(15)Pursuant to Article 106(1) and (2) of Regulation of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, the Commission, by letter of 11 June 2026, formally consulted Spain. The Commission reiterated its intention to apply deductions on the fishing effort allocated to Spain in 2026. In this letter, the Commission explained that the calculations of the overfishing are based on the adapted fishing effort, which corresponds to the fishing effort set out in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2025/219 to which are added possible additional fishing days allocated in accordance with Article 8(1) of the same Regulation without exceeding the level of fishing effort referred to in Article 8(5), possible transfer of fishing opportunities in accordance with Article 9(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1022, exchanges of fishing opportunities in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, as well as deductions of fishing opportunities in accordance with Article 106 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
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