# Regulation (EU) 2019/472 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a multiannual plan for stocks fished in the Western Waters and adjacent waters, and for fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/1139 and (EU) 2018/973, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007 and (EC) No 1300/2008, Article 15: Principles and objectives of management of stocks of common interest to the United Kingdom and third countries

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Where stocks of common interest are also exploited by third countries, the Secretary of State must engage with those third countries with a view to ensuring that those stocks are managed in a sustainable manner that is consistent with the objectives of ... this Regulation. Where no formal agreement is reached, the Secretary of State must make every effort to reach common arrangements for fishing of such stocks with a view to making the sustainable management possible ....
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/472/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-472/article-15
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