Regulation (EU) 2023/28332020/0302(COD)COM(2020)670PECH

Conservation of fishery resources: catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus

Establishing a catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 640/2010

Stage: In force, reached 20 Dec 2023
In force: In force since 9 Jan 2024 · CELEX 32023R2833
Procedure: Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur: Gabriel Mato (EPP)
Last activity: 20 Dec 2023

27 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Published in the Official Journal, 20 Dec 2023.

Show the earlier record: 12 dates, 27 Oct 2020 to 20 Sept 2023

27 Oct 2020
- Adoption by Commission
30 Oct 2020
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
11 Nov 2020
- Plenary sitting
- Referred to committee
29 Apr 2021
- Committee report tabled
25 May 2021
- Committee report adopted
7 Jun 2021
- Plenary sitting
16 Jul 2021
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Proposal for a Regulation of EP and Council establishing a BCD Programme for Bluefin tuna., 2 responses · Commission
14 Feb 2022
- Plenary vote results
- Plenary sitting
15 Feb 2022
- Plenary vote
- Plenary sitting
16 Feb 2022
- EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
- Plenary vote
- Plenary amended the proposal
- Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
17 Feb 2022
- Plenary vote results
20 Sept 2023
- Committee approved the provisional agreement

21 Nov 2023
- Plenary adopted first-reading position
- Plenary vote
23 Nov 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
28 Nov 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
1 Dec 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
8 Dec 2023
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
11 Dec 2023
- Plenary sitting
13 Dec 2023
- Signed
20 Dec 2023
- Published in the Official Journal

6 people

Who is on it

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

Role	Name	Group	Country	Committee
Rapporteur	Gabriel Mato	EPP	ES	PECH
Shadow rapporteur	Annalisa Tardino	PfE	IT	PECH
Shadow rapporteur	Caroline Roose	Greens/EFA	BE	PECH
Shadow rapporteur	Izaskun Bilbao Barandica	Renew	ES	PECH
Shadow rapporteur	Predrag Fred Matić	S&D	HR	PECH
Shadow rapporteur	Raffaele Stancanelli	ECR	IT	PECH

11 amendments

Amendments

Tabled between 9 Feb 2022 and 14 Nov 2023.

By author

Gabriel Mato · PPE10

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed. The record names an author on 10 of the 11 amendments.

By article

Annex (new)1
Article 11 - paragraph 1 - point c1
Article 13 - paragraph 11
Article 13 - paragraph 21
Article 14 - paragraph 1 - point i1
Article 14 – paragraph -1 (new)1
Article 2 - paragraph 1 - point 11
Article 4 - paragraph 61
Article 8 - paragraph 31
Recital 61
–1

1 act

Delegated and implementing acts beneath it

By status: 1 published.

Act	Kind	Status	Adoption
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2004	Delegated · Regulation	Published	Q4 2025

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

10 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Report · A9-0172/2021Parliament
Proposal · COM(2020)0670Parliament
Agenda · GEDA/A/(2023)005451Parliament
Text adopted · OJ L 000 20.12.2023, p. 0000Commission
Report · PE692.613Parliament
Agenda · PE753.443Parliament
Text adopted · Regulation 2023/2833Commission
Text adopted · SP(2024)109Parliament
Text adopted · T9-0027/2022Parliament
Text adopted · T9-0399/2023Parliament

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	Feedback received
Proposal for a Regulation of EP and Council establishing a BCD Programme for Bluefin tuna.	16 Jul 2021	2

Summary

Generated

Regulation (EU) 2023/2833 establishes a Union catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna, mandating the electronic BCD (eBCD) system for all catches, landings, transfers, imports, exports and re-exports. It applies to bluefin tuna meat, excluding parts like heads and roes, and repeals Regulation (EU) No 640/2010. The regulation is in force, with delegated acts adopted through 2025.

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