Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1742of 21 June 2024extending the derogation from Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 as regards the minimum distance from the coast and depth for shore seines fishing in territorial waters of France adjacent to the coast of Occitanie and the coast of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 shall not apply in territorial waters of France adjacent to the coast of Occitanie and the coast of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur to shore seines used by vessels:

(a) bearing the registration number mentioned in the management plan adopted by France in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (the French management plan);

(b) having a track record in the fishery of more than 5 years and not involving any future increase in the fishing effort deployed; and

(c) holding a fishing authorisation and operating under the French management plan.

Article 2

Monitoring plan and reporting

France shall communicate to the Commission, within 1 year following the entry into force of this Regulation, a report drawn up in accordance with the monitoring plan established in the French management plan.

Article 3

Entry into force and period of application

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

It shall apply until 25 August 2027.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 June 2024.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen