Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 for the conservation of fishery through technical measures in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound

The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) makes a distinction between the powers delegated to the Commission to adopt non-legislative acts of general application to supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of the legislative act as laid down in Article 290(1) of the TFEU (delegated acts), and the powers conferred upon the Commission to adopt uniform conditions for implementing legally binding Union acts as laid down in Article 291(2) of the TFEU (implementing acts).

In the context of the alignment of Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 to the new rules of the TFEU, powers currently conferred on the Commission by that Regulation have been re-classified into delegated measures and implementing measures.

Pursuant to Article 290 TFEU, the Commission should therefore be empowered to adopt delegated acts to amend the technical specifications of two parts of the fishing gears improving selectivity: namely the Bacoma type exit window and the netting in the codend and extension piece being turned 90° (T90 trawl).

Pursuant to Article 291 TFEU, implementing powers are necessary to ensure that the Commission is able to adopt a decision requiring a Member State to withdraw or modify national measures whenever these are not in accordance with the Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005.

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