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RemovedRegulation (EU)2017/2107

Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 31, Article 66 – paragraph 5: 5. Flag Member States shall consider and act on reports of infringements from inspectors of a port State on a similar basis as the reports from their own inspectors, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. / 1a Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 (OJ L347, 28.12.2017, p. 81))

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32 a (new), Article 69 a (new): (32a) The following article is inserted: / “Article 69a / IUU vessels / Member States shall ensure that IUU listed vessels are not authorised to land, tranship, re-fuel, re-supply, or engage in other commercial transactions.”

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32 a (new), Article 69 a (new): (32a) The following Article is inserted: / “Article 69a / IUU vessels / Member States shall ensure that IUU listed vessels are not authorised to land, tranship, re-fuel, re-supply, or engage in other commercial transactions.”

Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 35 a (new): (35a) The text set out in the Annex to this Regulation is added as Annexes VIIIa, VIIIb and VIIIc to Regulation (EU) 2017/2107.

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: Regulation (EU) 2023/2053 is amended as follows:

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new), Article 5: (-1) Article 5 is replaced by the following: / “Article 5 / Definitions / For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: / (1) ‘ICCAT’ means the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas; / (2) ‘The Convention’ means the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas; / (3) ‘Convention Area’ means the geographical area defined in Article 1 of the Convention; / (4) ‘CPC’ means a Contracting Party to the Convention and a cooperating non-contracting party, entity or fishing entity; / (5) ‘SCRS’ means the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics of the ICCAT; / (6) 'Operator' means the natural or legal person who operates or holds any undertaking carrying out any of the activities related to any stage of production, processing, marketing, distribution and retail chains of fisheries and aquaculture products; / (7) ‘Responsible Member State’ means the flag Member State or the Member State under whose jurisdiction the relevant farm or trap is located; / (8) ‘Farm CPC' means the Member State under whose jurisdiction the bluefin tuna farm is located; / (9) 'Flag CPC' means the Member State where the fishing vessel is flagged; / (10) 'Trap CPC' means the Member States under whose jurisdiction the trap is located; / (11) ‘Fishing vessel’ means any powered vessel used for the purposes of the commercial exploitation of bluefin tuna resources, including catching vessels, fish processing vessels, support vessels, towing vesse…

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RemovedICCAT recommendation 22-08 amends recommendation 21-08 establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new), Article 5: (-1) Article 5 is replaced by the following: / “Article 5 / (3) ‘Convention Area’ means the geographical area defined in Article 1 of the Convention; / (4) ‘CPC’ means a Contracting Party to the Convention and a cooperating non-contracting party, entity or fishing entity; / (6) 'operator' means the natural or legal person who operates or holds any undertaking carrying out any of the activities related to any stage of production, processing, marketing, distribution and retail chains of fisheries and aquaculture products; / (7) ‘farm CPC' means the Member State under whose jurisdiction the bluefin tuna farm is located; / (8) 'flag CPC' means the Member State where the fishing vessel is flagged; / (9) 'trap CPC' means the Member States under whose jurisdiction the trap is located; / (10) ‘fishing vessel’ means any powered vessel used for the purposes of the commercial exploitation of bluefin tuna resources, including catching vessels, fish processing vessels, support vessels, towing vessels, vessels engaged in transhipment and transport vessels equipped for the transportation of tuna products and auxiliary vessels, except container vessels; / (11) ‘catching vessel’ means a vessel used for the purposes of the commercial capture of bluefin tuna resources; / (12) ‘towing vessel’ means any vessel used for towing live bluefin tuna cages; / (13) ‘processing vessel’ means a vessel on board of which fisheries products are subject to one or more of the following operations, prior to thei…

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RemovedProvisions already included in Regulation (EU) XX/2022 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean

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ChangedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new), Article 8: (1a) Article 8 is replaced by the following: / “Article 8 / Carry-over1. ofAutomatic unusedcarry-over quotasof /any 1.unused Anyquota unusedis portionnot ofauthorised. a/ 2. Member StateStates annualmay quota/catchrequest limitto maytransfer bea addedmaximum toof the5% respectiveof quota/catchtheir limitannual fromquota form one year to the following year when transmitting its annual fishing plan. / 2.year. The maximum underage of bluefin tuna that aCommission Membershall Stateinclude maythis carry-overrequest in any given year shallits notannual exceedfishing/capacity theplans amountfor permittedendorsement inby the particular year byICCAT ICCAT.”Commission."

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RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new), Article 14 – introductory part: (1b) In Article 14, the introductory part is replaced by the following: / “Member States with a bluefin tuna quota shall establish an annual monitoring, control and inspection plan with a view to ensuring compliance with this Regulation. Each Member State shall submit its respective plan to the Commission. Each Member State shall establish its plan in accordance with:”

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new), Article 12: (1b) Article 12 shall be replaced by the following: / “Article 12 / In accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, when allocating the fishing opportunities available to them, Member States shall use transparent and objective criteria, including those of an environmental, social and economic nature, and shall also distribute national quotas fairly among the various fleet segments, giving special consideration to traditional and artisanal fisheries, and to provide incentives to Union fishing vessels deploying selective fishing gear or using fishing techniques with reduced environmental impact.”

RemovedICCAT recommendation 22-08 amends recommendation 21-08 establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

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ChangedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new), Article 1514 – paragraphs 6 andintroductory 7:part: (1c) Article 15 is amended as followsIn :Article /14, (a)the paragraphintroductory 6part is replaced by the following: / “6. Member“Member States shall report statistics on the annual amount of caging (input of wild caught fish), harvesting, and exportwith toa thebluefin Commission,tuna whichquota shall forward the data to the ICCAT Secretariat, until the ICCAT secretariat has developed a data extraction functionalityestablish inan theannual eBCDmonitoring, systemcontrol and such a functionality becomes available.” / (b)inspection paragraphplan 7with isa replacedview byto theensuring following:compliance /with “7.this WhereRegulation. appropriate,Each Member StatesState shall submit revised farmingits managementrespective plansplan to the Commission by 15 May each year forCommission. transmissionEach toMember theState ICCATshall Secretariatestablish byits 1plan Junein eachaccordance year.”with:”

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RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 d (new), Article 17 – paragraph 5: (1d) In Article 17, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: / “5. Bluefin tuna fishing shall be permitted in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea by large scale pelagic longlines catching vessels over 24 m overall length during the period from 1 January to 31 May with the exception of the area delimited by West of l0°W and North of 42°N.”

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 d (new), Article 15 – paragraphs 6 and 7: (1d) Article 15 is amended as follows : / (a) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: / “6. Member States shall report statistics on the annual amount of caging (input of wild caught fish), harvesting, and export to the Commission, which shall forward the data to the ICCAT Secretariat, until the ICCAT secretariat has developed a data extraction functionality in the eBCD system and such a functionality becomes available.” / (b) paragraph 7 is replaced by the following: / “7. Where appropriate, Member States shall submit revised farming management plans to the Commission by 15 May each year for transmission to the ICCAT Secretariat by 1 June each year.”

RemovedICCAT recommendation 22-08 amends recommendation 21-08 establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

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RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 e (new), Article 21 a (new): (1e) The following Article is inserted: / “Article 21a / Prohibition of retention of bluefin tuna onboard support vessels / Support vessels shall not retain on board or transport bluefin tuna.”

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 e (new), Article 17 – paragraph 5: (1e) In Article 17, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: / “5. Bluefin tuna fishing shall be permitted in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea by large-scale pelagic longlines catching vessels over 24 m overall length during the period from 1 January to 31 May with the exception of the area delimited by West of l0°W and North of 42°N.”

RemovedICCAT recommendation 22-08 amends recommendation 21-08 establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

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RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 f (new), Article 24: (1f) Article 24 is amended as follows: / (a) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: / “3. The marketing or sale of bluefin tuna caught in recreational fisheries shall be prohibited.”; / (b) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: / “4. Member States shall record catch data including the weight of each bluefin tuna caught in recreational fisheries and communicate the data for the preceding year to the Commission by 30 June each year. The Commission shall forward that information to the ICCAT Secretariat without delay.”; / (c) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: / “5. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure, to the greatest extent possible, the release of bluefin tuna, especially juveniles, caught alive in recreational fisheries. Any bluefin tuna landed shall be whole, gilled and/or gutted.”

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 f (new), Article 21 a (new): (1f) The following article is inserted: / “Article 21a / Prohibition of retention of bluefin tuna onboard support vessels / Support vessels shall not retain on board or transport bluefin tuna.”

RemovedICCAT recommendation 22-08 amends recommendation 21-08 establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 g (new), Article 24 – paragraphs 3, 4 and 5: (1g) Article 24 is amended as follows: / (a) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: / “3. The marketing of bluefin tuna caught in recreational fisheries shall be prohibited.”; / (b) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: / “4. Member States shall record catch data including the weight of each bluefin tuna caught in recreational fisheries and communicate the data for the preceding year to the Commission by 30 June each year. The Commission shall forward that information to the ICCAT Secretariat without delay.”; / (c) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: / “5. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure, to the greatest extent possible, the release of bluefin tuna, especially juveniles, caught alive in recreational fisheries. Any bluefin tuna landed shall be whole, gilled and/or gutted.”

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 g (new), Article 26 – paragraph 1: (1g) in Article 26, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: / “1. Each year, one month before the start of the period of authorisation, Member States shall submit the information set out in Annex XVI for the following vessel lists: / (a) all catching vessels fishing actively for bluefin tuna; and / (b) all other vessels engaged in bluefin tuna related activities, other than catching vessels. / The Commission shall forward that information to the ICCAT Secretariat 15 days before the start of the fishing activity, so that those vessels can be entered into the ICCAT record of authorised vessels and, if relevant, into the ICCAT record of vessels 20 metres in length overall or greater authorised to operate in the Convention Area.”

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 h (new), Article 26 – paragraph 1: (1h) in Article 26, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: / “1. Each year, one month before the start of the period of authorisation, Member States shall submit the information set out in Annex XVI for the following vessel lists: / (a) all catching vessels fishing actively for bluefin tuna; and / (b) all other vessels engaged in bluefin tuna related activities, other than catching vessels. / The Commission shall forward that information to the ICCAT Secretariat 15 days before the start of the fishing activity, so that those vessels can be entered into the ICCAT record of authorised vessels and, if relevant, into the ICCAT record of vessels 20 metres in length overall or greater authorised to operate in the Convention Area.”

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 h (new), Article 27 – paragraph 2: (1h) In Article 27, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: / “2. Without prejudice to Article 20(6), Union fishing vessels not entered into the ICCAT records referred to in Article 26 shall be deemed not to be authorised to fish for, retain on board, tranship, transport, transfer, process or land bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean.”

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