Changes between two versions
What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report
From · draft committee report· 25 Feb 2025
on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 2023/2124 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 October 2023 on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area
To · plenary report· 23 Jul 2025
on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 2023/2124 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 October 2023 on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area
AI:What changed, in short
The new version adds recitals and provisions on recent GFCM recommendations, including on European eel, red coral, blackspot seabream, common dolphinfish and turbot, and drops many recitals on 2023 recommendations.1234 It changes definitions and provisions on catch certificates, designated landing points, data collection, fleet capacity, vessel monitoring systems, and fisheries restricted areas.671218 It removes justifications on freshwater fisheries, internal waters, vessel monitoring systems, FADs and other points.9164561 The other changes are formal or wording: updated citations, rephrased provisions and renumbered rows.11354850
81 changes of substance · 9 formal · 10 of wording only · 21 smaller changes not described
Written by AI from the two texts only · read the changes before relying on it · 18 Sept 2026 · Report a problem
+101 added · −175 removed · 33 changed paragraphs, packaging included.
Part 7 of 9: Paragraphs 361–420
Change 98
Removed:Empowerment has to be added in article 139. Therefore, Article 130a, paragraph 7 must be deleted.
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Changed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 65 – introductory part, Article 139: (65) Article 139 is replaced by the following: / “Article 139 / Delegation of powers / As far as is necessary, in order to implement into Union law amendments to already implemented GFCM measures which become binding for the Union, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts amending this Regulation, in accordance with Article 140, in respect of the following: / (1) the provision to the GFCM Secretariat of information under Article 120(4); / (2) the arrangements concerning the list of authorised vessels to be transmitted to the GFCM Secretariat under Articles 9, 10, 15, 24, 34, 47, 61, 70, 74e,74e and 75c, Article 78(3), Article 78(4), Articles 86, 96c,96c and 106b, Article 106d(1), 116Articles 116, 116b and 122, and the data to be included under Annexes VIII, XIX and XXIII; / (3) the implementation of the permanent CDS for red coral under Article 55 and Annex X; / (4) port state measures set out in Articles 123 to 127; / (5) the table, the map and the geographical coordinates of GSAs set out in Annex I; / (6) port state inspection procedures for vessels set out in Annex II; / (7) GFCM statistical matrices set out in Annex III; and / (8) references to international acts set out in Article 3(10), Article 12a, Article 120(2), and Article 120e(3); / (9) information on vessel sightings in Annex VII; / (10) measures concerning turbot as set out in Articles 90 to 94a.”; / (deleted) / (deleted)
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Removed:This Regulation adds a number of provisions and annexes containing arrangements for the transmission of lists of authorised vessels, those should be added to Article 139. GFCM recommendations that referred to in the text could be changed in the future. Commission should be able to align those references with the up to date recommendations.
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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 65, Article 139 – paragraph 1 – point 11: deleted
Added:Annex – point 1 – introductory part, Annex I – point 1 – introductory part: (1) Annexes VII, VIII, X and XI are replaced by the following:
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Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 65, Article 139 – paragraph 1 – point 12: deleted
Added:Annex – point 1, Annex VII – title: SIGHTING REPORT
Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/2124
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 66 a (new), Article 140: (66a) Article 140 is replaced by the following: / “Article 140 / 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 41, 42, 106d and 139 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of three years from 1 November 2023. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the three-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period. / 3. The delegation of powers referred to in Articles 41, 42, 106d and 139 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of the delegated acts already in force. / 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 41, 42, 106d and 139 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That pe…
Removed:(https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R2124)
Removed:Article 106d introduces a new empowerment for the Commission to supplement Regulation 2023/2124. This Article should be included in the article on the exercise of the delegation.
Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 68: (68) Annexes XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII ,XXIII and XXIV are added as set out in point (2) of the Annex to this Regulation.
Removed:Annex I – point 1 – introductory part: (1) Annexes VII, VIII, X and XI are replaced by the following:
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Changed:Annex I – point 1, Annex VII – title:row SIGHTING2: REPORTFishing area, geographical subarea, division:
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Changed:Annex I – point 1, Annex VII – row 2: Fishing8: area,8. geographicalNational subarea,Registration division:number:
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Added:Annexpoint 1
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Changed:Annex I – point 1, Annex VII – row 8:9: 8.9. NationalVessel Registrationregistration number:
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Changed:Annex I – point 1, Annex VII – row 9:11: 9.11. VesselDescription registrationof number:vessel / Estimated length overall and gross tonnage: / Estimated width: / Other comments:
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Changed:Annex I – point 1, Annex VII – row 11: 11. Description of vessel / Estimated length overall and gross13: tonnage:deleted / Estimated width:(deleted) / Other comments:(deleted)
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Removed:Annex I – point 1, Annex VII – row 13: deleted / (deleted) / (deleted)
Added:Annex – point 1, Annex VII – row 14: Date: / Time: / Activity: / Direction: / Position: / Was the vessel presumed to harvest fish in maritime waters under the national jurisdiction of a coastal state in the GFCM area of application without the permission of such state or in contravention of its laws and regulations? [ ] Yes [ ] No / Was the vessel presumed to carry out fishing activities during closed fishing periods or in closed areas? [ ] Yes [ ] No / Was the vessel presumed to carry out transshipment activities at sea? [ ] Yes [ ] No / Was the vessel presumed to fish without a nationality? [ ] Yes [ ] No / Was the vessel presumed to carry out fishing activities without an adequate vessel identification number or while concealing its external markings? [ ] Yes [ ] No / Was the vessel presumed to be engaged in fishing or fishing-related activities in contravention of any other GFCM conservation and management measures? [ ] Yes [ ] No
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Removed:Annex I – point 1, Annex VII – row 14: Date: / Time: / Activity: / Direction: / Position: / Was the vessel presumed to harvest fish in maritime waters under the national jurisdiction of a coastal state in the GFCM area of application without the permission of such state or in contravention of its laws and regulations? [ ] Yes [ ] No / Was the vessel presumed to carry out fishing activities during closed fishing periods or in closed areas? [ ] Yes [ ] No / Was the vessel presumed to carry out transshipment activities at sea? [ ] Yes [ ] No / Was the vessel presumed to fish without a nationality? [ ] Yes [ ] No / Was the vessel presumed to carry out fishing activities without an adequate vessel identification number or while concealing its external markings? [ ] Yes [ ] No / Was the vessel presumed to be engaged in fishing or fishing-related activities in contravention of any other GFCM conservation and management measures? [ ] Yes [ ] No
Added:Annex – point 1, Annex VII – row 16: 16. Radio contact made with the vessel [ ] Yes [ ] No / Summary of the conversation with the vessel:
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Removed:Annex I – point 1, Annex VII – row 16: 16. Radio contact made with the vessel [ ] Yes [ ] No / Summary of the conversation with the vessel:
Added:Annex – point 1, Annex VII – row 18: 18. List of attached documents (such as photos, relevant reports drafted by competent authorities etc.):
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Changed:Annex I – point 1, Annex VII – row 18: 18.19: ListMeans of attachedsighting documents(including (suchvessel/aircraft asname photos,and relevantposition, reportsname draftedand bylocation competentof authoritiesthe etc.):fisheries monitoring centre (FMC), where appropriate):
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Removed:Annex I – point 1, Annex VII – row 19: Means of sighting (including vessel/aircraft name and position, name and location of the fisheries monitoring centre (FMC), where appropriate):
Added:Annex – point 1, Annex VIII – introductory part: The list referred to in Articles 15, 24, 34, 47, 61, 70, 74, 75c, 78, 96c , 110a and 116 shall contain, for each vessel, the following information:
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Removed:Annex I – point 1, Annex VIII – introductory part: The list referred to in Articles 15, 24, 34, 47, 61, 70, 74, 75c, 78, 96c , 110a and 116 shall contain, for each vessel, the following information:
Added:Annex – point 1, Annex VIII – indent 11: – Main target species (if applicable)
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Changed:Annex I – point 1, Annex VIII – indent 11:18: – Main targetDesignated speciesport (if applicable)
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Removed:Annex I – point 1, Annex VIII – indent 18: – Designated port (if applicable)
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Removed:Annex I – point 2 – introductory part: (2) the following Annexes XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII , XXIV and XXV are added:
Added:Da) Norway lobster spatio-temporal closures in the Adriatic Sea (GSAs 17 and 18)
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Removed:Annex I – point 2, Annex XIX – indent 13: – Species targeted
Added:“Db. Fishing restrictions in the Otranto Channel (geographical subarea 18) in the Adriatic Sea
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Removed:Annex I – point 2, Annex XX – row 6: 6. Registration ID if different from external ID
Added:Annex – point 2 – introductory part, Annex XXIII a (new) and Annex XXIII b (new): (2) the following Annexes XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII , XXIV and XXV are added:
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