Council Regulation (EC) No. 1591/2006 amending Regulation (EC) No. 51/2006 as regards provisions on vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North-East Atlantic.

The present Regulation lays down particular amendments to Annex III, point 13 to Regulation (EC) No. 51/2006 with respect to vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North-East Atlantic. The Commission shall without delay inform Member States of vessels flying flags of non contracting Parties to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in North-East Atlantic Fisheries that have been sighted engaging in fishing activities in the Regulatory Area of the Convention and placed by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) on a provisional list of vessels that are being presumed to be undermining the Recommendations established under the Convention. There are hereby established the measures that shall be applied to such vessels (inspection and different types of restrictions and prohibitions).