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Catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna ***I

P9_TA(2022)0027

A9-0172/2021

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)

Text proposed by the Commission		Amendment
Amendment 1 Proposal for a regulation Recital 6
(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.
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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.
Amendment 2 Proposal for a regulation Article 2 - paragraph 1 - point 1
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
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
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
(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
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
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)
		-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
(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)
		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).

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