Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2413 of 13 September 2024 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, amending Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1936/2001 and (EC) No 601/2004 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1093/94 and (EC) No 1447/1999 (1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Chapter V of Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 lays down procedures for the identification of fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (‘IUU fishing’) as well as procedures for establishing a Union list of such vessels (‘the Union list’). Article 37 of that Regulation provides for actions to be taken against fishing vessels included in that list.

(2) The Union list was established by Commission Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 (2) and subsequently amended by Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) No 724/2011 (3), (EU) No 1234/2012 (4), (EU) No 672/2013 (5), (EU) No 137/2014 (6), (EU) 2015/1296 (7), (EU) 2016/1852 (8), (EU) 2017/2178 (9), (EU) 2018/1883 (10), (EU) 2020/269 (11), (EU) 2021/1120 (12), (EU) 2022/1184 (13) and (EU) 2023/1471 (14).

(3) According to Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, vessels included in the IUU vessel lists adopted by regional fisheries management organisations are to be included in the Union list.

(4) All regional fishery management organisations provide for the establishment and regular up-date of IUU vessel lists in accordance with their respective rules (15).

(5) According to Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, upon the receipt from regional fisheries management organisations of the lists of fishing vessels presumed or confirmed to be involved in IUU fishing, the Commission is to update the Union list. Since the Commission has received new lists from the regional fisheries management organisations, the Union list should now be updated.

(6) Considering that the same vessel might be listed under different names and/or flags depending on the time of its inclusion on the regional fisheries management organisations lists, the updated Union list should include the different names and/or flags as established by the relevant regional fisheries management organisations.

(7) The vessel ‘Eros Dos’ (16) has been removed from the list established by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (‘NEAFC’), in line with Article 44 of NEAFC Scheme of Control and Enforcement (17). As the decision was taken by the relevant regional fisheries management organisation, under the terms of Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, this vessel is not included in the Union list, despite the fact that it has not yet been deleted from the list established by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (‘IATTC’) (18).

(8) The vessel ‘HALIFAX’ (19) has been removed from the list established by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (‘ICCAT’) in November 2023. As the decision was taken by the relevant regional fisheries management organisation, under the terms of Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, this vessel is not included in the Union list, despite the fact that it has not yet been deleted from the list established by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (‘IOTC’), the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (‘GFCM’), and the IATTC.

(9) The vessel ‘HALELUYA’ (20) has been removed from the list established by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (‘ICCAT’) in November 2023. As the decision was taken by the relevant regional fisheries management organisation, under the terms of Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, this vessel is not included in the Union list, despite the fact that it has not yet been deleted from the list established by the IOTC and the GFCM.

(10) Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(11) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Part B of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 September 2024.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/1005/oj.

(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 of 28 May 2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 131, 29.5.2010, p. 22, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2010/468/oj).

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 724/2011 of 25 July 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 194, 26.7.2011, p. 14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2011/724/oj).

(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1234/2012 of 19 December 2012 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 350, 20.12.2012, p. 38, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2012/1234/oj).

(5) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 672/2013 of 15 July 2013 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 193, 16.7.2013, p. 6, http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2013/672/oj).

(6) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 137/2014 of 12 February 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 43, 13.2.2014, p. 47, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2014/137/oj).

(7) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1296 of 28 July 2015 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 199, 29.7.2015, p. 12, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2015/1296/oj).

(8) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1852 of 19 October 2016 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 284, 20.10.2016, p. 5, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2016/1852/oj).

(9) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2178 of 22 November 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 307, 23.11.2017, p. 14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2017/2178/oj).

(10) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1883 of 3 December 2018 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 308, 4.12.2018, p. 30, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2018/1883/oj).

(11) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/269 of 26 February 2020 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 56, 27.2.2020, p. 7, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2020/269/oj).

(12) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1120 of 8 July 2021 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 18, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/1120/oj).

(13) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1184 of 8 July 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 184, 11.7.2022, p. 9, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/1184/oj).

(14) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1471 of 17 July 2023 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (OJ L 181, 18.07.2023, p. 16, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/1471/oj).

(15) Last updates of RFMOs IUU vessels lists: CCAMLR: NCP-IUU Vessel List and CP-IUU Vessel List adopted at the 42nd annual meeting, 16–27 October 2023; CCSBT: CCSBT IUU vessel List adopted at the 30th annual meeting of the Commission, 9–12 October 2023, effective from 12 March 2024; GFCM: IUU List adopted at the 46th session of the Commission, 6–10 November 2023; IATTC: IATTC IUU Vessel List adopted at the 101th Meeting of IATTC, 7-11 August 2023, updated on 4 April 2024; ICCAT: IUU list adopted at the 28th Regular Meeting of the Commission, 13–20 November 2023; IOTC: IOTC IUU Vessels List, adopted at the 28th session of the IOTC, 13–17 May 2024; NAFO: NAFO IUU List adopted at the 45th annual meeting of NAFO, 18–22 September 2023, updated on 15 March 2024; NEAFC: IUU B list adopted at 42nd annual meeting of the NEAFC, 14–17 November 2023, updated on 5 April 2024; NPFC: NPFC IUU List adopted at the 7th annual session of the Commission, 22–24 March 2023, effective from 26 July 2023; SEAFO: SEAFO IUU Vessel List 2024 adopted at the 20th annual Commission meeting, 29–30 November 2023, approved on 30 November 2023; SIOFA: SIOFA IUU Vessel List adopted at the 10th Meeting of the Parties, 3–7 July 2023, updated on 17 April 2024; SPRFMO: IUU Vessel List adopted at the 12th annual Commission meeting, 29 January–2 February 2024; WCPFC: WCPFC IUU Vessel List for 2024 adopted at the 20th regular session of the Commission, 4-8 December 2023, effective from 6 February 2024.

(16) IMO ship identification number: 8604668.

(17) https://www.neafc.org/scheme/ERS-Schemes.

(18) Please note that IATTC indicates the following in its IUU vessel list: ‘This vessel has been removed from the IUU list of the RFMO that had originally included it in that list’.

(19) IMO ship identification number: 8529533.

(20) Ship identification number: 4000354.