22nd Regular Session of the Technical and Compliance Committee

This is the first year TCC is expected to assess the Commission’s own compliance with CMM 2013-06 paragraphs 2 and 4 in plenary, following the approach recommended by TCC21 and adopted at WCPFC22: paragraph 2 as a collective implementation obligation to ensure CMMs do not transfer a disproportionate burden of conservation action onto developing States Parties, particularly SIDS and territories; and paragraph 4 as the mechanism for SIDS and territories to raise demonstrated burden and for the Commission to apply mitigation (including phased or delayed implementation, exemptions, alternative measures or dedicated assistance under paragraph 4(a)–(d) and the special-requirement categories in CMM 2013-07). 

WCPFC-TCC22-2026-08 compiles 2024 expressions of disproportionate burden and corresponding 2025 Commission actions (including SPA MP outcomes), together with CAN/CDP and assistance tables as possible indicators of residual burden, and invites TCC22 to decide whether that information is sufficient to make a compliance assessment. The same paper notes that the independent review of Article 30 implementation is underway in 2026, with the final report due to the Secretariat by 30 June 2027 for comment by SC23 and TCC23 before consideration at WCPFC24. The Article 30 Independent Review Panel may consult at TCC22, and its 2027 findings are expected to shape how TCC assesses these collective obligations in subsequent years.