What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

Removed:Article 20 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States whose fishing vessels are authorised to fish in the Regulatory Area shall assign their inspectors to the NEAFC Scheme to carry out inspection and surveillance activities (NEAFC inspectors).

Removed:Article 20 – paragraph 2: 2. Member State shall issue a special identity document to each of their NEAFC inspectors in accordance with the format set out in Annex XII.

Removed:Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point a: (a) the names and unique numbers of the their NEAFC inspectors, including their e-mail address; and

Removed:Article 22 – paragraph 3: 3. The inspecting Member State and EFCA shall forward without delay the data from each surveillance report by electronic transmission in a sighting report with a format in accordance with Part 2 of Annex XVI to the flag Member State or Contracting Party of the fishing vessel concerned and to the NEAFC Secretariat. Any images captured during the surveillance shall be forwarded upon request to the flag Member State or Contracting Party of the fishing vessel concerned.

Removed:Article 23 – paragraph 12: 12. NEAFC inspectors shall transmit without delay a copy of each inspection report to EFCA and promptly upload the information of the inspection report into the secure part of the NEAFC website. The original or a certified copy of each inspection report shall be forwarded upon request to the flag Member State or Contracting Party of the inspected vessel.

Removed:Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point d: deleted

Removed:Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point f: deleted

Removed:Article 29 – paragraph 4: 4. Landing, transhipment and other use of port services shall not be authorised if the port Member State receives clear evidence that the catch on board was taken in contravention of applicable requirements of the flag Member State or a Contracting Party in respect of areas under its national jurisdiction.

Removed:Article 30 – paragraph 5: 5. Member States shall notify, 15 days prior to be effective, any changes in the lists referred to in paragraph 3 to EFCA, which in turn shall forward them without delay to the NEAFC Secretariat with the Commission in copy.

Removed:Article 32 – paragraph 1: 1. This Article applies in addition to the general obligations established in Article 75 of Regulation (EC) 1224/2009.

Removed:Article 32 – paragraph 2: 2. The master of a fishing vessel which is being inspected or, where relevant, the representative of the master, shall comply with the obligations established in Article 75 of Regulation (EC) 1224/2009 and, as applicable, with the obligations established in Article 24 of this Regulation.

Removed:Article 37 – paragraph 1: 1. If an NEAFC inspector considers that there are clear grounds for believing that the master or the operator of a fishing vessel has committed a serious infringement, that NEAFC inspector shall promptly notify that infringement to the competent authorities of the inspecting Member State, the Commission and EFCA. The inspecting Member State or EFCA, in case the inspection was carried out by the latter, shall forward the information without delay to the NEAFC Secretariat, the competent authorities of the flag State of the vessel and, where appropriate, to the flag State or States of the donor vessels when the inspected vessel has engaged in transhipment operations.

Removed:Article 37 – paragraph 2: 2. In order to preserve the evidence, the NEAFC inspector shall take all necessary measures to ensure the security and continuity thereof whilst minimising inconvenience to the vessel and interference with its operations.

Removed:Article 37 – paragraph 3: 3. In the case of an inspection at sea in the Regulatory Area, the NEAFC inspector is entitled to remain on board the fishing vessel for the period necessary to provide information to a NEAFC inspector duly authorised by the flag Member State or flag Contracting Party or until the response of the flag Member State or flag Contracting Party requires the inspector to leave the fishing vessel.

Removed:Article 38 – paragraph 1: 1. Flag Member State shall respond to a notification of serious infringement without delay and shall ensure that the Union fishing vessel concerned is inspected within 72 hours by a NEAFC inspector duly authorised in relation to the infringement.

Removed:Article 39 – paragraph 1: Member State shall ensure that appropriate measures are systematically taken, including administrative action or criminal proceedings in conformity with their national law, against the natural or legal persons responsible for a breach of the conservation and management measures set out in this Regulation.

Removed:Article 52 – paragraph 1: 1. Port Member States shall ensure surveillance by camera and sensor technologies at landing and processing facilities for landings exceeding 10 tonnes and where more than 3 000 tonnes per year, in total, of the species referred to in Article 48 are weighed. For that purpose, Member States shall make publicly available a list of their ports that meet those thresholds and where those requirements are to apply.

Removed:Article 52 – paragraph 4 a (new): 4a. This Article shall apply from 1 January 2026.

Removed:Article 54 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: 1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 concerning measures adopted by NEAFC with regard to:

Removed:Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point o a (new): (oa) list of codes of product from or presentation, preservation state of the resource, type of packing or container to be used in production logbook set out in in Annex VIa;

Removed:Article 54 – paragraph 3 – point a: deleted

Removed:Article 54 – paragraph 3 – point b: deleted

Removed:Annex VI – paragraph 1: The relevant code lists shall be in accordance with the Annex VIa.

Removed:LIST OF CODES OF PRODUCT FROM OR PRESENTATION, PRESERVATION STATE OF THE RESOURCE, TYPE OF PACKING OR CONTAINER TO BE USED IN PRODUCTION LOGBOOK

Removed:1. The form or presentation of a processed resource's cut or part.

Removed:2. The preservation state of the resource

Removed:3. The type of packaging or container in where the resource is