Date: 2025-10-29Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2193 of 8 August 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the prolongation of technical measures for certain demersal and pelagic fisheries in the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea and the West of Scotland
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
**Executive Summary**
This Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2193 amends Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 to prolong technical measures for certain demersal and pelagic fisheries in the Celtic Sea, Irish Sea, and West of Scotland. It extends these measures, originally set to expire on December 31, 2025, until December 31, 2026, and will come into effect on January 1, 2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Purpose:** To extend existing technical measures for fisheries conservation in the North Western Waters.
* **Scope:** Applies to demersal and pelagic fisheries in the Celtic Sea, Irish Sea, and West of Scotland.
* **Extension of Measures:**
* Measures in points 1.3 to 1.5 of Part B of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 will now apply until December 31, 2026.
* Measures in point 10.1 of Part C of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 will now apply until December 31, 2026.
* **Justification:** Prolongation is based on a joint recommendation from North Western Waters Member States and aims to ensure the rapid return of stocks to levels above those capable of producing MSY, optimize exploitation patterns, increase gear selectivity, and reduce unwanted catches.
* **Effective Date:** Regulation applies from January 1, 2026, ensuring legal continuity.
**Impact Analysis**
**North Western Waters Member States Regional Group (Belgium, Spain, France, Ireland, and the Netherlands)**
* **Impact:** Continued implementation of the fisheries conservation measures will impact fishing activities and resource management within their jurisdictions.
* **Action Required:** Ensure compliance with the extended technical measures.
**Union Vessels and Fishing Industry**
* **Impact:** The extension directly affects the planning of fishing seasons and related economic activities.
* **Action Required:** Adjust fishing practices to align with the prolonged technical measures.
Key Entities Referenced
Regulation (EU) 2019/1241: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, being amended by this delegated regulation.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2193: This delegated regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 to prolong technical measures for certain demersal and pelagic fisheries in the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea and the West of Scotland.
Celtic Sea: A sea area where technical measures for certain demersal and pelagic fisheries are prolonged.
Irish Sea: A sea area where technical measures for certain demersal and pelagic fisheries are prolonged.
West of Scotland: A sea area where technical measures for certain demersal and pelagic fisheries are prolonged.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2193 29.10.2025
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION(EU) 2025/2193
of 8 August 2025
amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the
prolongation of technical measures for certain demersal and pelagic fisheries in the Celtic Sea, the
Irish Sea and the West of Scotland
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the
conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, amending
Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1224/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1380/2013, (EU) 2016/1139,
(EU) 2018/973, (EU) 2019/472 and (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing
Council Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2549/2000, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 812/2004 and
(EC) No 2187/2005(1), and in particular Article 15(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 lays down specific provisions regarding technical measures at regional level for Union
waters in the North Western Waters.
(2) That Regulation was amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2324(2) as regards remedial
measures to reduce by-catch of cod and whiting in the Celtic Sea and additional selectivity measures aiming to
reduce gadoid by-catches in the Irish Sea. The measures concerned, aiming to help achieving the objectives of
conservation measures, the multiannual plans and the discard plan in the North Western Waters, were subsequently
updated and prolonged three times, by Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) 2022/2588(3), (EU) 2024/492(4)
and (EU) 2025/283(5)respectively.
(3) Those measures, introduced in Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/283, expire on
31 December 2025.
(4) By a joint recommendation submitted on 2 June 2025, the North Western Waters Member States Regional Group
(Belgium, Spain, France, Ireland and the Netherlands) requests the prolongation of those measures until
31 December 2026.
(1) OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 105, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/1241/oj.
(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2324 of 23 August 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards technical measures for certain demersal and pelagic fisheries in the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea
and the West of Scotland (OJ L 465, 29.12.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/2324/oj).
(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2588 of 20 October 2022 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards technical measures for certain demersal and pelagic fisheries in the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea
and the West of Scotland (OJ L 338, 30.12.2022, p. 44, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2022/2588/oj).
(4) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/492 of 30 November 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards the prolongation of technical measures for certain demersal and pelagic fisheries in the Celtic
Sea, the Irish Sea and the West of Scotland (OJ L, 2024/492, 13.2.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2024/492/oj).
(5) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/283 of 28 November 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards technical measures for certain demersal and pelagic fisheries in the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea
and the West of Scotland (OJ L, 2025/283, 10.2.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/283/oj).
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(5) As the remedial measures for stocks with biomass at levels below B provided for by Article 8 of Regulation
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(EU) 2019/472 remain necessary to ensure rapid return of the stock or functional unit concerned to levels above
those capable of producing MSY, in view of the concerning state of the fish stocks in the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea
and ongoing discussions between the Union and the UK on technical measures relating to fish stocks caught in mixed
fisheries in the Celtic Sea, those remedial measures should be prolonged until 31 December 2026, in order to
continue optimising exploitation patterns, increase gear selectivity and reduce unwanted catches.
(6) The Expert Group on Fisheries and Aquaculture was consulted on 8 July 2025.
(7) As the measures provided for in this Regulation have a direct impact on the planning of the fishing-season of Union
vessels and on related economic activities, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its
publication. Since the measures to be prolonged expire on 31 December 2025, this Regulation should apply with
effect from 1 January 2026 in order to ensure legal continuity.
(8) The measures introduced by this Regulation applicable to Union waters are in pursuit of the objectives set out in
Article 494(1) and (2) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European
Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the
other part(6) and have regard to the principles referred to in Article 494(3) of that agreement. They are without
prejudice to any measures applicable in waters of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
(9) Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
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 1 January 2026.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 August 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(6) OJ L 149 30.04.2021, p. 10, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2021/689(1)/oj.
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ANNEX
Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 is amended as follows:
(1) Point 1.6. of Part B is replaced by the following:
‘1.6. Measures in points 1.3 to 1.5 shall apply until 31 December 2026.’
(2) Point 10.2. of Part C is replaced by the following:
‘10.2. Measures in point 10.1 shall apply until 31 December 2026.’
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/2193/oj 3/3