Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2025/202
Regulation (EU) 2025/202, is amended as follows:
(1)
in Article 19, the title is replaced by the following:
‘Article 19
Remedial measures for cod in the Kattegat in 2025 ’
;
(2)
the following Article is inserted:
‘Article 19a
Remedial measures for cod in the Kattegat in 2026
1. Union fishing vessels fishing in the Kattegat with bottom trawls and seines ( *1 ) with minimum mesh size of 70 mm shall use one of the following selective gears:
(a)
sorting grid with maximum 35 mm bar spacing, with an unblocked fish outlet;
(b)
sorting grid with maximum 50 mm bar spacing separating flatfish and roundfish, with an unblocked fish outlet for roundfish;
(c)
seltra panel with 300 mm square mesh size; or
(d)
highly selective gear, the technical attributes of which shall result, according to a scientific study assessed by the STECF, for fishing vessels exclusively carrying on board such a gear, in a proportion of cod catches of less than 1,5 % of total catches.
2. Union fishing vessels participating in a project run by a Member State and having functioning equipment for fully documented fisheries may use a gear that complies with the requirements set in Part B of Annex V, to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241, except for the gears that comply with the alternative requirement set in the second sentence of the footnotes in point 1.1 of that Part. By 31 March, the Member State concerned shall communicate a list of such vessels to the Commission.
3. This Article does not apply to fishing operations conducted for the exclusive purpose of scientific investigations, provided that those investigations are carried out in compliance with Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241.
( *1 ) Gear codes: OTB, OTT, OT, TBN, TBS, TB, TX, PTB, SDN, SSC, SX.’;"
(3)
in Article 63, point (e) is replaced by the following:
‘(e)
Article 19 shall apply from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025;’
;
(4)
in Article 63, the following point is inserted:
‘(ea)
Article 19a shall apply from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 or until the date on which a delegated act adopted in accordance with Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 and amending Annex V of that Regulation regarding remedial measures for cod in the Kattegat becomes applicable, whichever is earlier;’
;
(5)
in Annex IA, Part B, Table 59 is replaced by the following:
‘Table 59
Species:
Blue whiting
Zone:
8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
Micromesistius poutassou
(WHB/8C3411)
Spain
44 604
( 48 )
Analytical TAC
Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies
Portugal
11 151
( 48 )
Union
55 755
( 47 )
( 48 )
TAC
1 447 054
( 47 ) Special condition: from the Union quotas in Union and international waters of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14 (WHB/*NZJM1) and in 8c, 9 and 10 and Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (WHB/*NZJM2), the following quantity may be fished in the Norwegian Economic Zone or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen:
To be established
( 48 ) Transfers of this quota may be effected to United Kingdom, Union and international waters of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission.’
Committee procedure
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture established by 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.
Entry into force and application
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
2. This Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026.
However:
(a)
Article 13(1) shall apply from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 or until the date on which a delegated act adopted in accordance with Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 and amending Part A of Annex VII to that Regulation regarding the minimum conservation reference size for pollack in ICES subareas 8, 9 and 10 and Union waters of CECAF area 34.1.1 becomes applicable, whichever is earlier;
(b)
Article 14(1) to (8) shall apply from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027;
(c)
Article 14(9) shall apply from 1 January 2026 to 31 March 2027;
(d)
Articles 19 and 20 shall apply from 1 June 2026 to 31 December 2026;
(e)
Article 21 shall apply from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027 or until the date on which a Commission Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2201 becomes applicable, whichever is earlier;
(f)
Article 22 shall apply from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 or until the date on which a delegated act adopted in accordance with Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 and amending Annex V of that Regulation regarding remedial measures for common sole in the Skagerrak, Kattegat and western Baltic Sea becomes applicable, whichever is earlier;
(g)
Article 26 shall apply from 1 January 2026 to 31 January 2027;
(h)
Article 29(2) shall apply from 1 January 2026 until 31 December 2026 or the date on which an amendment to Regulation (EU) 2017/2107 introducing a prohibition to retain on board, tranship or land any part or whole carcass of shortfin mako ( Isurus oxyrinchus ) in the Atlantic Ocean, north of 5°N, caught in fisheries in the ICCAT Convention area becomes applicable, whichever is earlier;
(i)
Article 32 and Annex VII shall apply from 1 December 2025 to 30 November 2026;
(j)
Article 37(1), point (a), shall apply from 1 January 2026 to 11 January 2027;
(k)
Article 40(3) shall apply from 1 January 2026 until 31 December 2026 or the date on which an amendment to Regulation (EU) 2021/56 regarding the recording by fishing vessel operators of the number of releases of oceanic whitetip sharks within indication of status and the reporting of that information to the Member State of which they are nationals becomes applicable, whichever is earlier;
(l)
Section 11 shall apply from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027 or until the date on which a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down corresponding measures becomes applicable;
(m)
Annexes IA to IJ, and IL shall also apply in 2027 and 2028, where specified in those Annexes;
(n)
Article 60(5) shall apply from 1 January 2025;
(o)
Annex IK shall apply from 1 December 2025 to 30 November 2026, where specified in that Annex;
(p)
Annexes IM and XI shall apply from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027;
(q)
Annex II shall apply from 1 February 2026 to 31 January 2027;
(r)
catch and effort limits fixed by this Regulation for the year 2026 and, where specified in this Regulation, also in 2027 and in 2028, shall continue to apply in 2026, and where relevant in 2027 and in 2028, exclusively for the purposes of:
(i)
exchanges pursuant to Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
(ii)
deductions and additions pursuant to Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;
(iii)
quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013; and
(iv)
deductions and adjustments pursuant to Articles 105, 106, 107 and 107a of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2 of this Article, Articles 9 to 14, 16 to 23, 29, 40, 41, 46, 47, 49, 51, 52 and 59 shall continue to apply from the day after the application end dates set out in that paragraph until the entry into force of the Regulation fixing the fishing opportunities for 2027. This paragraph shall not apply where the application of the provisions referred to in paragraph 2 ends as a result of start of application of the legal acts referred to therein.
