gear may recover the cost from the master of the vessel that has lost the gear.
  • Infringement procedures
  • Where infringement of NEAFC rules is recorded in the inspection report, the inspecting Member State should either take appropriate enforcement measures or notify, by email, the designated authorities of the flag Member State or flag Contracting Party of the inspected fishing vessel about the intention to transfer the proceedings. That procedure should be without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the inspecting Member State, flag Member State or flag Contracting Party to enforce their own law and to the jurisdiction of the flag State regarding fishing activities within the Regulatory Area.
  • Remote surveillance
  • In landing and processing facilities where more than 3 000 tonnes of certain pelagic stocks are weighed per calendar year and where landings above 10 tonnes of those stocks occur, thus excluding small-scale coastal and artisanal fishing, only landings and weighing of landings above 10 tonnes should be monitored through camera and sensor technologies . All landings should be counted to determine the threshold of 3 000 tonnes. Member States should make publicly available the list of ports that meet those conditions. The Commission should be empowered to adjust those thresholds and the methods for calculating them if adjustments and precisions are made to these aspects in future agreements reached between coastal States or within the framework of NEAFC.
  • The implementation of remote surveillance of landings can benefit from support under the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund established by Regulation (EU) 2021/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
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  • The Committee on Fisheries adopted the report Francisco GUERREIRO (Greens/EFA, PT) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down conservation, management and control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the North-East Atlantic fisheries, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1899/85 and Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010.
  • The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the proposal as follows:
  • Subject matter
  • The proposed regulation lays down conservation and management measures and implements the amendments to the Scheme of control and enforcement adopted by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (the NEAFC Scheme). It applies notwithstanding the obligations set out in existing regulations in the fisheries sector, in particular Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2017/2403, Council Regulations (EC) No 1005/2008 and (EC) No 1224/2009.
  • Marking of gear
  • It should be prohibited to deploy fishing gear that is not marked, if marking is required, or if the marking contravenes the relevant requirements. NEAFC fisheries inspectors may remove and dispose of a fishing gear with non-compliant marking. According to Members, the fish that are found in the gear should be donated to charitable organisations or organisations that benefit public interest and, if not fit for human consumption, disposed of in accordance with national law consistent with Union law.
  • Waste from fishing vessels and retrieval of lost gear
  • Masters of Union fishing vessels should be legally responsible for ensuring that they do not deliberately abandon or discard fishing gear or discharge any kind of waste from their ships into the sea. Member States should undertake to retrieve on a regular basis lost fixed gears belonging to vessels flying their flag. If gear is retrieved that has not been reported as lost, the Member State or other Contracting Party that retrieved the gear may recover the cost from the master of the vessel that has lost the gear.
  • Control of notified and authorised Union fishing vessels
  • The amended text stated that Member States should send by electronic means to the Commission the information of all fishing vessels flying their flag and registered in the Union which they intend to authorise to conduct fishing activities in the Regulatory Area. This information should be sent by 15 December each year for the following year or in any case not later than 15 days before the vessel’s entry into the Regulatory Area.
  • NEAFC port inspectors and officials
  • Member States should notify, 15 days prior to be effective, any changes in the lists referred to the European Fisheries Control Agency, which in turn should forward them without delay to the NEAFC Secretariat with the Commission in copy.
  • Remote surveillance
  • Port Member States should ensure surveillance by camera and sensor technologies at landing and processing facilities for landings exceeding 10 tonnes and where more than 3 000 tonnes per year , in total, of herring, mackerel, horse mackerel and blue whiting are weighed. For that purpose, Member States should make publicly available a list of their ports that meet those thresholds and where those requirements are to apply.
  • New Annex
  • Members added a new Annex (Annex VI a) which includes a list of codes of production from or presentation, preservation state of the resources, type of packing or container to be used in the production logbook. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts concerning measures adopted by NEAFC regarding this list of codes.
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