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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/ECnote, and in particular Article 15(2) thereof,Whereas:
(1)Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 provides for the landing of all catches of species which are subject to catch limits (‘the landing obligation’). Article 15 of that Regulation covers fishing activities in Union waters or by Union fishing vessels outside Union waters not falling under third countries’ sovereignty or jurisdiction.
(2)At 44th GFCM annual meeting held from 2 to 6 November 2021, the GFCM Contracting Parties, adopted Recommendation GFCM/44/2021/10. Paragraph 22 of that Recommendation prohibits the retaining on board, transhipping, transferring, landing, storing, selling and displaying of piked dogfish in the Black Sea of a size less than 90 cm. At the 47th General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (‘GFCM’) annual meeting held from 4 to 8 November 2024 the GFCM Contracting Parties adopted Recommendation GFCM/47/2024/10 on the extension of transitional management measures for sustainable piked dogfish fisheries in the Black Sea (geographical subarea 29), amending Recommendation GFCM/44/2021/10.
(3)At the 47th GFCM annual meeting the GFCM Contracting Parties, adopted Recommendation GFCM/47/2024/8. Paragraph 2 of that Recommendation prohibits the retaining on board, transhipping, transferring, landing, storing, selling and displaying of turbot in the Black Sea of a size less than 45 cm, measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail fin.
(4)In order to ensure consistency between those recommendations and Union law, the landing obligation in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 should not apply to Union vessels participating in the fisheries covered by those recommendations,
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