Evaluation
Upon request from the Commission, Member States shall submit without delay a detailed report on their implementation of this Regulation to the Commission. Based on the information received from Member States, the Commission shall submit to the ICCAT Secretariat by the date decided by the ICCAT, a detailed report on the implementation of ICCAT Recommendation 19-04.
Financing
For the purposes of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 22 ) , this Regulation shall be deemed to be a multiannual plan within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
Confidentiality
Data collected and exchanged in the framework of this Regulation shall be treated in accordance with the applicable rules on confidentiality pursuant to Articles 112 and 113 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
Procedure for amendments
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 67 concerning amendments to this Regulation in order to adapt it to measures adopted by ICCAT that bind the Union and its Member States as regards:
(a)
derogations from the prohibition under Article 8 on the carrying-over of unused quotas;
(b)
deadlines for reporting information as laid down in Article 24(4), Article 26(1), Article 29(1), Article 32(2) and (3), Article 35(5) and (6), Article 36, Article 41(3), Article 44(2), Article 51(13), Article 52(2), Article 55, Article 57(5), point (b), and Article 58(6);
(c)
time periods for fishing seasons as provided in Article 17(1) and (4);
(d)
the minimum conservation reference size set out in Article 19(1) and (2) and Article 20(1);
(e)
the percentages and reference parameters laid down in Article 13, Article 15(3) and (4), Article 20(1), Article 21(2), Article 38(1), Article 44(2), Article 50 and Article 51(8);
(f)
the information to be submitted to the Commission referred to in Article 11(1), Article 24(1), Article 25(3), Article 29(1), Article 30(4), Article 34(2), Article 40(1) and Article 55;
(g)
tasks for national observers and ICCAT regional observers as provided in Article 38(2) and Article 39(5), respectively;
(h)
reasons to refuse the authorisation to transfer laid down in Article 41(1);
(i)
reasons to seize the catches and order the release of fish of Article 46(4);
(j)
the number of vessels set out in Article 58(3);
(k)
Annexes I to XV.
2. Any amendments adopted in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be strictly limited to the implementation of amendments and/or supplements to the respective ICCAT recommendations which are binding on the Union.
Exercise of the delegation
1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 66 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 17 October 2023. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power no later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 66 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated act already in force.
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.
5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 66 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament or the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Committee procedure
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture established under Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.
Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1936/2001
Regulation (EC) No 1936/2001 is amended as follows:
(a)
Article 3, points (g) to (j), Articles 4a, 4b, and 4c and Annex Ia are deleted;
(b)
in Annex I, the indent ‘Bluefin tuna: Thunnus thynnus ’ is deleted;
(c)
in Annex II, the row ‘ Thunnus thynnus : Bluefin tuna’ is deleted.
Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2017/2107
In Regulation (EU) 2017/2107, Article 43 is deleted.
Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2019/833
In Regulation (EU) 2019/833, Article 53 is deleted.
Repeal
1. Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 is repealed.
2. References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table set out in Annex XVI to this Regulation.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
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