Recital (4) · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2248

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(4)After assessing Italy’s excess utilisation of fishing opportunities in accordance with Article 47 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2196^note, and pursuant to the multiplication factors set out in Article 106(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 where relevant, the Commission concluded that Italy has exceeded the maximum allowable fishing effort allocated to it for the year 2025 by the following quantities:

—414 fishing days for trawlers between 12 and 24 metres (EFF/MED3_OTB_TR2) targeting red mullet, European hake, deep-water rose shrimp, and Norway lobster in the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean geographical subareas (GSAs) 17 and 18, representing a deduction of 0,7 % of the maximum allowable fishing effort allocated to Italy in 2026 for the fishing areas and fisheries concerned,

—396 fishing days for beam trawlers between 12 and 24 metres (EFF/MED3_TBB_TR2) targeting common sole in GSA 17, leading to a total deduction of 475,200 fishing days after applying a multiplying factor of 1,2 pursuant to Article 106(2) Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, due to the extent of the exceedance being between 10 and 20 %; and representing a deduction of 12,7 % of the maximum allowable fishing effort allocated to Italy in 2026 for the fishing areas and fisheries concerned,

—101 fishing days for beam trawlers of 24 metres and above (EFF/MED3_TBB_TR3) targeting common sole in GSA 17, representing a deduction of 2,7 % of the maximum allowable fishing effort allocated to Italy in 2026 for the fishing areas and fisheries concerned,

—189,890 fishing days for trawlers between 18 and 24 metres (EFF1/MED2_TR3) targeting red mullet in GSAs 8, 9, 10, and 11; European hake in GSAs 8, 9, 10, and 11; deep-water rose shrimp in GSAs 9, 10, and 11; and Norway lobster in GSAs 9 and 10, representing a deduction of 1,6 % of the maximum allowable fishing effort allocated to Italy in 2026 for the fishing areas and fisheries concerned.