# Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 (revoked) EU Regulation 2017/2403 ยท adopted 12 December 2017 Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 ## Introductory text Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Relationship to international and Union law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: FISHING OPERATIONS BY UNION FISHING VESSELS OUTSIDE UNION WATERS ### Chapter I: Common provisions ## 4 General principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Eligibility criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Reflagging operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Management of fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Fishing operations by Union fishing vessels in third-country waters ### Section 1: Fishing operations under sfpas ## 8 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 RFMO membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Conditions for fishing authorisations by the flag Member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Procedure for obtaining fishing authorisations of the third country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Temporary reallocation of unused fishing opportunities in the framework of SFPAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Sub-allocation of a yearly quota broken down into several successive catch limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Fishing operations under agreements on exchange or joint management ## 14 Applicable provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Consultations with third countries in respect of Union fishing vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Fishing operations under direct authorisations ## 16 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Conditions for fishing authorisations by the flag Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Procedure for obtaining fishing authorisations of the third country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Fishing operations by Union fishing vessels under the auspices of RFMOs ## 19 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Conditions for fishing authorisations by the flag Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Registration by RFMOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: Fishing operations by Union fishing vessels on the high seas ## 23 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Conditions for fishing authorisations by the flag Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Procedure for obtaining fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter V: Chartering of Union fishing vessels ## 26 Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Management of fishing authorisations under a chartering arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter VI: Transhipment operations ## 28 Transhipment operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter VII: Observation and reporting obligations ## 29 Observer programme data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Information to third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: FISHING OPERATIONS BY THIRD-COUNTRY FISHING VESSELS IN UNION WATERS ## 31 RFMO membership requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 General principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Conditions for fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Procedure for obtaining fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Management of fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Closure of fishing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Overfishing of quotas in Union waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Control and enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: DATA AND INFORMATION ## 39 Union database for fishing authorisations issued under this Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Access to data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Data management, protection of personal data and confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Relations with third countries and RFMOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title V: PROCEDURES, DELEGATION AND IMPLEMENTING MEASURES ## 44 Exercise of the delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VI: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 46 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Transitional provisions concerning the temporary reallocation of fishing opportunities under existing protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/2403 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2403 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.