10.2.2015 Official Journal of the European Union L 33/15 DECISIONS COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2015/200 of 26 January 2015 amending Implementing Decision 2014/170/EU establishing a list of mnon-cooperating third countries in fighting IUU fishing pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing as regards Sri Lanka THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, amending Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1936/2001 and (EC) No 601/2004 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1093/94 and (EC) No 1447/1999 ('), and in particular Article 33 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Whereas: 1. INTRODUCTION Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 establishes a Union system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Chapter VI of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 lays down the procedure with respect to the identification of non-cooperating third countries, démarches in respect of countries identified as non-cooperating third countries, the establishment of a list of non-cooperating third countries, removal from the list of non-cooperating third countries, publicity of the list of non-cooperating third countries and any emergency measures. In accordance with Article 32 of the Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, the Commission notified eight third countries, by a Decision of 15 November 2012 (3, of the possibility of their being identified as countries which the Commission considers as non-cooperating third countries. In the Decision of 15 November 2012, the Commission included information concerning the essential facts and considerations underlying such identification. Also on 15 November 2012, the Commission notified the eight third countries by separate letters that it was considering the possibility of identifying them as non-cooperating third countries. The Commission highlighted, in those letters, that in order to avoid being identified and proposed for formal listing as a non-cooperating third country as provided for in Articles 31 and 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, the third countries concerned were invited to establish, in close cooperation with the Commission, an action plan to rectify the shortcomings identified in the Decision of 15 November 2012. As a consequence, the Commission invited the eight third countries concerned: (i) to take all necessary measures to implement the actions contained in the action plans suggested by the Commission; (ii) to assess the implemen- tation of the actions contained in the action plans suggested by the Commission; and (iii) to send detailed reports to the Commission every six months assessing the implementation of each action as regards, inter alia, their individual and/or overall effectiveness in ensuring a fully compliant fisheries control system. () OJL286,29.10.2008, p. 1. () Commission Decision of 15 November 2012 on notifying the third countries that the Commission considers as possible of being identified as non-cooperating third countries pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (O] C 354,17.11.2012, p. 1).