Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1002of 5 May 2026extending the derogation from Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 as regards the minimum distance from the coast and depth granted to boat seines fishing for transparent goby (Aphia minuta) within the Spanish territorial waters of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia

Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 shall not apply to boat seines fishing for transparent goby (Aphia minuta) within the Spanish territorial waters of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia and which fulfil the following conditions:

(a) they are registered in the maritime census managed by the Directorate-General for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia;

(b) they have a track record in the fishery of more than five years and do not involve any future increase in fishing effort provided;

(c) they hold a fishing authorisation and operate under the management plan adopted by Spain in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006.

Article 2

Monitoring plan and reporting

Spain shall communicate to the Commission a report drawn up in accordance with the monitoring plan established in the management plan referred to in Article 1(c), for the first time by 1 June 2027 and, thereafter, every 12 months.

Article 3

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 2 March 2026 until 15 March 2029.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 5 May 2026.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen