# Commission Implementing Decision of 5 November 2014 concerning the transfer of fishing opportunities from Category 8 to Category            7 and their reallocation to Member States in the Mauritanian EEZ (2014/777/EU)         

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# Commission Implementing Decision

# of 5 November 2014

# concerning the transfer of fishing opportunities from Category 8 to Category 7 and their reallocation to Member States in                        the Mauritanian EEZ                     

# (2014/777/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 of 29 September 2008, concerning authorisations for fishing activities                           of Community fishing vessels outside Community waters and the access of third country vessels to Community waters(1), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Council Regulation (EU) No 1259/2012(2) fixes the allocation among Member States of the fishing opportunities obtained under the Fisheries Partnership Agreement                              between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

(2)Article 1(1)(h) stipulates that the fishing opportunities in Category 8 ‘Non-freezer pelagic vessels’ may in case of non-utilisation                              be transferred to Category 7 ‘Pelagic freezer trawler’ according to the method of allocation of that category.

(3)On 28 August 2014, Ireland confirmed to the Commission that it will not make full use of the fishing opportunities allocated                              to it in Category 8.

(4)All the conditions for reallocation of non-utilised fishing opportunities laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008                              in combination with the provisions of Article 1(1)(h) of Regulation (EU) No 1259/2012 are fulfilled,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

# Sole ArticleU.K.

The fishing opportunities of Category 8 and notably the 15 000 tonnes of catch limits are transferred and reallocated to the                     following Member States according to the allocation key as defined in Article 1(1)(g) of Regulation (EU) No 1259/2012 for                     Category 7 for the period from 1 October 2014 to 15 December 2014, end of the current protocol.                  

Done at Brussels, 5 November 2014.

*For the Commission,*                            

*On behalf of the President,*                            

Lowri Evans                            

*Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries*                            

1

OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 33.                           

2

Council Regulation (EU) No 1259/2012 of 3 December 2012 on the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Protocol                              setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between                              the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for a period of two years, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1801/2006                              (OJ L 361, 31.12.2012, p. 87).