Activites

• 2009/04/15 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2009/302
  • OJ L 096 15.04.2009, p. 0001
• #2936
• 2009/04/06 Council Meeting
• 2009/04/06 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2009/04/06 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2009/03/12 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T6-0128/2009 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 540 votes to 53, with 14 abstentions, a legislative resolution amending, under the consultation procedure, the proposal for a Council regulation concerning a multi-annual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. The main amendments were as follows:Definitions: “joint fishing operation” means any operation between two or more catching vessels flying the flag of different CPCs or of different Member States or by vessels flying the same flag where the catch of one catching vessel is attributed to one or more other catching vessels in accordance with an allocation key.Conditions relating to fishing possibilities: the flag Member State shall suspend the licence to fish for bluefin tuna and may require the vessel to proceed immediately to a port designated by it when the individual quota is deemed to be exhausted.Landings: by way of derogation from Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, the master of a Community fishing vessel referred to in Article 14 of this Regulation or his representative shall notify the competent authority of the Member State (including the flag Member State) or the CPC whose ports or landing facility they wish to use at least four hours before the estimated time of arrival at the port or, if the distance to port is shorter, at the end of the fishing operations and prior to starting the return journey. Transhipment: prior to entry into any port, the master or the representative of the transhipping fishing vessel shall provide the competent authorities of the State whose port he wants to use at least 48 hours before the date, port and estimated time of arrival.National observer programme: pending the actual implementation by ICCAT of the Regional observer programme, each Member State shall ensure:a)      observer coverage for at least 100% (at least 20% according to the proposal) of its active purse seine catching vessels over 24 metres;b)      in the case of joint fishing operations, the presence of an observer on each catching vessel during the fishing operation.

• 2009/03/10 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2009/03/09 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2009/02/26 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2009)0093 summary

    PURPOSE: to transpose in Community law the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) recommendation establishing a recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation.CONTENT: at its Annual Meeting in 2008, the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) adopted a recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. The ICCAT recovery plan pursues the same objectives as the recovery plan transposed in Regulation (EC) No 1559/2007.In order to rebuild the stock, the new ICCAT recovery plan provides for a reduction of the total allowable catch (TAC) level until 2011, restrictions on fishing within certain areas and time periods, a new minimum size, measures concerning sport and recreational fishing activities, measures to address fishing and farming capacity as well as reinforced control measures and the ICCAT Scheme of Joint International Inspection to ensure the effectiveness of that plan.The Community has been a Party to ICCAT since 1997 and the recommendations become binding on Contracting Parties which do not object to them. As a Contracting Party to this organisation, the Community has a responsibility to apply recommendations adopted to which it has raised no objections. Therefore, this Regulation lays down the general rules for the application by the Community of a multi-annual recovery plan for bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) recommended by the International Commission for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). It shall apply to bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The objective of that recovery plan shall be to achieve a biomass corresponding to the maximum sustainable yield with greater than 50% probability.BUDGETARY IMPLICATION: the proposal has no implications for the Community budget.

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2009)0093
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0128/2009
• : Regulation 2009/302
• : OJ L 096 15.04.2009, p. 0001

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)