(13)At its annual meeting in November 2025, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) adopted Recommendation 25-04 establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/497note implemented that Recommendation into Union law. That Recommendation includes, inter alia, a revision of the amount of unused bluefin tuna quota that can be carried over from one year to the next. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/497 entered into force on 14 May 2026. As a consequence, Member States are able to request to transfer a maximum of 20 % of their annual quota of bluefin tuna in the ICCAT Convention area east of 45oW from the preceding year to the following year. For 2026, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Malta and Portugal requested such transfers from 2025. On the basis of those requests, the Commission submitted a revised Union annual plan to the ICCAT Secretariat, pursuant to Article 11(5) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2053 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote. Therefore, the quotas of those Member States for bluefin tuna in the ICCAT Convention area east of 45oW for 2026 should be amended accordingly.
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