The Revised EU Fisheries Control Regulation aims to better control the Common Fisheries Policy and combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Digital-traceability obligations apply to fishery and aquaculture products placed on the EU market from 10 January 2026. Agritrack structures, stores, and exchanges this data according to internationally recognized standards (GDST, GS1 EPCIS 2.0), ensuring full compliance with Article 58.
So what are the requirements for operators to ensure end to end digital traceability in accordance with the regulation?
Lot Linkage (input → output)
Forward and Backwards Traceability: Instantly links inputs to outputs across the entire supply chain.
The European Commission has shared 2 citations for EU 2023/2842, where internationally recognised standards and GDST capable systems, such as Agritrack, are recommended to “ensure both interoperability and the verifiability of traceability information.”