Amendments adopted by the European Parliament on 16 February 2022 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 640/2010 (COM(2020)0670 — C9-0336/2020 — 2020/0302(COD))
Date: 2022-02-16
Institutions: Committee on Fisheries, European Parliament
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU programme, catch by species, catch quota, conservation of fish stocks, data collection, fishing area, fishing controls, sea fish, sea fishing




C_2022342EN.01032001.xml










6.9.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 342/320






P9_TA(2022)0027
Catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna ***I
Amendments adopted by the European Parliament on 16 February 2022 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 640/2010 (COM(2020)0670 — C9-0336/2020 — 2020/0302(COD)) (1)


(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(2022/C 342/31)

Amendment 1


Proposal for a regulation


Recital 6








Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment











(6)


Certain provisions of the ICCAT Recommendations are being amended frequently by ICCAT CPCs and are likely to be amended further in the future. Therefore, in order to swiftly incorporate future amendments to the ICCAT Recommendations into Union law, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of 
the following aspects:
 mandatory use of eBCD and BCD, rules of Grouped BCD, validations of the BCD and eBCD, derogation deadline for tagging information in relation to minimum size under the Regulation (EU) 20../.. (1); recording and validation of catch and subsequent trades in the eBCD system, information concerning validation and points of contact, information concerning BCD documents or printed eBCD, reporting dates provided, as well as 
references to Annexes to ICCAT Recommendations
.












(6)


Certain provisions of the ICCAT Recommendations are being amended frequently by ICCAT CPCs and are likely to be amended further in the future. Therefore, in order to swiftly incorporate future amendments to the ICCAT Recommendations into Union law, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of 
amending this Regulation concerning
 mandatory use of eBCD and BCD, rules of Grouped BCD, validations of the BCD and eBCD, derogation deadline for tagging information in relation to minimum size under the Regulation (EU) 20../.. (1); recording and validation of catch and subsequent trades in the eBCD system, information concerning validation and points of contact, information concerning BCD documents or printed eBCD, reporting dates provided, as well as 
supplementing this Regulation with the annexes to the ICCAT Recommendations listed in the Annex to this Regulation, and with subsequent amendments to those annexes.











Amendment 2


Proposal for a regulation


Article 2 — paragraph 1 — point 1








Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment











1.


‘BCD’ means Bluefin tuna catch document as provided for in the format 
Annex 2 of ICCAT Recommendation [18-13]
;












1.


‘BCD’ means Bluefin tuna catch document as provided for in the format 
referred to in point 1 of the Annex to this Regulation
;









Amendment 3


Proposal for a regulation


Article 4 — paragraph 6








Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment






6.   A validated BCD shall include, as appropriate, the information 
set out in Annex 1 of ICCAT Recommendation [18-13]
. Instructions for the issuing, numbering, completion and validation of the catch document are 
set out in Annex 3 of ICCAT Recommendation [18-13]
.




6.   A validated BCD shall include, as appropriate, the information 
referred to in the Annex, point 2, to this Regulation
. Instructions for the issuing, numbering, completion and validation of the catch document are 
referred to in the Annex, point 3, to this Regulation.








Amendment 4


Proposal for a regulation


Article 8 — paragraph 3








Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment






3.   The validated BFTRC shall include the information 
set out in Annexes 4 and 5 to ICCAT Recommendation [18-13]
.




3.   The validated BFTRC shall include the information 
referred to in the Annex, points 4 and 5, to this Regulation
.






Amendment 5


Proposal for a regulation


Article 11 — paragraph 1 — point c








Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment











(c)


as a back-up in the limited event that technical difficulties with the system arise that preclude a Member State from using the eBCD system, following the procedures 
as set forth in Annex 3 of ICCAT Recommendation [18-12]
. Delays by Member States in taking necessary actions, such as providing the data necessary to ensure the registration of users in the eBCD system or other avoidable situations, do not constitute an acceptable technical difficulty;












(c)


as a back-up in the limited event that technical difficulties with the system arise that preclude a Member State from using the eBCD system, following the procedures 
referred to in the Annex
, 
point 6, to this Regulation
. Delays by Member States in taking necessary actions, such as providing the data necessary to ensure the registration of users in the eBCD system or other avoidable situations, do not constitute an acceptable technical difficulty;









Amendment 6


Proposal for a regulation


Article 13 — paragraph 1








Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment






1.   By 15 August of each year, Member States shall provide the Commission with a report comprising the information 
described


in Annex 6 of ICCAT Recommendation [18-13]
, covering the period from 1 January to 31 December of the preceding year.




1.   By 15 August of each year, Member States shall provide the Commission with a report comprising the information 
referred to in the Annex, point 7, to this Regulation
, covering the period from 1 January to 31 December of the preceding year.






Amendment 7


Proposal for a regulation


Article 13 — paragraph 2








Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment






2.   Reports generated from the eBCD system shall be used to fulfil the annual reporting requirements. Member States shall provide in their annual report elements 
described in Annex 6 to ICCAT Recommendation [18-13]
 that cannot be produced from the eBCD system.




2.   Reports generated from the eBCD system shall be used to fulfil the annual reporting requirements. Member States shall provide in their annual report elements 
referred to in the Annex, point 7, to this Regulation
 that cannot be produced from the eBCD system.






Amendment 8


Proposal for a regulation


Article 14 — paragraph - 1 (new)








Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment





 





-1.
   
The Commission shall adopt, by … [6 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], a delegated act in accordance with Article 15 supplementing this Regulation with the provisions of the Annexes to the ICCAT recommendations listed in the Annex to this Regulation. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 to amend that delegated act subsequently.








Amendment 9


Proposal for a regulation


Article 14 — paragraph 1 — point i








Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment













(i)






references to Annexes of ICCAT Recommendations as provided for in Article 2(1), Article 4(6); Article 8(3); Article 11(1)(c) and Article 13(1) and (2).










deleted







Amendment 10


Proposal for a regulation


Annex (new)








Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment





 




Annex






 










(1)





The format of the BCD set out in Annex 2 to ICCAT Recommendation 18-13, as referred to in Article 2, point 1;









 










(2)





the information set out in Annex 1 to ICCAT Recommendation 18-13, as referred to in the first sentence of Article 4(6);









 










(3)





the instructions set out in Annex 3 to ICCAT Recommendation 18-13, as referred to in the second sentence of Article 4(6);









 










(4)





the information set out in Annex 4 to ICCAT Recommendation 18-13, as referred to in Article 8(3);









 










(5)





the information set out in Annex 5 to ICCAT Recommendation 18-13, as referred to in Article 8(3);









 










(6)





the procedures set out in Annex 3 to ICCAT Recommendation 18-12, as referred to in Article 11(1), point (c);









 










(7)





the information set out in Annex 6 to ICCAT Recommendation 18-13, as referred to in Article 13(1) and (2).











(1)  The matter was referred back for interinstitutional negotiations to the committee responsible, pursuant to Rule 59(4), fourth subparagraph (A9-0172/2021).

(1)  Regulation (EU) 20…/…. of the European Parliament and of the Council of …..20.. establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, amending Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EU) 2017/2107, and (EU) 2019/833 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2016/1627.

(1)  Regulation (EU) 20…/…. of the European Parliament and of the Council of …..20.. establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, amending Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EU) 2017/2107, and (EU) 2019/833 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2016/1627.