EU consultation
7 submissions from 7 organizations told the European Commission what they think about this file. Here is what each of them said, in their own words.
The Commission lists 82 submissions on this file. Shown here: the 7 from organizations. Not shown, by design: submissions from private individuals, which we never publish, and anything filed since our last weekly refresh.
4 submissions from industry — companies and their trade associations — against 1 from civil society: NGOs, consumer organizations, environmental groups and trade unions. That is 4 industry submissions for every one from civil society.
Groupings use the respondent type each organization selected when filing. Counting submissions, not organizations — a body that filed twice is counted twice.
The file, right now
The consultation closed on 3 Jul 2025 — it ran from 10 Apr 2025.
How it got here
Also on the Commission’s pipeline for this file, with no date recorded: Initiative planned, Proposal for a regulation.
7 positions
The National Association of Producer Organisations (ANOP) is in favour of this evaluation and analysis and wishes to reiterate the need for (i) consistency between the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the EU’s trade policy; (II) compliance with a fair competition framework between import products and EU products; (III) a more ambitious retrospective analysis than the one proposed.
Filed in French · English published by the European Commission
The European Commission’s initiative to incorporate sustainability criteria into the autonomous tariff quota regulation from 2026 onwards is appreciated. It is essential that any revision takes into account all direct and indirect factors and implications, i.e.
Filed in Spanish · English published by the European Commission
FRUCOM represents European Union importers of processed food products, including processed seafood. FRUCOM welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Sustainable imports of fishery products under the EU Autonomous Tariff Quota Regulation, and considers it timely that that the European Commission is undertaking a review of the ATQ regime for after 2026, including in relation to the sustainability of imported…
ANFACO-CECOPESCA (Spanish Association of Canning and Seafood Processing Companies) submits its contribution in the attached document to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the inclusion of sustainability criteria in the Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) Regulation from 2026.
Filed in Spanish · English published by the European Commission
The Fédération des Organisations de Producteurs de la Pêche Artisanale (FEDOPA) is in favour of this evaluation and analysis and wishes to reiterate the need for (i) consistency between the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the EU’s trade policy; (II) compliance with a fair competition framework between import products and EU products; (III) a more amitious retrospective analysis than the one…
Filed in French · English published by the European Commission
CONXEMAR (Spanish Association of Wholesalers, Importers, Exporters, and Manufacturers of Fishery and Aquaculture Products) submits the following response to the EU Commissions Call for Evidence regarding the incorporation of sustainability criteria into the autonomous tariff quota (ATQ) regulation from 2026 onwards. (PDF)
For Oceana, it is crucial to require sustainability criteria for the Autonomous Tariff Quota scheme to align tariff-free access with the environmental and social sustainability goals of the Common Fisheries Policy, in particular its goal (and that of the Common Market Organisation Regulation) to supply the EU market with sustainable seafood.
Method. Every quote is verbatim from the organization’s own submission to the European Commission, trimmed to its opening passage and never summarized by a model. Where a submission was filed in another EU language we show the English text the European Commission publishes alongside it, labeled on the quote; the original is one click away at the source. Groupings use the respondent type the organization itself selected when filing. We deliberately do not label anyone “supportive” or “opposed” — you read what they wrote and draw your own conclusion. Organizations only, never individuals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the European Commission is not liable for this reuse.