EU Fisheries Control System factsheet

The factsheet highlights a significant lack of transparency regarding the implementation of the EU Fisheries Control Regulation (EC No 1224/2009). It notes that required reports from Member States and Commission audits are generally not public, hindering the ability of civil society and decision-makers to assess enforcement consistency. The document criticizes a Commission proposal for failing to address these gaps and recommends publishing audit reports, making national control programme reports public, and increasing the frequency of implementation reporting from every five years to every two years.

• Access to data on the implementation of the Control Regulation is restricted because reports submitted by Member States to the Commission every five years are not published on either the Member States' or the Commission's websites.
• Since the Control Regulation entered into force in 2010, the Commission has published only one report for the European Parliament and the Council, which lacked detailed data and precise information on rule implementation.
• Audits of Member State control systems conducted by the Commission are currently restricted to a secure part of the Commission's website, unlike audits in other EU law areas such as animal health and food law, which are public.
• A Commission proposal to amend the regulation is criticized for not remedying transparency gaps and for requiring annual national control programme reports that would remain non-public.

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ClientEarth (n.d.). EU Fisheries Control System factsheet. https://www.clientearth.org/media/elia3x5t/transparency-factsheet-coll-en.pdf

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@techreport{clientearthndfisheries, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{EU Fisheries Control System factsheet}}, institution = {ClientEarth}, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/elia3x5t/transparency-factsheet-coll-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }