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Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 establishing a multiannual plan for the stocks of cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2016/1139 |
| Original proposal | COM(2014)614  |
| CELEX number i | 32016R1139 |
| Document | 06-07-2016; Date of signature |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 15-07-2016; OJ L 191 p. 1-15 |
| Signature | 06-07-2016 |
| Effect | 20-07-2016; Entry into force Date pub. +5 See Art 20 |
| End of validity | 13-08-2019; Partial end of validity Art. 18 Implicitly repealed by 32019R1241 31-12-9999 |
15.7.2016 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 191/1 |
REGULATION (EU) 2016/1139 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 6 July 2016
establishing a multiannual plan for the stocks of cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (2),
Whereas:
(1) |
The United Nations Convention of 10 December 1982 on the Law of the Sea (3), to which the Union is a contracting party, provides for conservation obligations, including the maintaining or restoring of populations of harvested species at levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield (MSY). |
(2) |
At the World Summit on Sustainable Development at Johannesburg in 2002, the Union and its Member States committed themselves to act against the continued decline of many fish stocks. Therefore, it is necessary to adapt the exploitation rates of cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea so as to ensure that the exploitation of those stocks restores and maintains them above levels that can produce MSY. |
(3) |
The common fisheries policy (CFP) is to contribute to the protection of the marine environment, to the sustainable management of all commercially exploited species, and in particular to the achievement of good environmental status by 2020, as set out in Article 1(1) of Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). |
(4) |
Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) establishes the rules of the CFP in line with the international obligations of the Union. The objectives of the CFP are, inter alia, to ensure that fishing and aquaculture are environmentally sustainable in the long term, to apply the precautionary approach to fisheries management, and to implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management. |
(5) |
Scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) has indicated that the exploitation of some of the stocks of cod, sprat and herring are in excess of that required to achieve MSY. |
(6) |
A management plan for the cod stocks has been in place since the entry into force in 2007 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 (6) but the stocks of herring and sprat are not yet subject to similar plans. Since strong biological interactions exist between the cod and pelagic stocks, the size of the cod stock can affect that of the herring and sprat stocks and vice versa. In addition, Member States and stakeholders have expressed support for the development and implementation of management plans for the key Baltic stocks. |
(7) |
The multiannual plan established by this Regulation (‘the plan’) should, in accordance with Articles 9 and 10 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, be based on scientific, technical and economic advice and contain objectives, quantifiable targets with clear time frames, conservation reference points and safeguards. |
(8) |
It is appropriate to establish a multi-species fisheries plan taking into account the dynamics between the stocks of cod, herring and sprat, and also taking into consideration the by-catch species of the fisheries for those stocks, namely the Baltic stocks of plaice,... |
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