Procedure for amendments
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 15, amending this Regulation to adapt it to measures adopted by ICCAT that bind the Union and its Member States concerning:
(a)
the mandatory use of eBCDs and BCDs pursuant to Article 3(1) and (2);
(b)
rules on grouped BCDs pursuant to Article 3(6);
(c)
validation of the BCD and eBCD pursuant to Article 4;
(d)
recording and validation of catch and subsequent trades in the eBCD system pursuant to Article 5;
(e)
the derogation deadline referred to in Article 5(4) and Article 6(5);
(f)
information concerning validation and points of contact pursuant to Article 10(2);
(g)
use of paper BCDs or printed eBCDs pursuant to Article 11(1);
(h)
reporting dates referred to in Article 5(4), Article 6(2) and Article 13(1) and (3);
(i)
references to Annexes to ICCAT Recommendations as provided for in Article 2(1), Article 4(6), Article 8(3), Article 11(1), point (c) and Article 13(1) and (3) and to the corresponding Annexes to this Regulation;
(j)
the Annexes to this Regulation.
2. Amendments made pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be strictly limited to the implementation into Union law of amendments to ICCAT Recommendations.
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 14 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 9 January 2024. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not 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 14 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by 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 14 shall enter into force only where no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of the act to the European Parliament and 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.
Repeal
Regulation (EU) No 640/2010 is repealed.
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 .
