COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2025/1996 of 29 September 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2025/202 fixing for 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters ANNEX

Article 1

Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2025/202

Annex IA, Part A, and Annexes ID and VI to Regulation (EU) 2025/202 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Entry into force and application

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2025.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2025.

For the Council

The President

M. BØDSKOV

(1) Council Regulation (EU) 2025/202 of 30 January 2025 fixing for 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2024/257 as regards fishing opportunities for 2025 (OJ L, 2025/202, 31.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/202/oj).

(2) Regulation (EU) 2019/472 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a multiannual plan for stocks fished in the Western Waters and adjacent waters, and for fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/1139 and (EU) 2018/973, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007 and (EC) No 1300/2008 (OJ L 83, 25.3.2019, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/472/oj).

(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/837 of 7 February 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/2053 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the management of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and in the Mediterranean (OJ L, 2025/837, 2.5.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/837/oj).

(4) Regulation (EU) 2023/2053 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2023 establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, amending Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EU) 2017/2107, and (EU) 2019/833 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 (OJ L 238, 27.9.2023, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2053/oj).

ANNEX

Amendments to Annexes to Regulation (EU) 2025/202

(1)

Annex IA is amended as follows:

(a)

in Part A, Table 2(1) is replaced by the following:

‘Table 2(1)

Species:

Anchovy

Zone:

9W (1) and 10

Engraulis encrasicolus

(ANE/9WX10)

Spain

2 287

(2)

Analytical TAC

Portugal

20 584

(2)

Union

22 871

(2)

TAC

22 871

(2)

(b)

in Part A, Table 9 is replaced by the following:

‘Table 9

Species:

Norway lobster

Zone:

8a, 8b, 8d and 8e

Nephrops norvegicus

(NEP/8ABDE.)

Spain

133

Analytical TAC’

France

2 082

Union

2 215

TAC

2 601

(2)

In Annex ID, Table 12 is replaced by the following:

‘Table 12

Species:

Bluefin tuna

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean, east of 45oW, and Mediterranean

Thunnus thynnus

(BFT/AE45WM)

Cyprus

195,17

(6)

Analytical TAC

Greece

350,95

Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Spain

7 161,64

(4)

(6)

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

France

7 132,06

(4)

(5)

(6)

Croatia

1 127,25

(8)

Italy

5 628,97

(6)

(7)

Malta

450,68

(6)

Portugal

650,83

Other Member States

80,60

(3)

Union

22 778,15

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

TAC

40 570,00

(3)

In Annex VI, point 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.

Maximum number of Union coastal artisanal fishing vessels authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm in the Mediterranean

Spain

364

France

149 (1)

(2)

Italy

30

Cyprus

20 (1)

Malta

54 (1)

Union

693

(1) Part of subarea 9 west of the line connecting the following points:

Point

Latitude

Longitude

1

36o00'00''N

11o00'00"W

2

37o01'20"N

8o59'47"W

(2) This quota may be fished only from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.’

(3) Except Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Malta and Portugal, and exclusively as by-catch. Catches to be counted against this shared quota shall be reported separately (BFT/AE45WM_AMS).

(4) Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocation between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 1 of Annex VI (BFT/8301):

Spain

1 088,70

France

505,77

Union

1 594,47

(5) Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocation between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna weighing no less than 6,4 kg or measuring no less than 70 cm by the vessels referred to in point 1 of Annex VI (BFT/641):

France

100,00

Union

100,00

(6) Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 2 of Annex VI (BFT/8302):

Spain

143,23

France

285,28

(1)

Italy

112,58

Cyprus

3,90

Malta

9,01

Union

554,00

(1) Of which 50 % may only be fished in the Gulf of Lion.

(7) Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 3 of Annex VI (BFT/643):

Italy

112,58

Union

112,58

(8) Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 3 of Annex VI for farming purposes (BFT/8303F):

Croatia

1 014,53

Union

1 014,53

(9) After transfer of 200 tonnes from Iceland to the Union.’

(1) This number may increase if a purse seiner is replaced by up to 10 longline vessels in accordance with the table in point 4 of this Annex.

(2) Of which at least 9 vessels shall be vessels fishing in the Gulf of Lion.’

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/1996/oj

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