Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1471 of 17 July 2023 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1471of 17 July 2023amending 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 fishing ("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)., (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)., (EU) 2021/1120Commission 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 (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 18). and (EU) 2022/1184Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1184 of 8 July 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 184, 11.7.2022, p. 9)..(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 of RFMOs IUU vessels lists: CCAMLR: NCP-IUU Vessel List and CP-IUU Vessel List adopted at the 41st annual meeting, 24 October-4 November 2022; CCSBT: CCSBT IUU vessel List adopted at the 29th annual meeting of the Commission, 10-14 October 2022, effective from 12 January 2023; GFCM: IUU List adopted at the 45th session of the Commission, 7-11 November 2022; IATTC: IATTC IUU Vessel List adopted at the 100th Meeting of IATTC, 1-5 August 2022, updated on 7 April 2023; ICCAT: IUU list adopted at the 23rd special meeting of the Commission, 13-21 November 2022; IOTC: IOTC IUU Vessels List, adopted at the 26th session of the IOTC, 16-20 May 2022, updated on 26 May 2022; NAFO: NAFO IUU List adopted at the 44th annual meeting of NAFO, 19-23 September 2022, updated on 20 April 2023; NEAFC: IUU B list adopted at 41st annual meeting of the NEAFC, 15-18 November 2022, updated on 13 January 2023; NPFC: NPFC IUU List adopted at the 6th annual session of the Commission, 23-25 February 2021; SEAFO: SEAFO IUU Vessel List 2022 adopted at the 19th annual Commission meeting, 30 November-1 December 2022, approved on 30 December 2022; SIOFA: SIOFA IUU Vessel List adopted at the 9th Meeting of the Parties, 4-8 July 2022, updated on 5 January 2023; SPRFMO: IUU Vessel List adopted at the 11th annual meeting, 13-17 February 2023; WCPFC: WCPFC IUU Vessel List for 2023 adopted at the 19th regular session of the Commission, 27 November-3 December 2022, effective from 2 February 2023..(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 "Eros Dos"IMO ship identification number: 8604668. has been removed from the list established by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission ("NEAFC"), in line with Article 44 of NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement. 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 is not included in the Union list, despite the fact that it has not yet been deleted from the list established by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission ("IOTC").(8)Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.(9)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: