TACs to be determined by Member States
Article 6
1. The TACs set out in Annex I shall, where specified in that Annex, be determined by the Member State concerned. 2. The TACs to be determined by a Member State referred to in paragraph 1 shall: (a) be consistent with the objectives and rules set out in Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and in Regulations (EU) 2018/973 and 2019/472, in particular the objective of sustainable exploitation of the stock; and (b) result in an exploitation of the stock that is: (i) if an analytical assessment is available, in line with maximum sustainable yield (MSY), with as high a probability as possible; or (ii) if an analytical assessment is unavailable or incomplete, consistent with the precautionary approach to fisheries management. 3. By 15 March 2025 each Member State concerned shall submit the following information to the Commission: (a) the TACs that it has determined; (b) the data that it has collected, assessed and used as a basis for the determination of those TACs; (c) details as to how the TACs that it has determined comply with paragraph 2. 4. For the TAC for black scabbardfish ( Aphanopus carbo ) in CECAF area 34.1.2, Portugal shall submit the information referred to in paragraph 3 for that TAC for 2025 by 1 February 2025 and for that TAC for 2026 by 1 February 2026. 5. Where appropriate, the Commission may request the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF): (a) to assess the information referred to in paragraph 3, points (b) and (c); and (b) to assess whether the TACs determined by Member States comply with paragraph 2. 6. If, according to the advice of STECF, the information referred to in paragraph 3, points (b) and (c), is deemed insufficient, the Member States concerned shall submit to the Commission additional information in line with the STECF advice, together with supporting documents justifying that additional information in relation to the STECF advice, no later than 1 month after the publication of the STECF advice. 7. If, according to the advice of STECF, the methodology followed for determining the TAC by the Member States does not fully comply with the conditions laid down in paragraph 2, the Member States concerned shall revise the methodology followed for determining the TAC for the following year, in line with that STECF advice.