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Proposal for a regulation
Title

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulations (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2187/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1098/2007, No 254/2002, (EC) No 2347/2002 ~~and~~, (EC) No 1224/2009 and (EU) No 1380/2013 and repealing (EC) No 1434/98 as regards the landing obligation

2014/11/04
Committee: PECH

Brian CROWLEY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)

(1a) Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC should be amended.

2014/11/04
Committee: PECH

Brian CROWLEY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) In addition, in order to allow to fish for queen scallop in area VIa with the appropriate mesh size and to ensure legal certainty, provisions relating to an area closure for the protection of juvenile haddock in ICES division VIb should be amended.

2014/11/04
Committee: PECH

Brian CROWLEY

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter -1 – Article -1 (new)

Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013
Article 15 – paragraph 6

Chapter -1 Basic Regulation Article -1 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 is amended as follows: In Article 15, paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: "6. Where no multiannual plan, or no management plan in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006, is adopted for the fishery in question, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt, in accordance with Article 18 of this Regulation, delegated acts in accordance with Article 46 of this Regulation, laying down on a temporary basis and for a period of no more than three years a specific discard plan containing the specifications referred to in points (a) to (e) of paragraph 5 of this Article and, where necessary, technical measures as described in points (a) to (e) of Article 7(2) of this Regulation, provided that such measures facilitate improved selectivity and the avoidance and reduction, as far as possible, of unwanted catches. Member States may cooperate, in accordance with Article 18 of this Regulation, in the drawing up of such a plan with a view to the Commission adopting such acts or submitting a proposal in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure."

2014/11/04
Committee: PECH

Brian CROWLEY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8

Regulation (EC) No 850/98
Article 15 – paragraph 3

3. Before they start fishing in any management area on a specific fishing trip, masters of fishing vessels shall ensure they have quotas for stocks subject to catch limits that are sufficient to cover their likely catch composition and the permitted percentages during that trip.deleted

2014/11/04
Committee: PECH

Brian CROWLEY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 –subpoint b a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 850/98
Article 29d – paragraph 4 a (new)

(ba) In Article 29d, the following paragraph is inserted: “4a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, it shall be permitted to fish for queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) provided that: (a). the fishing gear used is specialised otter trawl gear configured to select against fish catches (60cm low headline); (b) the fishing gear is constructed with a minimum mesh size of 80 mm; (c) no less than 90% of the retained catch by weight is comprised of queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis).”

2014/11/04
Committee: PECH

Brian CROWLEY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4

Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005
Article 12 – paragraph 2

2. Before they start fishing in any management area on a specific fishing trip, masters of all fishing vessels shall ensure they have quotas for stocks subject to catch limits that are sufficient to cover their likely catch composition and the percentages contained in Annexes II and III.deleted

2014/11/04
Committee: PECH

Brian CROWLEY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 1

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 7 – paragraph 1

(1) Article 7(1) is amended as follows: (a) Point (e) is replaced by the following: "(e) a landing obligation in part of the fisheries or in all fisheries as referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) [xxxx]." (b) The following point (f) is inserted: "(f) other cases laid down in Union legislation."deleted

2014/11/04
Committee: PECH

Brian CROWLEY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 14 – paragraph 4

~~(d) Paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: "4. Masters of Union fishing vessels shall also record in their fishing logbook all estimated discards in volume for any species."~~deleted

2014/11/04
Committee: PECH

Brian CROWLEY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 21 – paragraph 3

(c) Paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "The permitted margin of tolerance in estimates recorded in the transhipment declaration of the quantities in kilograms of fish transhipped on board shall be 10 % for all species. Where for one or more species, the respective total catch is below 50 kilograms, the permitted margin of tolerance shall be 20%."deleted

2014/11/04
Committee: PECH

Brian CROWLEY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, points (15) and (16) of Article 7 shall enter into force two years after the landing obligation takes effect in each fishery, in line with the stepwise timetable for the entry into force of the landing obligation established in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, or in other words: - as from 1 January 2017 for the fisheries referred to in Article 15(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013; - as from 1 January 2019 for the fisheries and species referred to in Article 15(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013; - as from 1 January 2021 for the fisheries and species referred to in Article 15(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

2014/11/04
Committee: PECH

11 Amendments of Brian CROWLEY related to 2013/0436(COD)

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