Article 6U.K.TACs to be determined by Member States
1.The TACs for certain fish stocks shall be determined by the Member State concerned. Those stocks are identified in Annex I.
2.The TACs to be determined by a Member State shall:
(a)be consistent with the principles and rules of the Common Fisheries Policy, in particular the principle of sustainable exploitation of the stock; and
(b)result:
if analytical assessments are available, in the exploitation of the stock consistent with maximum sustainable yield from 2017 onwards, with as high a probability as possible;
if analytical assessments are unavailable or incomplete, in the exploitation of the stock consistent with the precautionary approach to fisheries management.
3.By 15 March 2017, each Member State concerned shall submit the following information to the Commission:
(a)the TACs adopted;
(b)the data collected and assessed by the Member State concerned on which the TACs adopted are based;
(c)details on how the TACs adopted comply with paragraph 2.