21.3.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 85/15 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 19 March 2014 establishing a specific control and inspection programme for fisheries exploiting stocks of bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, swordfish in the Mediterranean and for fisheries exploiting stocks of sardine and anchovy in the Northern Adriatic Sea (notified under document C(2014) 1717) (2014/156/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 8112004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 ("), and in particular Article 95 thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 applies to all activities covered by the CFP carried out on the territory of Member States or in Union waters or by Union fishing vessels or, without prejudice to the primary responsibility of the flag Member State, by nationals of Member States, and lays down in particular that Member States shall ensure that control, inspection and enforcement are carried out on a non-discriminatory basis as regards sectors, vessels or persons, and on the basis of risk management. (2)  Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 (3 lays down the general rules for the application by the Union of a multi- annual recovery plan for Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) recommended by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas (ICCAT). (3)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (°) lays down rules concerning technical measures, management plans () OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1. (%) Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 of 6 April 2009 concerning a multi-annual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, amending Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1559/2007 (O] L 96, 15.4.2009, p. 1). Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 (O] L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11). — = and specific measures for highly migratory species, for the purposes of the conservation, management and exploitation of living aquatic resources. (4) At its 37th Annual meeting, in May 2013, the General Fisheries Commission of the Mediterranean (GFCM) approved Recommendation GFCM 37/2013/1 (¥) on a multiannual management plan for fisheries on small pelagic stocks in the GFCM-geographical sub area 17 (Northern Adriatic Sea) and on transitional conservation measures for fisheries on small pelagic stocks in geographical sub area 18 (Southern Adriatic Sea). (5) At its Annual meeting of 2011, ICCAT adopted Recom- mendation [11-03] (°) for management measures for Mediterranean Swordfish. Provisions in recommendations approved by regional fisheries management organizations are binding to Member States and therefore relevant for this Decision, which addresses the way Member States shall plan, schedule and carry out their control and inspection of activities carried out within the scope of the CFP. (6)  Article 95 of Regulation (EC) No 12242009 provides for the possibility for the Commission to determine, with the Member States concerned, the fisheries which are to be subject to a specific control and inspection programme. Such a specific control and inspection programme has to state the objectives, priorities and procedures as well as benchmarks for inspection activities to be established on the basis of risk management and to be revised periodically after an analysis of the achieved results. Member States concerned are obliged to adopt the necessary measures to ensure the implementation of the specific control and inspection programme, particularly as regards required human and material resources and the periods and zones where these are to be deployed. (*) Recommendation GFCM 37/2013/1 on a multiannual management plan for fisheries on small pelagic stocks in the GFCM-GSA 17 (Northern Adriatic Sea) and on transitional conservation measures for fisheries on small pelagic stocks in GSA 18 (Southern Adriatic Sea). (*) Recommendation by ICCAT for management measures for Mediter- ranean Swordfish in the framework of ICCAT.