Regulation (EU) 2019/982 amending Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 on certain provisions for fishing in the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean Agreement area

Summary:

Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 updating Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 laying down provisions for fishing in the GFCM Agreement area.

Further information:

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) is a Regional Fisheries Management Organisation established under Article XIV of the FAO Constitution. Its main objectives are to promote the development, conservation, rational management and best utilization of living marine resources and the sustainable development of aquaculture in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and connecting waters.

The GFCM has the authority to adopt compulsory decisions in its area of competence; these acts are essentially addressed to its contracting parties but may also contain obligations for operators (e.g. the vessel master). The recommendations become binding within 120 days after the date of first notification, provided that no objections are lodged.

This Regulation aims at transposing into Union law a number of measures adopted by the GFCM at its annual sessions of 2015, 2016 and 2017. The last transposition of GFCM decisions was done by means of Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011. The new Regulation will insert into that legislative act the measures to be transposed by way of amendments to it.

EUR-Lex: COM(2018)143: Proposal to amend Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 on certain provisions for fishing in the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean Agreement area http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2018:143:FIN

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