Council Regulation (EC) No 1591/2006 of 24 October 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 as regards provisions on vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North-East Atlantic
Date: 2006-10-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, authorised catch, fishery management, fishing controls, fishing regulations, fishing vessel, fraud

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1591/2006

of 24 October 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 as regards provisions on vessels engaged in illegal,
unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North-East Atlantic

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

Annex III, point 13 to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 shall be
replaced by the following:

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20
December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploi-
tation of
the common fisheries
policy (1), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

resources under

fisheries

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

fixes
and associated conditions

Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 (2)
for 2006 the
fishing opportunities
for
certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable
in Community waters and, for Community vessels,
in
waters where catch limitations are required.

The North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
made a recommendation in February 2004 regarding
vessels having engaged in illegal, unreported and unre-
In May 2006, NEAFC made a
gulated (IUU) fisheries.
regarding
recommendation to amend the provisions
IUU fisheries,
that have been
such that
confirmed to have engaged in IUU fisheries shall not
be allowed to enter a Community port. Implementation
of that recommendation in the Community legal order
should be ensured.

vessels

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

‘13.

Vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated
fisheries in the North-East Atlantic

13.1. The Commission shall without delay inform Member
States of vessels flying flags of non-contracting Parties
to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation
in North-East Atlantic Fisheries (the Convention) that
have been sighted engaging in fishing activities in the
Regulatory Area of the Convention and placed by the
North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) on
a provisional list of vessels that are being presumed to
be undermining the Recommendations established
under the Convention. The following measures shall
apply to these vessels:

authorities. Such inspections

(a) vessels that enter ports are not authorised to land
or tranship therein and shall be inspected by the
competent
shall
include the vessel's documents, log books, fishing
gear, catch onboard and any other matter relating
to the vessel’s activities in the Regulatory Area of
the Convention. Information on the result of the
inspections shall immediately be transmitted to the
Commission;

(b) fishing vessels,

refuel vessels,
support vessels,
mother-ships and cargo vessels flying the flag of
a Member State shall not in any way assist the
vessels or participate in any transhipment or
joint fishing operations with the vessels;

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
(2) OJ L 16, 20.1.2006, p. 1.

(c)

the vessels shall not be supplied in ports with
provisions, fuel or other services.

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13.2. Vessels

that have been placed by the North-East
Atlantic Fisheries Commission NEAFC on the list of
vessels that have been confirmed as having engaged in
illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries
(IUU
vessels) are listed in Appendix 4. In addition to the
measures referred to in point 13.1 the following
measures shall apply to these vessels:

(d) Member States shall refuse the granting of their
flag to IUU vessels and encourage importers, trans-
porters and other sectors concerned to refrain
from negotiating and from transhipping of fish
caught by such vessels.

(a)

IUU vessels
Community port;

shall be prohibited to enter

a

13.3. The Commission shall amend the list of IUU vessels to
be in accordance with the NEAFC IUU list as soon as
NEAFC adopts a new IUU list.’

(b) IUU vessels shall not be authorised to fish in
Community waters and be prohibited to be
chartered;

Article 2

(c)

imports of fish coming from IUU vessels shall be
prohibited;

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

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

Done at Luxembourg, 24 October 2006.

For the Council
The President

J. KORKEAOJA