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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 323/2013 of 9 April 2013 adding to the 2013 fishing quotas certain quantities withheld            in the year 2012 pursuant to Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96         

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# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 323/2013                     

# of 9 April 2013

# adding to the 2013 fishing quotas certain quantities withheld in the year 2012 pursuant to Article 4(2) of Council Regulation                        (EC) No 847/96                     

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management                           of TACs and quotas(1), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)According to Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, Member States may ask the Commission, before 31 October of the year                              of application of a fishing quota allocated to them, to withhold a maximum of 10 % of that quota to be transferred to the                              following year. The Commission is to add to the relevant quota the quantity withheld.

(2)Council Regulation (EU) No 1225/2010 of 13 December 2010 fixing for 2011 and 2012 the fishing opportunities for EU vessels                              for fish stocks of certain deep-sea fish species(2), Council Regulation (EU) No 1256/2011 of 30 November 2011 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks                              and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) No 1124/2010(3), Council Regulation (EU) No 5/2012 of 19 December 2011 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks                              and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Black Sea(4), Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available to EU vessels                              for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are not subject to international negotiations or agreements(5) and Council Regulation (EU) No 44/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters                              and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international                              negotiations or agreements(6), fix fishing quotas for certain stocks for 2012 and specify which stocks may be subject to the measures provided for in Regulation                              (EC) No 847/96.

(3)Council Regulation (EU) No 1262/2012 of 20 December 2012 fixing for 2013 and 2014 the fishing opportunities for EU vessels                              for certain deep-sea fish stocks(7), Council Regulation (EU) No 1088/2012 of 20 November 2012 fixing for 2013 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks                              and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea(8), Council Regulation (EU) No 1261/2012 of 20 December 2012 fixing for 2013 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks                              and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Black Sea(9), Council Regulation (EU) No 39/2013 of 21 January 2013 fixing for 2013 the fishing opportunities available to EU vessels                              for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are not subject to international negotiations or agreements(10) and Council Regulation (EU) No 40/2013 of 21 January 2013 fixing for 2013 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters                              and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international                              negotiations or agreements(11), fix fishing quotas for certain stocks for 2013.

(4)Certain Member States have requested, before 31 October of 2012, pursuant to Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, that                              part of their quotas for 2012 be withheld and transferred to the following year. Within the limits indicated in that Regulation,                              the quantities withheld should be added to the quota for 2013.

(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

The fishing quotas fixed for 2013 in Regulations (EU) No 1262/2012, (EU) No 1088/2012, (EU) No 1261/2012, (EU) No 39/2013                     and (EU) No 40/2013 are increased as set out in the Annex.                  

# Article 2U.K.

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, 9 April 2013.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEXU.K.

1

OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3.                           

2

OJ L 336, 21.12.2010, p. 1.                           

3

OJ L 320, 3.12.2011, p. 3.                           

4

OJ L 3, 6.1.2012, p. 1.                           

5

OJ L 25, 27.1.2012, p. 1.                           

6

OJ L 25, 27.1.2012, p. 55.                           

7

OJ L 356, 22.12.2012, p. 22.                           

8

OJ L 323, 22.11.2012, p. 2.                           

9

OJ L 356, 22.12.2012, p. 19.                           

10

OJ L 23, 25.1.2013, p. 1.                           

11

OJ L 23, 25.1.2013, p. 54.