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Regulation (EU) 2023/21242021/0248(COD)COM(2021)434

General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM): fishing in the GFCM Agreement area. Recast

Certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area (recast)

Stage
In force, reached 12 Oct 2023
In force
In force since 1 Nov 2023 · CELEX 32023R2124
Procedure
Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur
Ladislav Ilčić (ECR)
Last activity
12 Oct 2023
17 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Published in the Official Journal, 12 Oct 2023.

Show the earlier record: 6 dates, 30 Jul 2021 to 18 May 2022
  1. 30 Jul 2021
    • Adoption by Commission
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  2. 13 Sept 2021
    • Plenary sitting
    • Referred to committee
  3. 27 Sept 2021
    • Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Amendment of conservation and control measures in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea region (recast/transposition), 2 responses · Commission
  4. 2 May 2022
    • Plenary sitting
  5. 4 May 2022
    • Plenary endorsed the trilogue mandate
  6. 18 May 2022
    • Plenary sitting
  1. 12 Jul 2023
    • Plenary adopted first-reading position
    • Plenary vote
  2. 14 Jul 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  3. 27 Aug 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  4. 13 Sept 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  5. 18 Sept 2023
    • Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
  6. 2 Oct 2023
    • Plenary sitting
  7. 4 Oct 2023
    • Signed
  8. 12 Oct 2023
    • Published in the Official Journal
7 people

Who is on it

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

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
RapporteurLadislav IlčićECRHRPECH
Shadow rapporteurAsger ChristensenRenewDKPECH
Shadow rapporteurIsabel CarvalhaisS&DPTPECH
Shadow rapporteurJoão Pimenta LopesThe LeftPTPECH
Shadow rapporteurMaria da Graça CarvalhoEPPPTPECH
Shadow rapporteurSka KellerGreens/EFADEPECH
Shadow rapporteurValentino GrantPfEITPECH
32 amendments

Amendments

Tabled between 4 Jul 2023 and 5 Jul 2023. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

  • PECH31

Covers 31 of the 32 amendments.

By article

  • Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)1
  • Article 126 – paragraph 11
  • Article 126 – paragraph 31
  • Article 126 – paragraph 41
  • Article 126 – paragraph 81
  • Article 132 – paragraph 1 – introductory part1
  • Article 132 – paragraph 21
  • Article 133 – paragraph 11
  • Article 133 – paragraph 21
  • Article 135 – paragraph 1 – introductory part1
Show 20 more provisions
  • Article 139 – paragraph 11
  • Article 14 – paragraph 11
  • Article 141 – paragraph 11
  • Article 144 – paragraph 1 – introductory part1
  • Article 16 – paragraph 11
  • Article 25 – paragraph 11
  • Article 35 – paragraph 11
  • Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point 31
  • Article 48 – paragraph 1 a (new)1
  • Article 49 – paragraph 41
  • Article 49 – paragraph 51
  • Article 7 – paragraph 11
  • Article 73 – paragraph 21
  • Article 74 – paragraph 21
  • Article 8 – paragraph 11
  • Recital 13 a (new)1
  • Recital 14 a (new)1
  • Recital 61
  • Recital 71
  • Recital 7 a (new)1

Covers 30 of the 32 amendments.

1 consultation

Consultations on it

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Summary

Generated

This recast regulation transposes GFCM conservation and management measures into EU law, ensuring unified rules for EU vessels fishing in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. It primarily affects the commercial fishing sector. The act was signed in October 2023 and is currently in force.

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