The EU's IUU Process in 3 easy pages

1. 1
The
fight
against
IUU
by
the
European
Commission
1. Key
dates
From
1
January
2010
Date
of
applica-on
of
the
EU
Council
regula-on
1005/2008/EC
15
November
2012
Commission
Decision
to
hand
out
ini-al
warnings
with
yellow
cards
to
Belize,
Cambodia,
Fiji,
Guinea,
Panama,
Sri
Lanka,
Togo
and
Vanuatu
26
November
2013
Commission
Decision
for
blacklis-ng
of
non-­‐
coopera-ng
countries:
Belize,
Cambodia
and
Guinea.
Countries
warned:
Fiji,
Panama,
Sri
Lanka,
Togo
and
Vanuatu;
Korea,
Ghana
and
Curacao
24
March
2014
Council
Decision
for
official
Blacklis-ng
of
red-­‐
carded
countries:Belize,
Cambodia
and
Guinea.
Publica-on
in
OJ
–
pending

2. 2
2. Legislative
framework
3. Process
in
reality
-­‐
What
happened
to
Belize
et
al
Lis$ng
• ArQcle
31
-­‐
IdenQficaQon
of
non-­‐cooperaQng
third
countries
• 1.
The
Commission,
in
accordance
with
the
procedure
referred
to
in
Ar-cle
54(2),
shall
iden-fy
the
third
countries
that
it
considers
as
non-­‐coopera-ng
third
countries
in
figh-ng
IUU
fishing
• ArQcle
54(2)
-­‐
CommiUee
procedure
• 1.
The
Commission
shall
be
assisted
by
the
Commi]ee
set
up
under
Ar-cle
30
of
Regula-on
(EC)
No
2371/2002.
• 2.
Where
reference
is
made
to
this
paragraph,
Ar-cles
4
and
7
of
Decision
1999/468/EC
shall
apply
Adop$on
of
ban
• ArQcle
33
-­‐
Establishment
of
a
list
of
non-­‐cooperaQng
third
countries
• 1.
The
Council,
ac-ng
by
qualified
majority
on
a
proposal
from
the
Commission,
shall
decide
on
a
list
of
non-­‐coopera-ng
third
countries.
De-­‐lis$ng
• ArQcle
34
-­‐
Removal
from
the
list
of
non-­‐cooperaQng
third
countries
• 1.
The
Council,
ac-ng
by
qualified
majority
on
a
proposal
from
the
Commission,
shall
remove
a
third
country
from
the
list
of
non-­‐coopera-ng
third
countries
if
the
third
country
concerned
demonstrates
that
the
situa-on
that
warranted
its
lis-ng
has
been
rec-fied.
A
removal
decision
shall
also
take
into
considera-on
whether
the
iden-fied
third
countries
concerned
have
taken
concrete
measures
capable
of
achieving
a
las-ng
improvement
of
the
situa-on.
• 2.
Following
a
decision
taken
pursuant
to
paragraph
1
of
this
Ar-cle,
the
Commission
shall,
without
delay,
no-fy
Member
States
of
the
lihing
of
the
measures
laid
down
in
Ar-cle
38
in
respect
of
the
third
country
concerned.
• From
a
pure
technical
point
of
view,
EU
policy-­‐makers
expect
that
de-­‐lis-ng
could
be
as
fast
as
6
weeks…
Publica-on
in
Official
Journal
Council
Adopt
COREPER
adopt
Council
Working
Group
adopt
Council
Working
Group
discussions
Adop-on
of
Proposal
Commission
Proposal
(Decision)
ISC
Warning
Talks

3. 3
4. Key
players
5. Impact
of
ban
References
Handbook
Council
regulation
1005/2008/EC
Ban
on
imports
of
fish
products
caught
by
the
banned
countries
Unilateral
decisions
from
third-­‐countries
to
ban
imports
from
banned
countries
(e.g.
Ghana
with
Belize)
European
Commission
–
DG
MARE;
ISC
Council
Working
Group
and
COREPER
Fisheries
Ministers