Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2025/202
Article 60
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.’