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Council Decision (EU) 2021/1875 of 22 October 2021 concerning the position to be adopted on behalf of the Union in the annual consultations with the United Kingdom to agree on total allowable catches| Legal instrument | Decision |
|---|---|
| Number legal act | Decision 2021/1875 |
| Regdoc number | ST(2021)12596 |
| Original proposal | COM(2021)595  |
| CELEX number i | 32021D1875 |
| Document | 22-10-2021; Date of adoption |
|---|---|
| Publication in Official Journal | 26-10-2021; OJ L 378 p. 6-11 |
| Effect | 22-10-2021; Entry into force Date of document See Art 4 |
| Deadline | 30-06-2023; Review See Art 3 |
| End of validity | 30-06-2027; See Art. 3 |
26.10.2021 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 378/6 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2021/1875
of 22 October 2021
concerning the position to be adopted on behalf of the Union in the annual consultations with the United Kingdom to agree on total allowable catches
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(3), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
On 29 April 2021 the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2021/689 (1) on the conclusion of 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 part (2) (the ‘Trade and Cooperation Agreement’). The Trade and Cooperation Agreement entered into force on 1 May 2021. |
(2) |
Under Article 494 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the Union and the United Kingdom (the ‘Parties’) agreed to cooperate with a view to ensuring that fishing activities for shared stocks in their waters are environmentally sustainable in the long term and contribute to achieving economic and social benefits, while fully respecting the rights and obligations of independent coastal States as exercised by the Parties. The Parties share the objective of exploiting shared stocks at rates intended to maintain and progressively restore populations of harvested species above biomass levels that can produce the maximum sustainable yield (MSY). |
(3) |
Pursuant to Article 498 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the Parties are to hold annual consultations to agree on total allowable catches (TACs) for shared stocks. |
(4) |
The Commission should carry out the annual consultations on behalf of the Union and on the basis of Union positions to be established by the Council in accordance with the relevant Treaty provisions. |
(5) |
The regular and full involvement of the Council and its preparatory bodies in the process of annual consultations with the United Kingdom on fixing fishing opportunities for the stocks in question should be ensured by means of extensive coordination and cooperation between the Council and the Commission, in accordance with the principle of sincere cooperation among the Union institutions enshrined in Article 13(2) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). |
(6) |
The European Parliament is to be immediately and fully informed pursuant to Article 218(10) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). |
(7) |
Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) requires the Union to ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities are environmentally sustainable in the long term and are managed in a way that is consistent with the objectives of achieving economic, social and employment benefits, and of contributing to the availability of food supplies. |
(8) |
Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 requires the Union to apply the precautionary approach to fisheries management and to aim to ensure that exploitation of living marine biological resources restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels that can produce MSY. |
(9) |
Article 2(5), point (j), of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 requires that fisheries management be coherent with the objective of achieving a good environmental status as set out in Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). Article 2(5), point (a), of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, read in conjunction with Article 7(1), point (d), of that Regulation, further requires the Union to gradually eliminate discards by, inter alia, promoting... |
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