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Written by Anne Altmayer.

CONTEXT

The purpose of the proposed regulation is to implement into EU law a number of measures adopted by several regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) by amending the respective existing legislation. The proposal aims to speed up the implementation procedure by bundling amendments to several regulations into one legislative text. Moreover, in view of certain future amendments, the proposal includes requests to empower the European Commission to adopt delegated acts.

LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL

2025/0106 (COD) – Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2107 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention area of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Regulation (EU) 2018/975 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) Convention Area, Regulation (EU) 2019/833 laying down conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation, Regulation (EU) 2021/56 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Convention, Regulation (EU) 2022/2056 laying down conservation and management measures applicable in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Area, Regulation (EU) 2022/2343 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Area of Competence, and Regulation (EU) 2023/2053 establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean – COM(2025) 195, 12.5.2025.

NEXT STEPS IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

For the latest developments in this legislative procedure, see the Legislative Train Schedule:2025/0106(COD)

Read the complete briefing on ‘Regional fisheries management organisations: Implementation of measures into Union law‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

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