Regulation (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 establishing a multiannual plan for the fisheries exploiting demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea and amending Regulation (EU) No 508/2014

Article 34 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 is amended as follows:

(1) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

1. Support under this Article may be granted until 31 December 2017, unless the permanent cessation measures are adopted in order to achieve the objectives of the multi-annual plan for the conservation and sustainable exploitation of demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea, established by Regulation (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Regulation (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 establishing a multiannual plan for the fisheries exploiting demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea and amending Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 (OJ L 172, 26.6.2019, p. 1).;

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(2) the following paragraph is added:

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Expenditure related to the permanent cessation measures adopted in order to achieve the objectives of Regulation (EU) 2019/1022 shall be eligible for support from the EMFF as from the entry into force of that Regulation..

CHAPTER X

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 21

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Taking into account environmental, social and economic sustainability, Article 4 and Article 6(1) shall apply from 1 January 2025.

Article 7 shall apply from 1 January 2020.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 June 2019.

For the European Parliament

The President

A. Tajani

For the Council

The President

G. Ciamba

Annex

ANNEX I

Fishing effort regime

(as referred to in Article 7)

Fishing effort groups are defined as follows:

A)

Trawls fishing for red mullet, hake, deep-water rose shrimp and Norway lobster in the continental shelf and upper slope

Gear typeGeographical areaStock groupsOverall length of vesselsFishing effort group code

Trawls

(TBB, OTB, PTB, TBN, TBS, TB, OTM, PTM, TMS, TM, OTT, OT, PT, TX, OTP, TSP)

GFCM sub-areas 1-2-5-6-7Red mullet in GSAs 1, 5, 6 and 7; Hake in GSAs 1-5-6-7; Deep-water rose shrimp in GSAs 1, 5 and 6; and Norway lobster in GSAs 5 and 6.< 12 mEFF1/MED1_TR1≥ 12 m and < 18 mEFF1/MED1_TR2≥ 18 m and < 24 mEFF1/MED1_TR3≥ 24 mEFF1/MED1_TR4GFCM sub-areas 8-9-10-11Red mullet in GSAs 9, 10 and 11; Hake in GSAs 9-10-11; Deep-water rose shrimp in GSAs 9-10-11; and Norway lobster in GSAs 9 and 10.< 12 mEFF1/MED2_TR1≥ 12 m and < 18 mEFF1/MED2_TR2≥ 18 m and < 24 mEFF1/MED2_TR3≥ 24 mEFF1/MED1_TR4

B)

Trawls fishing for blue and red shrimp and giant red shrimp in deep-waters

Gear typeGeographical areaStock groupsOverall length of vesselsFishing effort group code

Trawls

(TBB, OTB, PTB, TBN, TBS, TB, OTM, PTM, TMS, TM, OTT, OT, PT, TX, OTP, TSP)

GFCM sub-areas 1-2-5-6-7Blue and red shrimp in GSAs 1, 5, 6 and 7.< 12 mEFF2/MED1_TR1≥ 12 m and < 18 mEFF2/MED1_TR2≥ 18 m and < 24 mEFF2/MED1_TR3≥ 24 mEFF2/MED1_TR4GFCM sub-areas 8-9-10-11Giant red shrimp in GSAs 9, 10 and 11< 12 mEFF2/MED2_TR1≥ 12 m and < 18 mEFF2/MED2_TR2≥ 18 m and < 24 mEFF2/MED2_TR3≥ 24 mEFF2/MED1_TR4

Annex

ANNEX II

List of information for fishing effort data

(as referred to in Article 10)

InformationDefinition and comments

(1) Member State

Alpha-3 ISO code of the reporting flag Member State

(2) Fishing effort group

Fishing effort group code as set out in Annex I

(3) Fishing effort period

Start date and end date of the month reported

(4) Fishing effort declaration

Total number of fishing days

Joint statement by the European Parliament and the Council

The European Parliament and the Council intend to repeal the empowerments to adopt technical measures by means of delegated acts under Article 13 of this Regulation when they adopt a new regulation on technical measures which includes an empowerment covering the same measures.