General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM): fishing in the GFCM Agreement area
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Provisional agreement reached, awaiting formal adoption by Parliament and Council.
Last active 03 Jun 2026
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What this bill does
In plain terms: what it changes and who it affects.
This bill updates EU fishing rules in the Mediterranean and Black Sea to apply recent GFCM conservation and control measures.
Who it affects
It affects commercial and recreational fishers, fishing vessel owners, seafood supply chains, and coastal communities operating in the Mediterranean and Black Sea GFCM area.
Core of the proposal
- Adds closures, fleet limits, authorisations, landing points, and reporting duties for several targeted fisheries.
- Bans recreational fishing of European eel and creates minimum rules for Mediterranean recreational fishing.
- Introduces transhipment controls, turbot catch certificates, vessel monitoring, inspection schemes, and IUU vessel reporting.
- Adds mitigation and monitoring measures for seabirds, sea turtles, cetaceans, sharks, rays, and sensitive habitats.
Key provisions
- Takes effect
- The regulation enters into force on the day after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
- Transitional law
- Transitional periods apply for some spatial and temporal closures, vessel-monitoring derogations until 8 January 2026, and recreational licensing by 1 January 2025.
Articles changed · 60 across 1 law
- Regulation (EU) 2023/2124
- art. 73: replaces Article 73
- art. 74a: inserts new Article 74a between Articles 74 and 75
- art. 74b: inserts new Article 74b between Articles 74 and 75
- art. 3: amends introductory phrase and adds points (9) to (12)
- art. 4: replaces Article 4
- art. 12a: inserts new Article 12a between Articles 12 and 13
- art. 14a: inserts new Article 14a between Articles 14 and 15
- art. 15: replaces paragraph 1 and adds paragraph 4
- art. 16: replaces point 3
- art. 17: replaces Article 17
- art. 18: adds a paragraph on catch-limit monitoring and reporting
- art. 20: replaces Article 20
- art. 21a: inserts new Article 21a between Articles 21 and 22
- art. 23a: inserts new Article 23a between Articles 23 and 24
- art. 24: replaces paragraph 1 and adds paragraph 4
- art. 25: replaces point 3
- art. 26: replaces Article 26
- art. 27: replaces Article 27
- art. 29: replaces Article 29
- art. 30a: inserts new Article 30a between Articles 30 and 31
- art. 30b: inserts new Article 30b between Articles 30 and 31
- art. 30c: inserts new Article 30c between Articles 30 and 31
- art. 30d: inserts new Article 30d between Articles 30 and 31
- art. 34: replaces paragraph 1 and adds paragraph 3
- art. 35: replaces Article 35
- art. 36: replaces Article 36
- art. 37: replaces paragraph 1 and inserts paragraph 4
- art. 37a: inserts new Article 37a between Articles 37 and 38
- art. 37b: inserts new Article 37b between Articles 37 and 38
- art. 37c: inserts new Article 37c between Articles 37 and 38
- art. 37d: inserts new Article 37d between Articles 37 and 38
- art. 44: replaces paragraph 3
- art. 49: replaces introductory paragraph
- art. 56: replaces paragraph 1 point (d)
- art. 57: replaces Article 57
- art. 58: replaces paragraph 2
- art. 59: replaces Article 59
- art. 60a: inserts new Article 60a
- art. 61: replaces Article 61
- art. 62: replaces paragraphs 1 and 3
- art. 65: replaces paragraph 5
- art. 70: replaces paragraph 3 and adds paragraph 6
- art. 72: replaces paragraph 1
- art. 74c: inserts new Article 74c between Articles 74 and 75
- art. 74d: inserts new Article 74d between Articles 74 and 75
- art. 74e: inserts new Article 74e between Articles 74 and 75
- art. 74f: inserts new Article 74f between Articles 74 and 75
- art. 74g: inserts new Article 74g between Articles 74 and 75
- art. 75a: inserts new Section II and Article 75a in Title II Chapter V
- art. 75b: inserts new Article 75b in Title II Chapter V Section II
- art. 75c: inserts new Article 75c in Title II Chapter V Section II
- art. 75d: inserts new Article 75d in Title II Chapter V Section II
- art. 75e: inserts new Article 75e in Title II Chapter V Section II
- art. 75f: inserts new Article 75f in Title II Chapter V Section II
- art. 75g: inserts new Article 75g in Title II Chapter V Section II
- art. 76: replaces Article 76
- art. 77: replaces Articles 77 and 78 with Article 77a and Article 78
- art. 77a: inserts Article 77a while replacing Articles 77 and 78
- art. 78: replaces Articles 77 and 78 with Article 77a and Article 78
- art. 79: replaces Article 79
Latest update
05 Jun 2026The most recent development in this bill's progress.
Trilogues (interinstitutional negotiations) → Trilogues (interinstitutional negotiations)
Trilogues (interinstitutional negotiations) → Trilogues (interinstitutional negotiations)
Documents
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