Regulation (EU) 2021/56 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Convention area and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007

Summary:

Regulation (EU) 2021/56 - formally signed by the co-legislators on 21 January 2021 - concerning the management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Convention area. It amends Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007.

Further information:

This Regulation lays down management, conservation and control measures relating to fishing in the area covered under the Convention and with respect to stocks of tunas and tuna-like species, other species of fish taken by vessels fishing for tunas and tuna-like species and species belonging to the same ecosystem that are affected by fishing for, or dependent on or associated with, the fish stocks covered by the Convention.

The proposal for this initiative was tabled by the European Commission on 14 July 2020. It was formally signed by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament on 21 January 2021, and published in the Official Journal on 26 January 2021.

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EUR-LEX: COM(2020)308: Proposal for a Regulation laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Convention area and amending Council Regulation (EU) No 520/2007 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2020:308:FIN

European Parliament: Legislative Observatory 2020/0139(COD): Procedure File for Proposal on Management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Convention area and amending Regulation (EU) No 520/2007 https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2020/0139(COD)

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