Assessment of the impacts of the policy options proposed for the amendment of the fishery control system (SC1) : final report

A recent Commission REFIT evaluation, a special report of the European Court of Auditors, and a Resolution by the European Parliament all showed that the Fisheries Control System (FCS) is not being fully enforced and is not fit for purpose. In June 2017, the European Commission launched an initiative to revise the FCS, to simplify it, to make it more effective and efficient, and to ensure full alignment with the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The Commission will prepare an Impact Assessment (IA) accompanying its proposal for the revision. This report, prepared under the framework contract for Better Regulation related activities "Lot 1: Common Fisheries Policy excluding its international dimension", provides analysis of the impacts of policy options, and a comparison of options, to inform and provide supporting information and technical analyses for section 6 and 7 of the Commission's IA.