(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/897 (2) approved the initial list of ports which comply with the conditions for applying the derogation from the margins of tolerance in estimating catches for unsorted landings or transhipments of small pelagic fisheries, industrial fisheries and tropical tuna purse seine fisheries. That list was amended by adding new ports which comply with the relevant provisions of Chapter II of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1474 (3), approved by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2156 (4).

(2)

In accordance with Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1474, France submitted an application to the Commission to include one port located in the territory of the Republic of Seychelles, namely Port Victoria in Mahé, in the list of ports approved by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/897 for unsorted landings and transhipments from tropical tuna purse seine fisheries.

(3)

Based on the information and evidence submitted by France in its application and following an assessment carried out by the Commission as referred to in Article 7(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1474, the Commission found that the conditions set out in Chapter II of that Implementing Regulation for the port proposed to be listed have been fulfilled.

(4)

According to the information submitted by France, Port Victoria meets the conditions required under Articles 4 and 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1474 for the listing of ports in third countries.

(5)

Seychelles is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (5) and Port Victoria is a designated port for landing activities within the framework of two regional fisheries management organisations, namely the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (6) and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (7) . Furthermore, Seychelles is neither a country identified or notified of the possibility of being identified as a non-cooperating country in accordance with Chapter VI of Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 (8), nor a country identified as allowing non-sustainable fishing pursuant to Article 4(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (9).

(6)

The port has in place procedures to ensure the accurate weighing of tropical tuna purse seine fisheries catches referred to in Article 14(4), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and to ensure that such weighing is carried out under the responsibility of independent third-party weighers, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 5(1) and (2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1474.

(7)

Based on the information submitted, the port proposed to be listed by France should therefore be approved and entered in the list of ports referred to in Article 14(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

(8)

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/897 should therefore be amended accordingly,