Regulation (EU) 2023/20532019/0272(COD)COM(2019)619

Multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean

Multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, amending Regulations (EU) No 2017/2107, (EU) No 2019/[NAFO], (EU) No 1936/2001, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1627

Stage: In force, reached 27 Sept 2023
In force: In force since 17 Oct 2023 · CELEX 32023R2053
Procedure: Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur: Clara Aguilera (S&D)
Last activity: 9 Sept 2026

39 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Delegated act adopted: Bluefin tuna in the Easter Atlantic and Mediterranean – multiannual management plan (amendment), 9 Sept 2026.

Show the earlier record: 21 dates, 28 Nov 2019 to 29 Jun 2023

28 Nov 2019
- Adoption by Commission
29 Nov 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
16 Dec 2019
- Plenary sitting
- Referred to committee
23 Jan 2020
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Multiannual management plan for Bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean · Commission
26 Jun 2020
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
14 Sept 2020
- Plenary sitting
16 Sept 2020
- Plenary endorsed the trilogue mandate
22 Sept 2020
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
5 Oct 2020
- Plenary sitting
2 Dec 2020
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
26 Apr 2021
- Debate in plenary
27 Apr 2021
- Plenary sitting
28 Apr 2021
- EP position at first reading
- Plenary amended the proposal
- Plenary vote
- Plenary sitting
29 Apr 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
24 May 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
13 Mar 2023
- Plenary sitting
14 Jun 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
16 Jun 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
26 Jun 2023
- Council’s position at first reading and statement of reasons
28 Jun 2023
- Council’s position at first reading and statement of reasons
29 Jun 2023
- Adoption of a Commission’s communication on Council’s position at 1st reading
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies

13 Jul 2023
- Announcement of the Council’s first reading position in EP plenary
- Plenary sitting
- Referred to committee
11 Sept 2023
- Plenary sitting
12 Sept 2023
- Approval of the Council’s first reading position by the EP (adoption of the legislative act)
- Plenary vote
- Plenary approved the Council position
13 Sept 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- Signed
27 Sept 2023
- Published in the Official Journal
6 May 2026
- Commission plans delegated act under parent act
9 Jul 2026
- Expert group meeting: Expert Group on Fisheries and Aquaculture — Amendment to Union law with regard to ICCAT conservation and enforcement measures
9 Sept 2026
- Delegated act adopted: Bluefin tuna in the Easter Atlantic and Mediterranean – multiannual management plan (amendment)

7 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

Role	Name	Group	Country	Committee
Rapporteur	Clara Aguilera	S&D	ES	PECH
Shadow rapporteur	Anja Hazekamp	The Left	NL	PECH
Shadow rapporteur	Annalisa Tardino	PfE	IT	PECH
Shadow rapporteur	Caroline Roose	Greens/EFA	BE	PECH
Shadow rapporteur	Gabriel Mato	EPP	ES	PECH
Shadow rapporteur	Izaskun Bilbao Barandica	Renew	ES	PECH
Shadow rapporteur	Raffaele Stancanelli	ECR	IT	PECH

46 amendments

Amendments

Tabled on 23 Apr 2021. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

PECH45

Covers 45 of the 46 amendments.

By article

Annex I – point 2 – indent 2 a (new)1
Annex X – point 91
Annex XI – part B – point 2 – introductory part1
Article 10 – paragraph 21
Article 11 – paragraph 11
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)1
Article 12 – paragraph 11
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)1
Article 15 – paragraph 31
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)1

Show 20 more provisions

Article 16 – paragraph 21
Article 16 – paragraph 31
Article 20 – paragraph 11
Article 29 – paragraph 31
Article 3 – paragraph 11
Article 35 – paragraph 11
Article 35 – title1
Article 38 – paragraph 41
Article 43 – paragraph 31
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 121
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 141
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 171
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 321
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 61
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)1
Article 50 – paragraph 41
Article 51 – paragraph 11
Article 51 – title1
Article 52 – paragraph 31
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – introductory part1

Covers 30 of the 46 amendments.

5 acts

Delegated and implementing acts beneath it

By status: 4 published, 1 adopted.

Act	Kind	Status	Adoption
Bluefin tuna in the Easter Atlantic and Mediterranean – multiannual management plan (amendment)	Delegated · Regulation	Adopted	Q3 2026
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/497	Delegated · Regulation	Published	Q1 2026
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/837	Delegated · Regulation	Published	Q1 2025
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2925	Delegated · Regulation	Published
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1389	Delegated · Regulation	Published	Q1 2024

Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.

13 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Report · A9-0149/2020Parliament
Report · A9-0243/2023Parliament
Proposal · COM(2019)0619Parliament
Proposal · COM(2023)0358Parliament
Text adopted · OJ L 238 27.09.2023, p. 0001Commission
Report · PE647.097Parliament
Amendments · PE652.493Parliament
Agenda · PE746.911Parliament
Report · PE750.257Parliament
Text adopted · Regulation 2023/2053Commission
Text adopted · SP(2021)359Parliament
Text adopted · T9-0142/2021Parliament
Text adopted · T9-0297/2023Parliament

1 consultation

Consultations on it

The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Each title opens on the Commission's portal.

Consultation	Feedback deadline
Multiannual management plan for Bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean	23 Jan 2020

Summary

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Regulation (EU) 2023/2053 implements the ICCAT multiannual plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, covering Union and third-country vessels, farms, and traps. It sets fishing seasons, minimum conservation sizes (30 kg/115 cm, with derogations), quota carry-over limits, and detailed caging, transfer, and harvesting controls.

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