Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1090 of 24 January 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/833 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 as regards certain provisions of the conservation and enforcement measures of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)

Regulation (EU) 2019/833 is hereby amended as follows: (1) in Article 4(1), the following points (c) and (d) are inserted: ‘(c) take cod from Division 3M in excess of 15 tonnes of Union catches in a calendar year. Should a research vessel’s catch exceed this amount, the excess shall be counted against the allocation to the vessel’s flag Member State. Furthermore, if the allocation to the Member State for cod from Division 3M is exhausted, that Member State shall not authorize its vessels to undertake further research activities. Any research activities underway shall be stopped by the flag Member State as soon as 15 tonnes have been caught by the Union; or (d) take shrimp from Division 3M in excess of 10 tonnes of Union catches in a calendar year. The relevant Member State shall stop research activities on shrimp from Division 3M once 10 tonnes have been caught by the Union.’; (2) in Article 4, paragraph 1a is deleted; (3) in Article 9a point (1)(c), the following sentence is added: ‘Inspections of landings or transhipments shall be conducted at a rate of: (i) at least 50 % when the total NAFO quota for cod in Division 3M in fishing opportunities is under 6000 tonnes, and (ii) at least 25 % when the total NAFO quota for cod in Division 3M in fishing opportunities is between 6000 and 12000 tonnes.’; (4) in Article 27(7), point (a) is deleted.

The Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.