Orientations for the Union position
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II Orientations for the Union position 1. The Union shall pursue the following actions within the Specialised Committee on Fisheries: (a) discussion and cooperation in relation to sustainable fisheries management; (b) consideration of measures for fisheries management and conservation, including emergency measures and measures to ensure selectivity of fishing activities. This should include seeking a shared approach on technical measures and, where appropriate, discussions on any measures notified by one Party to the other Party; (c) consideration of approaches to the collection of data for science and fisheries management purposes, the sharing of such data, including information relevant to monitoring, controlling and enforcing compliance, and the consultation of scientific bodies regarding the best available scientific advice; (d) consideration of measures to ensure compliance with the applicable rules, including joint control, monitoring and surveillance programmes and the exchange of data to facilitate monitoring uptake of fishing opportunities and control and enforcement; (e) development and adoption of guidelines for setting the provisional total allowable catches (TACs) for special stocks as referred to in Article 499(6) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement on provisional TACs, taking into account the difficulty of fishing all stocks in a mixed fishery at the MSY level at the same time, in particular where it is very difficult to avoid the phenomenon of choke species, and, where necessary, considering how a specific approach might need to be developed to delivering results that contribute to the overall objective of sustainable management of the fisheries and marine biological resources in its three dimensions, in line with the objectives of the CFP, including flexibilities available under multiannual plans; (f) consideration of matters relating to the designation of ports for landings, including the facilitation of the timely notification by the Parties of such designations and of any changes to those designations; (g) establishment of timelines for the notification of measures referred to in Article 496(3), the communication of the lists of vessels referred to in Article 497(1) and the notice referred to in Article 498(7) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement; (h) provision of a forum for consultations under Article 501(2) and Article 506(4) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement; (i) development and adoption of a mechanism for voluntary in-year transfers of fishing opportunities between the Parties, as provided for in Article 498(8) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, built on voluntary contributions by Member States and ensuring that the Member States that contribute to the swaps also benefit from them proportionally; (j) consideration of the application and implementation of Articles 502 and 503 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement; (k) supervise and coordinate Working Groups in accordance with Article 8(4), point (f), of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which will be established and dissolved through a separate decision under Article 218(9) TFEU; (l) seek agreement on the issues referred to the Specialised Committee on Fisheries in any written record resulting from annual consultations on fishing opportunities, on the basis of the Union position established for those consultations as further specified under this Decision, including that signed between the Parties on 11 June 2021; (m) seek agreement on the modalities of a review under Article 510 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. 2. The Union may pursue the following actions within the Specialised Committee on Fisheries: (a) consideration of development of multi-year strategies for conservation and management as the basis for the setting of TACs and other management measures; (b) the development of multi-year strategies for the conservation and management of non-quota stocks as provided for in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement; (c) recording matters agreed by the Parties following consultations under Article 498 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement; (d) amending the list of pre-existing international obligations referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 496(2) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement; (e) matters related to any other aspect of cooperation on sustainable fisheries management under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. 3. The Union shall, where appropriate, support the adoption by the Specialised Committee on Fisheries of the decisions or recommendations having legal effects in relation to the matters referred to in points 1 and 2 of this Annex.