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| 16.10.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 263/3 |
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16.10.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 263/3

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1726

of 15 October 2019

operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2019 on account of overfishing in the previous years

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (1), and in particular Article 105(1), (2) and (3) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Fishing quotas for the year 2018 have been established by:






  — | Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 (2), |
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(1)

Fishing quotas for the year 2018 have been established by:

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Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 (2),

| — | Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1970 (3), |
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Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1970 (3),

| — | Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2360 (4), and |
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Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2360 (4), and

| — | Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 (5). |
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Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 (5).

| (2) | Fishing quotas for the year 2019 have been established by:






  — | Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1628 (6), |
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(2)

Fishing quotas for the year 2019 have been established by:

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Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1628 (6),

| — | Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025 (7), |
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Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025 (7),

| — | Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2058 (8), and |
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Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2058 (8), and

| — | Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124 (9). |
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Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124 (9).

| (3) | Pursuant to Article 105(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, when the Commission has established that a Member State has exceeded the fishing quotas which have been allocated to it, the Commission is to operate deductions from future fishing quotas of that Member State. |
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(3)

Pursuant to Article 105(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, when the Commission has established that a Member State has exceeded the fishing quotas which have been allocated to it, the Commission is to operate deductions from future fishing quotas of that Member State.

| (4) | Article 105(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 provides that such deductions have to be operated in the following year or years by applying the respective multiplying factors as set out therein. |
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(4)

Article 105(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 provides that such deductions have to be operated in the following year or years by applying the respective multiplying factors as set out therein.

| (5) | Certain Member States have exceeded their fishing quotas for the year 2018. It is therefore appropriate to operate deductions on the fishing quotas allocated to them in 2019 and, where relevant, in subsequent years, for the overfished stocks. |
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(5)

Certain Member States have exceeded their fishing quotas for the year 2018. It is therefore appropriate to operate deductions on the fishing quotas allocated to them in 2019 and, where relevant, in subsequent years, for the overfished stocks.

| (6) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1969 (10) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/479 (11) have provided for deductions from fishing quotas for certain countries and species for 2018. However, for certain Member States, the deductions to be applied for some species were higher than the respective quotas available in 2018 and could therefore not be operated entirely in that year. To ensure that in such cases the full amount for the respective stocks be deducted, the remaining quantities should be taken into account when establishing deductions for 2019 and, where appropriate, from subsequent quotas. |
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(6)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1969 (10) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/479 (11) have provided for deductions from fishing quotas for certain countries and species for 2018. However, for certain Member States, the deductions to be applied for some species were higher than the respective quotas available in 2018 and could therefore not be operated entirely in that year. To ensure that in such cases the full amount for the respective stocks be deducted, the remaining quantities should be taken into account when establishing deductions for 2019 and, where appropriate, from subsequent quotas.

| (7) | Following changes in the stock area definitions set up in Regulation (EU) 2019/124, the remaining deduction applicable to Belgium due to overfishing of undulate ray in Union waters of 7d (RJU/07D.) in the year 2017 should be applied to the 2019 quota for undulate ray in Union waters of 7d and 7e (RJU/7DE.). |
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(7)

Following changes in the stock area definitions set up in Regulation (EU) 2019/124, the remaining deduction applicable to Belgium due to overfishing of undulate ray in Union waters of 7d (RJU/07D.) in the year 2017 should be applied to the 2019 quota for undulate ray in Union waters of 7d and 7e (RJU/7DE.).

| (8) | Deductions from fishing quotas, as provided for by this Regulation, should apply without prejudice to deductions applicable to 2019 quotas pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013 (12). |
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(8)

Deductions from fishing quotas, as provided for by this Regulation, should apply without prejudice to deductions applicable to 2019 quotas pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013 (12).

| (9) | Since quotas are expressed in tonnes, overfishing involving quantities of less than one tonne should not be considered, |
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(9)

Since quotas are expressed in tonnes, overfishing involving quantities of less than one tonne should not be considered,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.   The fishing quotas fixed in Regulations (EU) 2018/1628, (EU) 2018/2025, (EU) 2018/2058, and (EU) 2019/124 for the year 2019 shall be reduced as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

2.   Paragraph 1 shall apply without prejudice to deductions provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 October 2019.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER

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(1)  
  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

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(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 of 12 December 2016 fixing for 2017 and 2018 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks and amending Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 32).

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(3)  Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1970 of 27 October 2017 fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/127 (OJ L 281, 31.10.2017, p. 1).

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(4)  Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2360 of 11 December 2017 fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Black Sea (OJ L 337, 19.12.2017, p. 1).

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(5)  Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 of 23 January 2018 fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/127 (OJ L 27, 31.1.2018, p. 1).

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(6)  Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1628 of 30 October 2018 fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/120 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters (OJ L 272, 31.10.2018, p. 1).

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(7)  Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025 of 17 December 2018 fixing for 2019 and 2020 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (OJ L 325, 20.12.2018, p. 7).

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(8)  Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2058 of 17 December 2018 fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Black Sea (OJ L 329, 27.12.2018, p. 8).

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(9)  Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124 of 30 January 2019 fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters (OJ L 29, 31.1.2019, p. 1).

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(10)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1969 of 12 December 2018 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2018 on account of overfishing in the previous years (OJ L 316, 13.12.2018, p. 12).

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(11)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/479 of 22 March 2019 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2018 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1969 (OJ L 82, 25.3.2019, p. 6).

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(12)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013 of 5 March 2013 providing for deductions from certain fishing quotas allocated to Spain in 2013 and subsequent years on account of overfishing of a certain mackerel quota in 2009 (OJ L 62, 6.3.2013, p. 1).

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ANNEX

DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2019 FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED

| Member State | Species code | Area code | Species name | Area name | Initial quota 2018 (in kilograms) | Permitted landings 2018 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms)
   (1) | Total catches 2018 (quantity in kilograms) | Quota consumption related to permitted landings | Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms) | Multiplying factor
   (2) | Additional Multiplying factor
   (3)
  ,
   (4) | Outstanding deductions from previous year(s)
   (5)


  (quantity in kilograms) | Deductions to apply in 2019 (quantity in kilograms) |
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| BE | RJE | 7FG. | Small-eyed ray | Union waters of 7f and 7g | 14 000 | 15 400 | 19 888 | 129,14 % | 4 488 | 1,00 | / | / | 4 488 |
| BE | RJU | 07D. (6) | Undulate ray | Union waters of 7d | 2 000 | 969 | 1 394 | 143,86 % | 425 (7) | N/A | N/A | 2 617 | 2 617 |
| DE | COD | 3BC+24 | Cod | Subdivisions 22-24 | 1 194 000 | 1 349 400 | 1 393 360 | 103,26 % | 43 960 | / | C (8) | / | 43 960 |
| DK | COD | 3BC+24 | Cod | Subdivisions 22-24 | 2 444 000 | 2 594 270 | 2 617 780 | 100,91 % | 23 510 | / | C (8) | / | 23 510 |
| ES | BET | ATLANT | Bigeye tuna | Atlantic Ocean | 9 791 920 | 9 281 920 | 9 756 069 | 105,11 % | 474 149 | / | C (8) | / | 474 149 |
| ES | GHL | 1N2AB. | Greenland halibut | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | / | 0 | 27 736 | N/A | 27 736 | 1,00 | A | / | 41 604 |
| ES | GHL | N3LMNO | Greenland halibut | NAFO 3LMNO | 4 534 000 | 4 496 772 | 4 508 020 | 100,25 % | 11 248 | / | A (8)+C (8) | / | 11 248 |
| ES | NEP | *07U16 | Norway lobster | Functional Unit 16 of ICES Subarea 7 | 825 000 | 155 000 | 158 375 | 102,18 % | 3 375 | / | / | / | 3 375 |
| ES | RJU | 9-C. | Undulate ray | Union waters of 9 | 15 000 | 15 000 | 17 067 | 113,78 % | 2 067 | 1,00 | / | / | 2 067 |
| ES | YFT | IOTC | Yellowfin tuna | IOTC Area of Competence | 45 682 000 | 45 354 940 | 44 964 373 | 99,14 % | – 390 567  (9) | N/A | N/A | 2 138 460 | 2 138 460 |
| EE | COD | N3M. | Cod | NAFO 3M | 124 000 | 916 170 | 953 232 | 104,05 % | 37 062 | / | / | / | 37 062 |
| FR | GHL | 1N2AB. | Greenland halibut | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | / | 0 | 18 084 | N/A | 18 084 | 1,00 | / | / | 18 084 |
| IE | HER | 07A/MM | Herring | 7a | 1 826 000 | 1 850 311 | 1 979 666 | 106,99 % | 129 355 | / | / | / | 129 355 |
| IE | MAC | 2CX14- | Mackerel | 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14 | 69 141 000 | 66 541 055 | 66 965 925 | 100,64 % | 424 870 | / | / | / | 424 870 |
| NL | POK | 2C3A4 | Saithe | 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a | 110 000 | 210 994 | 265 115 | 125,65 % | 54 121 | 1,00 | / | / | 54 121 |
| NL | WHG | 56-14 | Whiting | 6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14 | / | 0 | 4 492 | N/A | 4 492 | 1,00 | / | / | 4 492 |
| PL | COD | 3BC+24 | Cod | Subdivisions 22-24 | 654 000 | 786 200 | 858 164 | 109,15 % | 71 964 | / | C (8) | 32 331 | 104 295 |
| PT | ALF | 3X14- | Alfonsinos | Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV | 182 000 | 179 044 | 184 010 | 102,77 % | 4 966 | / | / | / | 4 966 |
| PT | BET | ATLANT | Bigeye tuna | Atlantic Ocean | 3 717 470 | 4 152 470 | 4 405 184 | 106,09 % | 252 714 | / | C (8) | / | 252 714 |
| PT | BFT | AE45WM | Bluefin tuna | Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean | 470 190 | 437 190 | 450 343 | 103,01 % | 13 153 | / | C (8) | / | 13 153 |
| PT | BUM | ATLANT | Blue marlin | Atlantic Ocean | 50 440 | 45 428 | 74 337 | 163,64 % | 28 909 | 1,00 | A | / | 43 364 |
| PT | RJU | 9-C. | Undulate ray | Union waters of 9 | 15 000 | 33 000 | 36 295 | 109,98 % | 3 295 | / | / | / | 3 295 |
| UK | COD | N1GL14 | Cod | Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of 5, 12 and 14 | 382 000 | 497 520 | 512 187 | 102,95 % | 14 667 | / | / | / | 14 667 |
| UK | GHL | 1N2AB. | Greenland halibut | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | 25 000 | 22 000 | 24 434 | 111,06 % | 2 434 | 1,00 | / | / | 2 434 |
| UK | HER | 4AB. | Herring | Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N | 79 381 000 | 84 694 795 | 84 739 599 | 100,05 % | 44 804 | / | / | / | 44 804 |
| UK | MAC | 2CX14- | Mackerel | 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14 | 190 143 000 | 186 253 028 | 189 644 893 | 101,82 % | 3 391 865 | / | A (8) | / | 3 391 865 |
| UK | POK | 1N2AB. | Saithe | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | 182 000 | 459 700 | 463 509 | 100,83 % | 3 809 | / | / | / | 3 809 |
| UK | RHG | 5B67- | Roughhead grenadier | Union and international waters of Vb, VI and VII | 1 510 | 1 510 | 7 588 | 502,52 % | 6 078 | 1,00 | / | / | 6 078 |
| UK | WHG | 56-14 | Whiting | 6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14 | 122 000 | 124 060 | 139 470 | 112,42 % | 15 410 | 1,00 | / | / | 15 410 |

Member State

Species code

Area code

Species name

Area name

Initial quota 2018 (in kilograms)

Permitted landings 2018 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms)
   (1)

Total catches 2018 (quantity in kilograms)

Quota consumption related to permitted landings

Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms)

Multiplying factor
   (2)

Additional Multiplying factor
   (3)
  ,
   (4)

Outstanding deductions from previous year(s)
   (5)

(quantity in kilograms)

Deductions to apply in 2019 (quantity in kilograms)

BE

RJE

7FG.

Small-eyed ray

Union waters of 7f and 7g

14 000

15 400

19 888

129,14 %

4 488

1,00

/

/

4 488

BE

RJU

07D. (6)

Undulate ray

Union waters of 7d

2 000

969

1 394

143,86 %

425 (7)

N/A

N/A

2 617

2 617

DE

COD

3BC+24

Cod

Subdivisions 22-24

1 194 000

1 349 400

1 393 360

103,26 %

43 960

/

C (8)

/

43 960

DK

COD

3BC+24

Cod

Subdivisions 22-24

2 444 000

2 594 270

2 617 780

100,91 %

23 510

/

C (8)

/

23 510

ES

BET

ATLANT

Bigeye tuna

Atlantic Ocean

9 791 920

9 281 920

9 756 069

105,11 %

474 149

/

C (8)

/

474 149

ES

GHL

1N2AB.

Greenland halibut

Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

/

0

27 736

N/A

27 736

1,00

A

/

41 604

ES

GHL

N3LMNO

Greenland halibut

NAFO 3LMNO

4 534 000

4 496 772

4 508 020

100,25 %

11 248

/

A (8)+C (8)

/

11 248

ES

NEP

*07U16

Norway lobster

Functional Unit 16 of ICES Subarea 7

825 000

155 000

158 375

102,18 %

3 375

/

/

/

3 375

ES

RJU

9-C.

Undulate ray

Union waters of 9

15 000

15 000

17 067

113,78 %

2 067

1,00

/

/

2 067

ES

YFT

IOTC

Yellowfin tuna

IOTC Area of Competence

45 682 000

45 354 940

44 964 373

99,14 %

– 390 567  (9)

N/A

N/A

2 138 460

2 138 460

EE

COD

N3M.

Cod

NAFO 3M

124 000

916 170

953 232

104,05 %

37 062

/

/

/

37 062

FR

GHL

1N2AB.

Greenland halibut

Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

/

0

18 084

N/A

18 084

1,00

/

/

18 084

IE

HER

07A/MM

Herring

7a

1 826 000

1 850 311

1 979 666

106,99 %

129 355

/

/

/

129 355

IE

MAC

2CX14-

Mackerel

6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14

69 141 000

66 541 055

66 965 925

100,64 %

424 870

/

/

/

424 870

NL

POK

2C3A4

Saithe

3a and 4; Union waters of 2a

110 000

210 994

265 115

125,65 %

54 121

1,00

/

/

54 121

NL

WHG

56-14

Whiting

6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14

/

0

4 492

N/A

4 492

1,00

/

/

4 492

PL

COD

3BC+24

Cod

Subdivisions 22-24

654 000

786 200

858 164

109,15 %

71 964

/

C (8)

32 331

104 295

PT

ALF

3X14-

Alfonsinos

Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV

182 000

179 044

184 010

102,77 %

4 966

/

/

/

4 966

PT

BET

ATLANT

Bigeye tuna

Atlantic Ocean

3 717 470

4 152 470

4 405 184

106,09 %

252 714

/

C (8)

/

252 714

PT

BFT

AE45WM

Bluefin tuna

Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean

470 190

437 190

450 343

103,01 %

13 153

/

C (8)

/

13 153

PT

BUM

ATLANT

Blue marlin

Atlantic Ocean

50 440

45 428

74 337

163,64 %

28 909

1,00

A

/

43 364

PT

RJU

9-C.

Undulate ray

Union waters of 9

15 000

33 000

36 295

109,98 %

3 295

/

/

/

3 295

UK

COD

N1GL14

Cod

Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of 5, 12 and 14

382 000

497 520

512 187

102,95 %

14 667

/

/

/

14 667

UK

GHL

1N2AB.

Greenland halibut

Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

25 000

22 000

24 434

111,06 %

2 434

1,00

/

/

2 434

UK

HER

4AB.

Herring

Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N

79 381 000

84 694 795

84 739 599

100,05 %

44 804

/

/

/

44 804

UK

MAC

2CX14-

Mackerel

6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14

190 143 000

186 253 028

189 644 893

101,82 %

3 391 865

/

A (8)

/

3 391 865

UK

POK

1N2AB.

Saithe

Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

182 000

459 700

463 509

100,83 %

3 809

/

/

/

3 809

UK

RHG

5B67-

Roughhead grenadier

Union and international waters of Vb, VI and VII

1 510

1 510

7 588

502,52 %

6 078

1,00

/

/

6 078

UK

WHG

56-14

Whiting

6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14

122 000

124 060

139 470

112,42 %

15 410

1,00

/

/

15 410

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(1)  Quotas available to a Member State pursuant to the relevant fishing opportunities Regulations after taking into account exchanges of fishing opportunities in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22), quota transfers from 2017 to 2018 in accordance with Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3) and with Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 or reallocation and deduction of fishing opportunities in accordance with Articles 37 and 105 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

(2)  As set out in Article 105(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. Deduction equal to the overfishing * 1,00 shall apply in all cases of overfishing equal to, or less than, 100 tonnes.

(3)  As set out in Article 105(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and provided that the extent of overfishing exceeds 10 %.

(4)  Letter ‘A’ indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied due to consecutive overfishing in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. Letter ‘C’ indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied as the stock is subject to a multiannual plan.

(5)  Remaining quantities from previous year(s).

(6)  To be deducted from RJU/7DE. (Union waters of 7d and 7e).

(7)  Quantities below 1 tonne are not considered.

(8)  Additional multiplying factor not applicable because the overfishing does not exceed 10 % of the permitted landings.

(9)  The deduction cannot be reduced by this unused quantity as Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 is not applicable to the YFT/IOTC stock.

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