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The Common Market Organisation (CMO) is an integral part of the reformed CFP. Its general objective is to guarantee sustainable fisheries and to strengthen the competitiveness of the EU fishery and aquaculture sector. The new CMO has moved away from a price and intervention mechanism to market-oriented production: only storage aid has been maintained for a limited period (i.e. until the end of 2018) to facilitate the phasing in of production and marketing plans. In addition, the new CMO aims at ensuring a level playing field in the market by means of common market standards (uniform requirements for seafood sold in the EU), regardless of the origin.

Additional information may be provided voluntarily such as the date of catch or landing, information on environmental, social or ethical matters, production techniques and nutritional content. This voluntary information must be clear, non-ambiguous and verifiable and may not mislead the consumer.

The newly reformed CFP requires member States to increase data collection and to share information. Data should be collected covering biological, environmental, technical, and socio economic issues for fisheries management in order to carry out the ecosystem-based approach in an effective manner. Every year each member State submits a report on their national data collection programmes, which are made publicly available. If a member State fails to carry out data collection and sharing in a timely manner, it may face a suspension or interruption of financial assistance.

The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) has a total budget of €6.4 billion from 2014 to 2020, of which €5.7 billion are managed under shared management and allocated to the member States. €647 million are managed by the Commission for measures concerning the Integrated Maritime Policy, control and data collection, market intelligence, advisory councils, communication activities and voluntary contributions to international organizations. Each member State is allocated a share of the total budget, based on a number of criteria related to the size of its fishing industry established in accordance with Article 16 of the EMFF Regulation (Regulation No. 508/2014). Among the EU member States, Spain is the largest recipient of the funding (20% of the total EMFF), followed by France (10.2%), and Italy (9.3%). The member States can decide which measures covered by the EMFF to implement, based on their own operational programmes (discussed with and approved by the Commission) setting out their priorities and the relevant targets. As a general condition, the pursuit of the objectives of the EMFF shall not result in an increase in fishing capacity.

The primary purpose of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) is to contribute to the objectives of the CFP:
• promoting competitive, environmentally sustainable, economically viable and socially responsible fisheries and aquaculture;
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(...) Other support included programmes related to control and data collection activities in support of the CFP, aquaculture, processing, the sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture dependent areas, the development of maritime policy as well as for contributions to international organizations, technical cooperation, and other headings such as market intelligence.

The updated guidance material on unfair commercial practices clarifies the application of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive. (...) The revised guidance also incorporates two sets of self-regulatory principles agreed among stakeholders: one will help comparison tools better comply with the Directive and the other will assist in the enforcement of the unfair commercial practices rules against misleading and unfounded environmental claims.

Finally, the seventh adopted element of the second pillar is a directive on revised rules for occupational pension funds. The new rules aim to: first, ensure that occupational pensions are sound and better protect pension scheme members and beneficiaries; second, better inform members and beneficiaries about their entitlements; third, remove obstacles faced by occupational pension funds operating across borders; and fourth, encourage occupational pension funds to invest long-term in economic activities that enhance growth, the environment and employment. EU countries must transpose the new rules into their national law by 13 January 2019.

The freedom to provide services will be applicable to port services. However, managing bodies of a port may impose minimum requirements on the providers of specific port services. When imposed, these requirements shall only relate to professional qualifications, financial capacity, good repute, availability of services, necessary equipment or maritime safety, general safety and security in the port, and relevant environmental and labour requirements. These requirements should not be used as a way of implicitly introducing market barriers and therefore the criteria should be objective and proportionate ensuring the fair treatment of all operators, both existing and potential. Potential operators should have access to training to acquire relevant specific local knowledge.

A member State will have the possibility to designate authorities competent to impose a public service obligation, in line with the applicable state aid rules. The obligations of public services must be clearly defined, transparent, non-discriminatory and verifiable and must relate among others to the availability (no interruption), accessibility (to all users), affordability (for certain categories of users), and the safety, security and environmental sustainability of the port service. (...)