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Regulation (EU) 2019/1154 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on a multiannual recovery plan for Mediterranean swordfish and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 and Regulation (EU) 2017/2107 of the European Parliament and of the Council| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2019/1154 |
| Original proposal | COM(2018)229  |
| CELEX number i | 32019R1154 |
| Document | 20-06-2019; Date of signature |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 12-07-2019; OJ L 188 p. 1-24 |
| Signature | 20-06-2019 |
| Effect | 15-07-2019; Entry into force Date pub. +3 See Art 39 |
| Deadline | 31-07-2019; See Art 17.3 And 20.7 And 21.3 15-09-2019; See Art 31.1 15-10-2019; See Art 31.3 01-12-2019; See Art 27.5 01-01-2020; See Art 16.1 Pt (a) And 27.5 15-01-2020; See Art 16.1 31-01-2020; See Art 26.1 15-02-2020; See Art 23.3 01-03-2020; See Art 9.1 And 16.1 Pt (b) 15-03-2020; See Art 9.2 And 16.1 30-06-2020; See Art 17.1 And 20.7 31-12-2025; Review See Art 32 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
12.7.2019 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 188/1 |
REGULATION (EU) 2019/1154 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 20 June 2019
on a multiannual recovery plan for Mediterranean swordfish and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 and Regulation (EU) 2017/2107 of the European Parliament and of the Council
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 objective of the Common Fisheries Policy (‘CFP’), as set out in Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), is to ensure exploitation of marine biological resources that provides sustainable economic, environmental and social conditions. |
(2) |
The Union is Party to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (‘the ICCAT Convention’). |
(3) |
At the 2016 Annual Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (‘ICCAT’) in Vilamoura, Portugal, the ICCAT Contracting Parties and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities or Fishing Entities recognised the need to address the alarming situation of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the Mediterranean Sea (‘Mediterranean swordfish’), which has been overfished over the last 30 years. To that end, including avoiding the collapse of the stock, and after analysing the scientific advice of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS), ICCAT adopted Recommendation 16-05 establishing a multiannual recovery plan for Mediterranean swordfish (‘ICCAT recovery plan’). In view of the fact that the current biology, structure and dynamic of the Mediterranean swordfish stock does not allow the achievement of levels of biomass capable of producing the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) in the short term, even if drastic and urgent management measures such as a total closure of the fishery were adopted, the ICCAT recovery plan is to cover the period 2017–2031. ICCAT Recommendation 16-05 entered into force on 12 June 2017 and is binding on the Union. |
(4) |
The Union informed the ICCAT Secretariat by letter, in December 2016, that certain measures laid down in ICCAT Recommendation 16-05 were to enter into force in the Union in January 2017, in particular in relation to the closure period established from 1 January to 31 March, and the allocation of quotas for Mediterranean swordfish fisheries. All other measures laid down in ICCAT Recommendation 16-05, together with some of the measures already implemented, should be included in the recovery plan set out in this Regulation. |
(5) |
In accordance with Article 29(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the positions of the Union in regional fisheries management organisations are to be based on the best available scientific advice so as to ensure that fishery resources are managed in accordance with the objectives of the CFP, in particular with the objective of progressively restoring and maintaining populations of fish stocks above biomass levels capable of producing MSY, even if in this particular case the date by which that objective has to be achieved is 2031, and with the objective of providing conditions for economically viable and competitive fishing capture and processing industry and land-based fishing related activity. At the same time account is taken of point (d) of Article 28(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 which provides that a level playing field for Union operators vis-à-vis third-country operators is... |
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