Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea del 4/8/2023 - Comunicaciones e Informaciones
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Source: Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea - Comunicaciones e Informaciones
4.8.2023
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 275/1
II
Information
INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES
AND AGENCIES
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION
on the European Citizens Initiative ECI Stop Finning Stop the Trade 2023/C 275/01
1. INTRODUCTION: THE CITIZENS INITIATIVE
By means of a European citizens initiative ECI under Article 114 of the Treaty on the European Union, a million or more nationals of at least seven EU Member States may invite the European Commission, within the framework of its powers, to submit any appropriate proposal on a matter on which they consider that an EU legal act is required for the purpose of implementing the Treaties.
Stop Finning Stop the Trade 1 is the eighth ECI to reach the thresholds required by the Treaty and Regulation EU
No 2019/788 on the European citizens initiative the ECI Regulation 2. It calls on the Commission to take action on ending the trade of loose shark fins in the EU, including the import, export and transit of fins, in the following terms:
Although the removal of fins on board of EU vessels and in EU waters is prohibited and sharks must be landed with their fins naturally attached, the EU is among the biggest exporters of fins and a major transit hub for the global fin trade.
EU is a major player in the exploitation of sharks and as inspections at sea are scarce fins are still illegally retained, transhipped, or landed in EU.
We aim to end the trade of fins in the EU including the import, export and transit of fins other than if naturally attached to the animals body.
As finning prevents effective shark conservation measures, we request to extend REGULATION EU No 605/2013 also to the trade of fins and therefore ask the Commission to develop a new regulation, extending fins naturally attached to all trading of sharks and rays in the EU.
1 Commission registration number ECI2020000001 https europa.eu/citizens-initiative/initiatives/details/2020/000001_en.
2 Regulation EU No 2019/788 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the European citizens initiative OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, p. 55.
