Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1389

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2023/2053 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2023 establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, amending Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EU) No 2017/2107, and (EU) 2019/833 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2016/1627^note, and in particular Article 66, paragraph 1, point (c), thereof,Whereas:

(1)The Union is party to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), having approved the ICCAT Convention pursuant to Council Decision 86/238/EEC^note.

(2)ICCAT adopts measures to ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable use of the fishery resources in the ICCAT Convention area and to safeguard the marine ecosystems in which these resources occur. Such measures may become binding upon the Union.

(3)Since the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2023/2053, ICCAT has adopted at its 2023 annual meeting a number of legally binding measures, in particular ICCAT recommendation 23-08^note, in relation to the management of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and in the Mediterranean.

(4)That measure should now be implemented into Union law. Therefore, Regulation (EU) 2023/2053 should be amended accordingly.

(5)As the provisions provided for in this Regulation have a direct impact on the planning of the fishing season of Union vessels and on related economic activities, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication,

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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1389

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