Regulation (EU) 2021/1231 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/833 laying down conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation

Author (Corporate)	Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Series Title	Official Journal of the European Union
Series Details	L 274, Pages 32-40
Publication Date	30/07/2021
Content Type	Legislation, Policy-making
	Summary: Regulation (EU) 2021/1231 - adopted by the co-legislators on 14 July 2021 - introducing amendments to Regulation (EU) 2019/833 laying down measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation. Further information: Regulation (EU) 2019/833 sets out in the law of the European Union (EU) the rules for applying conservation and enforcement measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO). NAFO is the regional fisheries management organisation responsible for managing fishery resources in the Northwest Atlantic under its purview. The measures apply exclusively to the NAFO Regulatory Area. The EU became a Contracting Party to NAFO in 1979. A draft law was tabled by the European Commission on 29 May 2020 on turn into EU law the amendments to measures adopted by NAFO at its annual meeting in 2019. It also included the NAFO editorial improvements and adapted the wording to the EU legal context. The Act was signed by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament on 14 July 2021. It was published in the Official Journal on 30 July 2021.
Source Link	Primary Source http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/1231/oj
Related Links	Commentary and Analysis EPRS: At a Glance, June 2021: Northwest Atlantic fisheries management https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_ATA(2021)690676 Official EUR-LEX: COM(2020)215: Proposal for a Regulation amending the Regulation (EU) 2019/833 laying down conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2020:215:FIN European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on Conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) (2020/0095(COD)) https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2020/0095(COD) EU EFCA: Activities: International Operations: NAFO https://www.efca.europa.eu/en/content/nafo
Subject Categories	Business and Industry
Subject Tags	Fisheries \| Aquaculture, Multiculturalism
Keywords	Conservation \| Protection of Species, EU External Action
International Organisations	European Union [EU], Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation [NAFO]