Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea

In the context of the alignment of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 to the new rules of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), powers currently conferred to the Commission by that Regulation have been re-classified into measures of delegated nature and measures of implementing nature.

Following this exercise, a draft proposal for amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 has been prepared.

The Commission is empowered to adopt the criteria to be applied for the establishment and allocation of fish aggregating devices (FAD) course lines for dolphinfish fishery in the 25-mile management zone around Malta.

Similarly, the Commission is empowered to adopt detailed rules for further technical specifications on the characteristics of fishing gears which will supplement existing characteristics of gears.

In addition, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts regarding the amendments to the Annexes of this Regulation.

EUR-Lex: COM(2011)479: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2011:479:FIN

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