Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1410 of 18 August 2022 providing for a reduced prior notification period before arrival at port for Union fishing vessels of 12 metres’ length overall or more engaged in fisheries on stocks subject to Regulation (EU) 2019/472 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council landing in Spanish ports

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1410
• Articles: 4

Article 1

The minimum prior notification period provided for in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 shall be reduced to 2,5 hours for masters of the Union fishing vessels of 12 metres’ length overall or more and which fulfil all of the following conditions:

(a)

they are engaged in fisheries on stocks subject to the multiannual plans established by Regulations (EU) 2019/472 and (EU) 2019/1022;

(b)

they operate exclusively in fishing grounds from which they can reach in less than 4 hours the port of landing;

(c)

they land in Spanish ports.

Article 2

Spain shall submit a report to the Commission concerning the implementation of this Regulation by 26 August 2024.

That report shall include an analysis of any impact of the reduced prior notification period on the ability of the Spanish fisheries control authorities to effectively monitor the fishing activities of those vessels benefiting from the reduced prior notification period set out in Article 1.

Article 3

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1188/2013 is repealed.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .