Currently there are three detailed technical measures regulations enacted under the ordinary legislative procedure covering the main sea basins in Union waters – Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms covering the North-east Atlantic (and the Black Sea since 2012); Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 ...[+++]; and Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 of 21 December 2005 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound, amending Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 88/98.

The proposal contain only one substantive provision, amending article 15(6) of Regulation 1380/2013 with a view to extending Commission empowerment to adopt discard plans through delegated acts for an additional period of three years, provided that there are no multi-annual plans in place for the sea basins concerned.

Outermost regions, divided into three sea basins: West Atlantic, East Atlantic, Indian Ocean

33. Believes that the Union should focus attention on developing economic cooperation, political stability and democracy in the three key regional cooperation areas, namely the Mediterranean, the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, by utilising cooperative structures in those areas, by consolidating synergy between institutional and regional policies, and by assisting the countries in those regions in their integration processes; welcomes the intention expressed by the European Council of 13-14 March 2007 to boost the Barcelona Process; reiterates the importance of achieving tangible results in the Euro-Mediterranean region where respect for ...[+++] human rights and economic and social development in countries on the southern shore of the Mediterranean should be promoted and where attention should focus more on energy and environmental challenges;

33. Believes that the Union should focus attention on developing economic cooperation, political stability and democracy in the three key regional cooperation areas, namely the Mediterranean, the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, by utilising cooperative structures in those areas, by consolidating synergy between institutional and regional policies, and by assisting the countries in those regions in their integration processes; welcomes the intention expressed by the European Council of 13-14 March 2007 to boost the Barcelona Process; reiterates the importance of achieving tangible results in the Euro-Mediterranean region where respect for ...[+++] human rights and economic and social development in countries on the southern shore of the Mediterranean should be promoted and where attention should focus more on energy and environmental challenges;

33. Believes that the Union should focus attention on developing economic cooperation, political stability and democracy in the three key regional cooperation areas, namely the Mediterranean, the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, by utilising cooperative structures in those areas, by consolidating synergy between institutional and regional policies, and by assisting those countries in their integration processes; welcomes the intention expressed by the European Council of 13-14 March 2007 to boost the Barcelona Process; reiterates the importance of achieving tangible results in the Euro-Mediterranean region where respect for human rights a ...[+++]nd economic and social development in countries on the southern shore of the Mediterranean should be promoted and where attention should focus more on energy and environmental challenges;