Regulation (EU) 2023/2842 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006 and (EC) No 1005/2008 and Regulations (EU) 2016/1139, (EU) 2017/2403 and (EU) 2019/473 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards fisheries control.

Subject

Food & nutrition, Fisheries

Keyword

Access-to-information Allocation/quota Aquatic animals Certification Artisanal fishing Data collection/reporting Enforcement/compliance Fish products Fishery management and conservation Fishing area Fishing authorization Fishing gear/fishing method Fishing vessel Foreign fishing Harbour High seas Inspection International trade Landing Marine fisheries Maritime zone Marking/identification Monitoring Non-commercial fishing Offences/penalties Precautionary principle Protected fishing area Registration Sustainable use Traceability/product tracing Transshipment Food quality control/food safety Freshwater fishes Internal trade Marine fishes Standards

Geographical area

European Union Countries

Entry into force notes

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Articles 1, 3, 4 and 6 shall apply from 10 January 2026. Article 2 shall apply from 9 January 2024. Article 5, point (1), shall apply from 10 January 2028, and point (2) shall apply from 10 July 2024.

Abstract

Article 1 of this Regulation makes amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 in order to better address the requirements for the control and enforcement of the common fisheries policy in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, by amending several definitions in Article 4; amending Article 6 regarding fishing licence for commercial exploitation of marine biological resources; amending Article 7 on fishing authorisation for Union catching vessels; inserting Article 7a on fishing authorisation for Union fishing vessels other than catching vessels; amending Article 8 regarding the marking and identification of Union fishing vessels and gear; amending Article 9 on vessel monitoring systems; inserting Article 9a on the establishment of fisheries monitoring centres; amending Article 10 on automatic identification system for Union fishing vessels exceeding 15 metres in length overall; amending Article 12 regarding the transmission of data from the vessel monitoring systems and the vessel detection system for surveillance operations; amending Article 13 on monitoring and control of fishing activities through remote electronic monitoring system; amending Article 14 regarding electronic fishing logbook for the purpose of recording fishing activities; inserting Article 15a regarding electronic fishing logbook and other systems for vessels of less than 12 metres in length overall; amending Article 19 on authorisation to enter port; inserting Article 19a on prior notification of landing in third-country ports; amending Articles 21 and 23 on completion of the electronic transhipment and landing declaration; amending Article 31 on Union catching vessels exempted from the application of a fishing effort regime; amending Article 33 on recording of catches and fishing effort; amending Article 34 on data on exhaustion of fishing opportunities; amending Article 38 on control of fishing capacity; inserting Article 39a on continuous monitoring of engine power; amending Article 44 on separate stowage of demersal catches subject to multiannual plans; amending Article 50 on control of fishing restricted areas; inserting new chapter on control of fishing without a vessel; amending Article 55 on recreational fisheries; amending Article 56 regarding the principles for controlling the application of the rules of the common fisheries policy at all stages of marketing of fishery and aquaculture products, Article 57 on common marketing standards, Article 58 on traceability rules for the specific sector of food of animal origin; amending several articles in Chapter I, as regards conduct of inspections, duties of the operator and the master of the vessel, inspection report after each inspection, and assignments of Union inspectors; amending Article 82 on the duties of officials in the event of an infringement; amending Articles 85 and 86 regarding proceedings of infringements detected in the course of inspections; making amendments in several articles under Title VIII - Enforcement, as regards immediate enforcement measures and sanctions for serious infringements, national register of all confirmed infringements of the rules of the common fisheries policy; inserting articles 93a and 93b regarding national control programmes for the inspections and the control of the rules of the common fisheries policy, and annual reporting; amending Chapter III of Title XI - Deduction and adjustments of quotas and fishing effort; amending Articles 110 and 111 regarding the access to, storage and processing of fishing activity and other control data; and amending Article 119 on the procedures of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture.

Full text

English

Website

europa.eu

References - Legislation

Amends

Council Regulation (EC) No. 1967/2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No. 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 1626/94.

Legislation | European Union | 2006 (2019)

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Fishing area, Protected fishing area, Fishing gear/fishing method, Size, Mesh, Non-commercial fishing, Aquatic animals, Marine mammals, Fish products, Cartilaginous fishes, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Council Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, amending Regulations (EEC) No. 2847/93, (EC) No. 1936/2001 and (EC) No. 601/2004 and repealing Regulations (EC) No. 1093/94 and (EC) No. 1447/1999.

Legislation | European Union | 2008 (2023)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Fishery management and conservation, Marine fisheries, Fishing vessel, Offences/penalties, Enforcement/compliance, Landing, Inspection, International relations/cooperation, High seas, International trade, Transshipment, Fish products, Early warning system, Foreign fishing

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual plan for the stocks of cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 2187/2005 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1098/2007.

Legislation | European Union | 2016

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Fishing area, Fishery management and conservation, Marine fishes, Foreign fishing

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1006/2008.

Legislation | European Union | 2017

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Fishing vessel, Fishing authorization, Transshipment, Foreign fishing, High seas, Data collection/reporting, International relations/cooperation, Monitoring, Offences/penalties, Fishery management and conservation, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation (EU) 2019/473 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Fisheries Control Agency.

Legislation | European Union | 2019 (2023)

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Institution, Enforcement/compliance, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX