Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1120 of 8 July 2021 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1120of 8 July 2021amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishingTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 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 1447/1999OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 1., and in particular Article 30 thereof,Whereas:(1)Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 lays down procedures for the identification of fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated ("IUU") fishing as well as procedures for establishing a Union list of such vessels ("the Union list"). Article 37 of that Regulation provides for actions to be taken against fishing vessels included in that list.(2)The Union list was established by Commission Regulation (EU) No 468/2010Commission Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 of 28 May 2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 131, 29.5.2010, p. 22). and subsequently amended by Implementing Regulations (EU) No 724/2011Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 724/2011 of 25 July 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 194, 26.7.2011, p. 14)., (EU) No 1234/2012Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1234/2012 of 19 December 2012 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 350, 20.12.2012, p. 38)., (EU) No 672/2013Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 672/2013 of 15 July 2013 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 193, 16.7.2013, p. 6)., (EU) No 137/2014Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 137/2014 of 12 February 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 43, 13.2.2014, p. 47)., (EU) 2015/1296Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1296 of 28 July 2015 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 199, 29.7.2015, p. 12)., (EU) 2016/1852Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1852 of 19 October 2016 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 284, 20.10.2016, p. 5)., (EU) 2017/2178Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2178 of 22 November 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 307, 23.11.2017, p. 14)., (EU) 2018/1883Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1883 of 3 December 2018 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 308, 4.12.2018, p. 30). and (EU) 2020/269Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/269 of 26 February 2020 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 56, 27.2.2020, p. 7)..(3)According to Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, vessels included in the IUU vessel lists adopted by regional fisheries management organisations are to be included in the Union list.(4)All regional fishery management organisations provide for the establishment and regular up-date of IUU vessel lists in accordance with their respective rulesLast updates: CCAMLR: NCP-IUU Vessel List and CP-IUU Vessel List adopted at the 39th annual meeting, 27-30 October 2020; CCSBT: CCSBT IUU vessel list adopted at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Commission, 12-16 October 2020, list updated on 25 March 2021; GFCM: IUU list adopted at the 43rd session of GFCM, 4-8 November 2019; IATTC: IATTC IUU Vessel List adopted at the 95th meeting of IATTC, 4 December 2020; ICCAT: 2020 IUU list adopted during 2020 discussions in lieu of the 22nd special meeting of ICCAT; IOTC: IOTC IUU Vessels List, adopted at the 24th session of the IOTC, 2-6 November 2020, updated on 26 February 2021; NAFO: NAFO IUU List adopted at the 42nd annual meeting of NAFO, 21-25 September 2020; NEAFC: IUU B list adopted at 39th annual meeting of NEAFC, 10 November-13 November 2020, updated in March 2021; NPFC: NPFC IUU List adopted at the 5th Commission meeting, 16-18 July 2019; SEAFO: SEAFO IUU Vessel List 2020 adopted at the 16th annual Commission meeting, 25-28 November 2019; SIOFA: SIOFA IUU Vessel List adopted at the 7th Meeting of the Parties, 17-20 November 2020; SPRFMO: 2021 IUU Vessel List adopted at the 9th Commission meeting, 26 January-05 February 2021; WCPFC: WCPFC IUU Vessel List for 2020 adopted at the 17th regular session of the Commission, 7-15 December 2020..(5)According to Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, upon the receipt from regional fisheries management organisations of the lists of fishing vessels presumed or confirmed to be involved in IUU fishing, the Commission is to update the Union list. Since the Commission has received new lists from the regional fisheries management organisations, the Union list should now be updated.(6)Considering that the same vessel might be listed under different names and/or flags depending on the time of its inclusion on the regional fisheries management organisations lists, the updated Union list should include the different names and/or flags as established by the relevant regional fisheries management organisations.(7)The vessel "Bellator"IMO ship identification number: 9179359. which is currently included in the Union list, has been removed from the list established by the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation ("SPRFMO"), in line with Conservation and Management Measure (CMM) 04-2020 of that regional fisheries management organisation. As the decision was taken by the relevant regional fisheries management organisation under the terms of Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, this vessel should accordingly be removed from the Union list, despite the fact that it has not yet been deleted from the list established by the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement ("SIOFA"), the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission ("IOTC") and the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission ("NEAFC").(8)The vessel "Uthaiwan/Wisdom Sea reefer"IMO ship identification number: 7637527. which is currently included in the Union list, has been removed from the list established by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission ("IOTC") in line with Resolution 18/03 of that regional fisheries management organisation. As the decision was taken by the relevant regional fisheries management organisation under the terms of Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, this vessel should accordingly be removed from the Union list, despite the fact that it has not yet been deleted from the list established by the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement ("SIOFA").(9)The vessel "Nefelin"IMO ship identification number: 7645237. has been removed from the list established by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean ("GFCM"), in line with Recommendation GFCM/33/209/8 of that regional fisheries management organisation. This vessel should thus not be included in the Union list despite the fact that it has not yet been deleted from the list established by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas ("ICCAT") and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission ("IOTC").(10)The vessel referred to in recital 9 was not included in the Union list amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1883 as the list of fishing vessels presumed or confirmed to be involved in IUU fishing adopted by the relevant regional fisheries management organisation was received by the Commission after adoption of that Regulation.(11)Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.(12)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: