EU initiative on Implementing Act to the Fisheries Control Regulation
4 DECEMBER 2025The European Commission published an initiative titled "Fisheries Control Regulation – Implementing Act on the provision applying as from January 2026 of the amended Regulation". It had been subjected to public consultation between 28 July and 25 August and was approved on 17 October. Please find selected information below:
Regarding data validation and traceability, the Regulation requires:
"catch data for each species, including the relevant geographical area in which the catches were taken, that are registered in landing declarations, sales notes and, where applicable, in take-over declarations and transport documents, shall be cross-checked to identify and investigate potential data inconsistencies. For this cross-check, the relevant geographical area shall be the catch area, detailed at least to the level required by the traceability rules in Article 58(5e) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009."
On the chapter "Common rules for the determination of live weight", the Regulation establishes the following requirements on the completion of the landing of fishery products after transport under control plans and common control programmes:
"When the fishery products are transported from the place of landing before they have been weighed in accordance with a control plan or a common control programme pursuant to Article 60(3)(c) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, respectively, the landing shall be regarded to have been completed for the purpose of the application of Article 23(2)(f) and (g), Article 24(1) and (2), and Article 66(1), (3) and (4)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 only when the fishery products have been weighed."
The Regulation will apply from 10 January 2026.
All information is available at:
Contact: João Pereira at jpereira@frucom.eu.