(3)In 2025, the Union and the United Kingdom held bilateral consultations on the setting of a large number of total allowable catches (TACs) for 2026, including certain measures functionally linked to those TACs, for stocks listed in Annex 35 to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other partnote (‘Trade and Cooperation Agreement’). The outcome of those consultations was documented in a written record signed by the Heads of Delegation on 10 December 2025. As documented in the written record, the Heads of Delegation agreed to recommend to their respective authorities that the remedial measures for cod (Gadus Morhua), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) and whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in the Celtic Sea and Irish Sea and for sole (Solea solea) and plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in the Channel should start applying, in principle, no later than 1 June 2026, in the Union and the United Kingdom alike to ensure level playing field as the stocks in question are jointly managed. That was agreed subject to the Parties having notified the completion of their respective internal procedures required for the adoption of those remedial measures. Council Regulation (EU) 2026/786note deferred the application of the measures for cod and whiting in the Irish Sea and for sole and plaice in the Channel to 1 September 2026 as the United Kingdom had a delay in its internal procedures. Given that the United Kingdom expects further delay in the completion of its internal procedures and in order to ensure level playing field for Union operators vis-à-vis United Kingdom operators, the application of those measures should be deferred to 1 November 2026, pending the completion of relevant internal procedures by the United Kingdom.
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