Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/860 of 23 March 2021 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 as regards Annex to the conservation and enforcement measures of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/860 of 23 March 2021 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 as regards Annex to the conservation and enforcement measures of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/833 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 laying down conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation, amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2115/2005 and (EC) No 1386/2007 OJ L 141, 28.5.2019, p. 1. , and in particular Article 50(1)thereof, Whereas: (1) The Union is party to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (the NAFO Convention), approved by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3179/78 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3179/78 of 28 December 1978 concerning the conclusion by the European Economic Community of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (OJ L 378, 30.12.1978, p. 1). . (2) The European Parliament and the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2019/833 in order to incorporate the NAFO conservation and enforcement measures in Union law. (3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 of 15 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/833 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (OJ L 34 I, 6.2.2020, p. 1). supplemented Regulation (EU) 2019/833 with a number of NAFO conservation and enforcement measures. (4) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/989 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/989 of 27 April 2020 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 as regards certain provisions of, and Annexes to, the conservation and enforcement measures of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) (OJ L 221, 10.7.2020, p. 5). amended the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 with revised annexes of NAFO adopted at its 2019 annual meeting. (5) The NAFO at its annual meeting in September 2020 amended Part VI of Annex I.E of its conservation and enforcement measures, related to the list of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME) indicator species. This annex becomes binding on the Union on 1 December 2020. (6) These changes should also be incorporated into Union law. Therefore, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 should be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 March 2021. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen

Annex

ANNEX The Annex of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 is amended as follows:

1. point 3 is replaced by the following: (3) Part VI of Annex I.E to the CEM as referred to in point 21 of Article 3, in Article 21(2) and in point (i) of point (a) of Article 27(11) of Regulation (EU) 2019/833 VI. List of VME Indicator Species Common Name and FAO ASFIS 3- ALPHA CODETaxonFamilyFAO ASFIS 3-ALPHA CODE Large-Sized Sponges (PFR – Porifera) Asconema foliatumRossellidaeZBAAphrocallistes beatrixAphrocallistidaeAsbestopluma (Asbestopluma) ruetzleriCladorhizidaeZAB (Asbestopluma)Axinella sp.AxinellidaeChondrocladia grandisCladorhizidaeZHD (Chondrocladia)Cladorhiza abyssicolaCladorhizidaeZCH (Cladorhiza)Cladorhiza kenchingtonaeCladorhizidaeZCH (Cladorhiza)Craniella spp.TetillidaeZCS (Craniella spp.)Dictyaulus romaniEuplectellidaeZDY (Dictyaulus)Esperiopsis villosaEsperiopsidaeZEWForcepia spp.CoelosphaeridaeZFRGeodia barretteGeodiidaeGeodia macandrewiiGeodiidaeGeodia parvaGeodiidaeGeodia phlegraeiGeodiidaeHaliclona sp.ChalinidaeZHLIophon piceumAcarnidaeWJPIsodictya palmataIsodictyidaeLissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) complicataCoelosphaeridaeZDDMycale (Mycale) linguaMycalidaeMycale (Mycale) loveniMycalidaePhakellia sp.AxinellidaePolymastia spp.PolymastiidaeZPYStelletta normaniAncorinidaeWSX (Stelletta)Stelletta tuberosaAncorinidaeWSX (Stelletta)Stryphnus fortisAncorinidaeWPH Thenea muricataPachastrellidaeZTH (Thenea)Thenea valdiviaePachastrellidaeZTH (Thenea)Weberella bursaPolymastiidaeBlack corals (AQZ – Antipatharia)Stichopathes sp.AntipathidaeQYXLeiopathes cf. expansaLeiopathidaeLeiopathes sp.LeiopathidaePlumapathes sp.MyriopathidaeBathypathes cf. patulaSchizopathidaeParantipathes sp.SchizopathidaeStauropathes arcticaSchizopathidaeSQWStauropathes cf. punctataSchizopathidaeTelopathes magnusSchizopathidaeStony Corals (CSS – Scleractinia)Enallopsammia rostrataDendrophylliidaeFEYLophelia pertusaCaryophylliidaeLWSMadrepora oculataOculinidaeMVISolenosmilia variabilisCaryophylliidaeRZT Small Gorgonians (GGW) Acanella arbusculaIsididaeKQL (Acanella)Anthothela grandifloraAnthothelidaeWAGChrysogorgia sp.ChrysogorgiidaeFHXMetallogorgia melanotrichosChrysogorgiidaeNarella laxaPrimnoidaeRadicipes gracilisChrysogorgiidaeCZNSwiftia sp.Plexauridae Large Gorgonians (GGW) Acanthogorgia armataAcanthogorgiidaeAZCCalyptrophora sp.PrimnoidaeCorallium bathyrubrumCoralliidaeCOR (Corallium)Corallium bayeriCoralliidaeCOR (Corallium)Iridogorgia sp.ChrysogorgiidaeKeratoisis cf. siemensiiIsididaeKeratoisis grayiIsididaeLepidisis sp.IsididaeQFX (Lepidisis)Paragorgia arboreaParagorgiidaeBFUParagorgia johnsoniParagorgiidaeBFV Paramuricea grandisPlexauridaePZL (Paramuricea)Paramuricea placomusPlexauridaePZL (Paramuricea)Paramuricea spp.PlexauridaePZL (Paramuricea)Parastenella atlanticaPrimnoidaePlacogorgia sp.PlexauridaePlacogorgia terceiraPlexauridaePrimnoa resedaeformisPrimnoidaeQOEThouarella (Euthouarella) grasshoffiPrimnoidaeSea Pens (NTW – Pennatulacea)Anthoptilum grandiflorumAnthoptilidaeAJG (Anthoptilum)Distichoptilum gracileProtoptilidaeWDGFuniculina quadrangularisFuniculinidaeFQJHalipteris cf. christiiHalipteridaeZHX (Halipteris)Halipteris finmarchicaHalipteridaeHFMHalipteris sp.HalipteridaeZHX (Halipteris)Kophobelemnon stelliferumKophobelemnidaeKVFPennatula aculeataPennatulidaeQACPennatula grandisPennatulidaePennatula sp.PennatulidaeProtoptilum carpenteriProtoptilidaeUmbellula lindahliUmbellulidaeVirgularia mirabilisVirgulariidaeTube-Dwelling AnemonesPachycerianthus borealisCerianthidaeWQBErect Bryozoans (BZN – Bryozoa)Eucratea loricataEucrateidaeWELSea Lilies (CWD – Crinoidea)Conocrinus lofotensisBourgueticrinidaeWCFGephyrocrinus grimaldiiHyocrinidaeTrichometra cubensisAntedonidae