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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







THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Whereas: (1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy ( 1 ) requires that measures governing access to waters and resources and the sustainable pursuit of fishing activities be established taking into account available scientific, technical and economic advice and, in particular, reports drawn up by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF), as well as in the light of any advice received from Regional Advisory Councils. (2) It is incumbent upon the Council to adopt measures on the fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities, including certain conditions functionally linked thereto, as appropriate. Fishing opportunities should be distributed among Member States in such a way as to assure each Member State relative stability of fishing activities for each stock or fishery and having due regard to the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy established in Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. (3) The total allowable catch (TACs) should be established on the basis of available scientific advice, taking into account biological and socio-economic aspects whilst ensuring fair treatment between fishing sectors, as well as in the light of the opinions expressed during the consultation of stakeholders, in particular at the meetings of the Regional Advisory Councils concerned. (4) For stocks subject to specific multiannual plans, the TACs should be established in accordance with the rules laid down in those plans. Consequently, the TACs for stocks of Southern hake, of Norway lobster, of sole in the Western Channel, of herring to the west of Scotland and of cod in the Kattegat, to the west of Scotland and in the Irish Sea should be established in accordance with the rules laid down in: Council Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 of 20 December 2005 establishing measures for the recovery of the Southern hake and Norway lobster stocks in the Cantabrian Sea and Western Iberian peninsula ( 2 ); Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2007 of 7 May 2007 establishing a multi-annual plan for the sustainable exploitation of the stock of sole in the Western Channel ( 3 ); Council Regulation (EC) No 1300/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing a multi-annual plan for the stock of herring distributed to the west of Scotland and the fisheries exploiting that stock ( 4 ); and Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing a long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting those stocks ( 5 ) (the "Cod Plan"). With regard, however, to the stocks of northern hake (Regulation (EC) No 811/2004 ( 6 ) and sole in the Bay of Biscay (Regulation (EC) No 388/2006 ( 7 ), the minimum targets of the relevant recovery and management plans have been reached and, therefore, it is appropriate to follow scientific advice provided in order to achieve or maintain the TACs at maximum sustainable yield levels, as the case may be. (5) For stocks for which there is no sufficient or reliable data in order to provide size estimates, management measures and TAC levels should follow the precautionary approach to fisheries management as defined in point (i) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, while taking into account stock-specific factors, including, in particular, available information on stock trends and mixed fisheries considerations. (6) In accordance with Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas ( 8 ), the stocks that are subject to the various measures referred to therein should be identified. (7) Where a TAC relating to a stock is allocated to one Member State only, it is appropriate to empower that Member State in accordance with Article 2(1) of the Treaty to determine the level of such TAC. Provisions should be made to ensure that, when fixing that TAC level, the Member State concerned acts in a manner fully consistent with the principles and rules of the Common Fisheries Policy. (8) For certain TACs Member States should be allowed to grant additional allocations for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries. The aim of those trials is to test a catch-quota system, i.e. a system where all catches should be landed and counted against quotas in order to avoid discards and the waste of otherwise usable fish resources they entail. Uncontrolled discards of fish are a threat to the long term sustainability of fish as a public good and thus to the Common Fisheries Policy objectives. By contrast, catch-quota systems inherently present the fishers with an incentive to optimise the catch selectivity of their operations. In order to achieve a rational management of discards, a fully documented fishery should cover every operation at sea, rather than what is landed at port. The conditions for Member States to grant such additional allocations should therefore include an obligation to ensure the use of close circuit television cameras (CCTV) associated to a system of sensors (jointly referred to as "CCTV system"). This should enable the recording, in detail, of all retained and discarded parts of catches. A system based on human observers operating in real time on board would be less efficient, more costly, and less reliable. Consequently, the use of CCTV systems is, at this time, a prerequisite for the achievement of discard reduction schemes such as fully documented fisheries. In the use of such system, the requirements of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data ( 9 ) should be complied with. (9) In order to ensure that trials of fully documented fisheries can effectively evaluate the potential of catch-quota systems to control the absolute fishing mortality of the stocks concerned, it is necessary for all fish caught in those trials, including those under minimum landing size, to be counted against the total allocation assigned to the participating vessel, and for fishing operations to cease when that total allocation has been fully utilised by that vessel. It is also appropriate to allow transfers of allocations between vessels participating in the fully documented fisheries trials and non-participating vessels provided that it can be demonstrated that discards by non-participating vessels do not increase. (10) It is necessary to establish the fishing effort ceilings for 2013 in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005, Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 509/2007, Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008, while taking into account Council Regulation (EC) No 754/2009 of 27 July 2009 excluding certain groups of vessels from the fishing effort regime laid down in Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 ( 10 ). (11) For certain species, such as certain species of sharks, even a limited fishing activity could result in a serious risk to their conservation. Fishing opportunities for such species should therefore be fully restricted through a general prohibition on fishing those species. (12) Since the four TAC areas for the northern stock of hake correspond to the same biological stock, it is appropriate, in order to guarantee full use of the fishing opportunities, to allow the implementation of a flexible arrangement for Member States involved in this fishery between the TAC for IIIa, EU waters of Subdivisions 22-32 and the TAC for EU waters of IIa and IV. (13) Fishing opportunities should be used in full compliance with the applicable law of the Union. (14) The use of fishing opportunities available to EU vessels set out in this Regulation is subject to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy ( 11 ), and in particular to Articles 33 and 34 of that Regulation, concerning the recording of catches and fishing effort and the notification of data on the exhaustion of fishing opportunities. It is therefore necessary to specify the codes to be used by Member States when sending data to the Commission relating to landings of stocks subject to this Regulation. (15) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation concerning the granting to an individual Member State an authorisation to benefit from the system of managing its fishing effort allocations in accordance with a kilowatt days system, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. (16) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission relating to granting of additional days at sea for permanent cessation of fishing activities and for enhanced scientific observer coverage as well as to establishing the formats of spreadsheet for the collection and transmission of information concerning transfer of days at sea between fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers ( 12 ). (17) In order to avoid the interruption of fishing activities and to ensure the livelihood of the fishermen of the Union, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2013, except for the provisions concerning fishing effort limits, which should apply from 1 February 2013. For reasons of urgency, this Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication, Whereas: HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:







TITLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Subject matter

1. This Regulation fixes 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.

2. The fishing opportunities referred to in paragraph 1 shall include:

(a) catch limits for the year 2013;

(b) fishing effort limits for the period from 1 February 2013 to 31 January 2014.

Article 2

Scope

This Regulation shall apply to EU vessels.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

(a) 'EU vessel' means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;

(b) 'EU waters' means waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Member States with the exception of waters adjacent to the overseas countries and territories listed in Annex II to the Treaty;

(c) 'total allowable catch' (TAC) means the quantity that can be taken and landed from each fish stock each year;

(d) 'quota' means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union or a Member State;

(e) 'international waters' means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State;

(f) 'mesh size' means the mesh size of fishing nets as determined in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 517/2008 ( 13 );

(g) 'EU fishing fleet register' means the register set up by the Commission in accordance with Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

(h) 'fishing logbook' means the logbook referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;

(i) 'analytical assessments' means a quantitative evaluation of trends in a given stock, based on data about the stock’s biology and exploitation, which scientific review has indicated to be of sufficient quality to provide scientific advice on options for future catches.

Article 4

Fishing zones

For the purposes of this Regulation the following zone definitions shall apply:

(a) ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) zones are the geographical areas specified in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 ( 14 );

(b) 'Skagerrak' means the geographical area bounded on the west by a line drawn from the Hanstholm lighthouse to the Lindesnes lighthouse and on the south by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast;

(c) 'Kattegat' means the geographical area bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast and on the south by a line drawn from Hasenøre to Gnibens Spids, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg and from Gilbjerg Hoved to Kullen;

(d) 'Functional Unit 16 of ICES Subarea VII' means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions: 53° 30′ N 15° 00′ W, 53° 30′ N 11° 00′ W, 51° 30′ N 11° 00′ W, 51° 30′ N 13° 00′ W, 51° 00′ N 13° 00′ W, 51° 00′ N 15° 00′ W, 53° 30′ N 15° 00′ W;

(e) 'Gulf of Cádiz' means the geographical area of ICES division IXa east of longitude 7° 23′ 48″ W;

(f) CECAF (Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries) areas are the geographical areas specified in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 ( 15 ).







TITLE II

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES

Article 5

TACs and allocations

The TACs for EU vessels in EU waters or in certain non-EU waters and the allocation of such TACs among Member States, and the conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate, are set out in Annex I.

Article 6

TACs to be determined by Member States

1. The TACs for certain fish stocks shall be determined by the Member State concerned. Those stocks are identified in Annex I.

2. The TACs to be determined by a Member State shall:

(a) be consistent with the principles and rules of the Common Fisheries Policy, in particular the principle of sustainable exploitation of the stock; and

(b) result: (i) if analytical assessments are available, in the exploitation of the stock consistent with maximum sustainable yield from 2015 onwards, with as high a probability as possible; (ii) if analytical assessments are unavailable or incomplete, in the exploitation of the stock consistent with the precautionary approach to fisheries management.

3. By 15 March 2013, each Member State concerned shall submit to the Commission the following information:

(a) the TACs adopted;

(b) the data collected and assessed by the Member State concerned on which the TACs adopted are based;

(c) details on how the TACs adopted comply with paragraph 2.

Article 7

Additional allocations for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries

1. For certain stocks, a Member State may grant an additional allocation to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries. Those stocks are identified in Annex I.

2. The additional allocation referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed the overall limit set out in Annex I as a percentage of the quota allocated to that Member State.

3. The additional allocation referred to in paragraph 1 shall comply with the following conditions:

(a) the vessel makes use of close circuit television cameras (CCTV) associated to a system of sensors (jointly referred to as "the CCTV system") to record all on board fishing and processing activities;

(b) the additional allocation granted to an individual vessel that participates in trials on fully documented fisheries shall not exceed any of the following limits: (i) 75 % of the discards of the stock, as estimated by the relevant Member State, produced by the type of vessel to which the individual vessel that has been granted the additional allocation belongs. (ii) 30 % of the vessel’s individual allocation prior to participating in the trials.

(c) all catches by the vessel from the stock subject to the additional allocation, including fish that are under minimum landing size as defined in Annex XII of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, shall be counted against the individual allocation of the vessel, as resulting from any additional allocation granted under this Article.

(d) once the individual allocation for any stock subject to the additional allocation has been fully utilised by a vessel, the vessel in question must cease all fishing activity in the relevant TAC area.

(e) in respect of the stocks for which this Article may be used, the Member States may allow transfers of the individual allocation or any part thereof from vessels not participating in the fully documented fisheries trials to vessels participating in those trials provided that it can be demonstrated that discards by the non-participating vessels do not increase.

4. Notwithstanding point (i) of point (b) of paragraph 3, a Member State may exceptionally grant to a vessel flying its flag an additional allocation exceeding 75 % of the estimated discards of the stock produced by the type of vessel to which the individual vessel that has been granted the additional allocation belongs, provided that:

(a) the rate of stock discards, as estimated for the relevant type of vessel, is less than 10 %;

(b) the inclusion of that type of vessel is important to evaluate the potential of the CCTV system for control purposes;

(c) an overall limit of 75 % of the estimated stock discards produced by all vessels participating in the trials is not exceeded.

5. To the extent that the recordings obtained in accordance with point (a) of paragraph 3 involve the processing of personal data within the meaning of Directive 95/46/EC, that Directive shall apply to the processing of such data.

6. Where a Member State detects that a vessel participating in trials on fully documented fisheries fails to comply with the conditions set out in paragraph 3, it shall immediately withdraw the additional allocation granted to that vessel and exclude it from participation in those trials for the remainder of the year 2013.

7. Prior to granting the additional allocation referred to in paragraphs 1 to 6, a Member State shall submit to the Commission the following information:

(a) the list of vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries;

(b) the specifications of the remote electronic monitoring equipment installed on board those vessels;

(c) the capacity, type and specification of gears used by those vessels;

(d) the estimated discards for each type of vessel participating in the trials;

(e) the amount of catches of the stock subject to the relevant TAC made in 2012 by the vessels participating in the trials.

8. The Commission may request any Member State that avails itself of this Article to submit its assessment of the discards produced per type of vessel to a scientific advisory body for review, in order to monitor the implementation of the requirement set out in point (i) of point (b) of paragraph 3. In the absence of an assessment confirming such discards, the Member State concerned shall take any appropriate measure to ensure compliance with that requirement and inform the Commission thereof.

Article 8

Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

Fish from stocks for which TACs are established shall be retained on board or landed only if:

(a) the catches have been taken by vessels flying the flag of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted; or

(b) the catches consist of a share in a EU quota which has not been allocated by quota among Member States, and that EU quota has not been exhausted.

Article 9

Fishing effort limits

From 1 February 2013 to 31 January 2014, the fishing effort measures laid down in:

(a) Annex IIA, shall apply for the management of cod stocks in the Kattegat, ICES divisions VIIa and VIa, and EU waters of ICES division Vb;

(b) Annex IIB, shall apply for the recovery of hake and Norway lobster in ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa, with the exception of the Gulf of Cádiz;

(c) Annex IIC, shall apply for the management of the sole stock in ICES division VIIe.

Article 10

Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities

1. The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States as set out in this Regulation shall be without prejudice to:

(a) exchanges made pursuant to Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

(b) reallocations made pursuant to Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 or pursuant to Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 ( 16 );

(c) additional landings allowed under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;

(d) quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;

(e) deductions made pursuant to Articles 37, 105, 106 and 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

2. Except where otherwise specified in Annex I to this Regulation, Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall apply to stocks subject to precautionary TAC and Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of that Regulation shall apply to stocks subject to analytical TAC.

Article 11

Closed fishing season

1. It shall be prohibited to fish or retain on board any of the following species in the Porcupine Bank during the period from 1 May to 31 May 2013: cod, megrims, anglerfish, haddock, whiting, hake, Norway lobster, plaice, pollack, saithe, skates and rays, common sole and spurdog.

2. For the purposes of this Article, the Porcupine Bank shall comprise the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:







Point Latitude Longitude 1 52° 27′ N 12° 19′ W 2 52° 40′ N 12° 30′ W 3 52° 47′ N 12° 39,600′ W 4 52° 47′ N 12° 56′ W 5 52° 13,5′ N 13° 53,830′ W 6 51° 22′ N 14° 24′ W 7 51° 22′ N 14° 03′ W 8 52° 10′ N 13° 25′ W 9 52° 32′ N 13° 07,500′ W 10 52° 43′ N 12° 55′ W 11 52° 43′ N 12° 43′ W 12 52° 38,800′ N 12° 37′ W 13 52° 27′ N 12° 23′ W 14 52° 27′ N 12° 19′ W

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, transit through the Porcupine Bank while carrying on board the species referred to in that paragraph, shall be permitted in accordance with Article 50(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

Article 12

Prohibitions

1. It shall be prohibited for EU vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship or to land the following species:

(a) basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in all waters;

(b) porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in all waters, except where it is provided otherwise in Annex I Part B;

(c) angel shark (Squatina squatina) in EU waters;

(d) common skate (Dipturus batis) in EU waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;

(e) undulate ray (Raja undulata) and white skate (Raja alba) in EU waters of ICES subareas VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;

(f) guitarfishes (Rhinobatidae) in EU waters of ICES subareas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XII;

(g) giant manta ray (Manta birostris) in all waters.

2. When accidentally caught, species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.

Article 13

Data transmission

When, pursuant to Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Member States submit to the Commission data relating to landings of quantities of stocks caught, they shall use the stock codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation.







TITLE III

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 14

Committee procedure

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture established by Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

Article 15

Entry into force and application

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2013.

However, Article 9 shall apply from 1 February 2013.

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









LIST OF ANNEXES

ANNEX I : TACs applicable to EU vessels in areas where TACs exist by species and by area: Part A : General provisions Part B : Kattegat, ICES subareas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV, EU waters of CECAF, French Guiana waters

ANNEX IIA : Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the management of cod stocks in the Kattegat, ICES divisions VIa and VIIa, and EU waters of ICES division Vb

ANNEX IIB : Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the recovery of certain Southern hake and Norway lobster stocks in ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cádiz

ANNEX IIC : Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the management of Western Channel sole stocks in ICES division VIIe









ANNEX I

TACs APPLICABLE TO EU VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA

PART A

General provisions

The tables in Part B of this Annex set out the TACs and quotas (in tonnes live weight, except where otherwise specified) by stock, and conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate.

All fishing opportunities set out in this Annex shall be subject to the rules set out in Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and in particular Articles 33 and 34 of that Regulation.

The references to fishing zones are references to ICES zones, unless otherwise specified.Within each area, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following comparative table of Latin names and common names is provided:







Scientific name Alpha-3 code Common name Amblyraja radiata RJR Starry ray Ammodytes spp. SAN Sandeels Argentina silus ARU Greater silver smelt Beryx spp. ALF Alfonsinos Brosme brosme USK Tusk Caproidae BOR Boarfish Centrophorus squamosus GUQ Leafscale gulper shark Centroscymnus coelolepis CYO Portuguese dogfish Chaceon spp. GER Deep sea red crab Champsocephalus gunnari ANI Mackerel icefish Chionoecetes spp. PCR Snow crab Clupea harengus HER Herring Coryphaenoides rupestris RNG Roundnose grenadier Dalatias licha SCK Kitefin shark Deania calcea DCA Birdbeak dogfish Dipturus batis RJB Common skate Dissostichus eleginoides TOP Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni TOA Antarctic toothfish Engraulis encrasicolus ANE Anchovy Etmopterus princeps ETR Great lanternshark Etmopterus pusillus ETP Smooth lanternshark Euphausia superba KRI Krill Gadus morhua COD Cod Galeorhinus galeus GAG Tope shark Glyptocephalus cynoglossus WIT Witch flounder Hippoglossoides platessoides PLA American plaice Hippoglossus hippoglossus HAL Atlantic halibut Hoplostethus atlanticus ORY Orange roughy Illex illecebrosus SQI Shortfin squid Lamna nasus POR Porbeagle Lepidonotothen squamifrons NOS Grey rockcod Lepidorhombus spp. LEZ Megrims Leucoraja naevus RJN Cuckoo ray Limanda ferruginea YEL Yellowtail flounder Limanda limanda DAB Common dab Lophiidae ANF Anglerfish Macrourus spp. GRV Grenadiers Makaira nigricans BUM Blue marlin Mallotus villosus CAP Capelin Manta birostris RMB Giant manta ray Martialia hyadesi SQS Squid Melanogrammus aeglefinus HAD Haddock Merlangius merlangus WHG Whiting Merluccius merluccius HKE Hake Micromesistius poutassou WHB Blue whiting Microstomus kitt LEM Lemon sole Molva dypterygia BLI Blue ling Molva molva LIN Ling Nephrops norvegicus NEP Norway lobster Pandalus borealis PRA Northern prawn Paralomis spp. PAI Crabs Penaeus spp. PEN "Penaeus" shrimps Platichthys flesus FLE European flounder Pleuronectes platessa PLE Plaice Pleuronectiformes FLX Flatfish Pollachius pollachius POL Pollack Pollachius virens POK Saithe Psetta maxima TUR Turbot Raja alba RJA White skate Raja brachyura RJH Blonde ray Raja circularis RJI Sandy ray Raja clavata RJC Thornback ray Raja fullonica RJF Shagreen ray Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis JAD Norwegian skate Raja microocellata RJE Small-eyed ray Raja montagui RJM Spotted ray Raja undulata RJU Undulate ray Rajiformes SRX Skates and rays Reinhardtius hippoglossoides GHL Greenland halibut Scomber scombrus MAC Mackerel Scophthalmus rhombus BLL Brill Sebastes spp. RED Redfish Solea solea SOL Common sole Solea spp. SOO Sole Sprattus sprattus SPR Sprat Squalus acanthias DGS Spurdog/dogfish Tetrapturus albidus WHM White marlin Thunnus maccoyii SBF Southern bluefin tuna Thunnus obesus BET Bigeye tuna Thunnus thynnus BFT Bluefin tuna Trachurus murphyi CJM Jack mackerel Trachurus spp. JAX Horse mackerel Trisopterus esmarkii NOP Norway pout Urophycis tenuis HKW White hake Xiphias gladius SWO Swordfish

The following comparative table of common names and Latin names is provided exclusively for explanatory purposes:







Alfonsinos ALF Beryx spp. American plaice PLA Hippoglossoides platessoides Anchovy ANE Engraulis encrasicolus Anglerfish ANF Lophiidae Antarctic toothfish TOA Dissostichus mawsoni Atlantic halibut HAL Hippoglossus hippoglossus Bigeye tuna BET Thunnus obesus Birdbeak dogfish DCA Deania calcea Blonde ray RJH Raja brachyura Blue ling BLI Molva dypterygia Blue marlin BUM Makaira nigricans Blue whiting WHB Micromesistius poutassou Bluefin tuna BFT Thunnus thynnus Boarfish BOR Caproidae Brill BLL Scophthalmus rhombus Capelin CAP Mallotus villosus Cod COD Gadus morhua Common dab DAB Limanda limanda Common skate RJB Dipturus batis Common sole SOL Solea solea Crabs PAI Paralomis spp. Cuckoo ray RJN Leucoraja naevus Deep sea red crab GER Chaceon spp. European flounder FLE Platichthys flesus Flatfish FLX Pleuronectiformes Giant manta ray RMB Manta birostris Great lanternshark ETR Etmopterus princeps Greater silver smelt ARU Argentina silus Greenland halibut GHL Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Grenadiers GRV Macrourus spp. Grey rockcod NOS Lepidonotothen squamifrons Haddock HAD Melanogrammus aeglefinus Hake HKE Merluccius merluccius Herring HER Clupea harengus Horse mackerel JAX Trachurus spp. Jack mackerel CJM Trachurus murphyi Kitefin shark SCK Dalatias licha Krill KRI Euphausia superba Leafscale gulper shark GUQ Centrophorus squamosus Lemon sole LEM Microstomus kitt Ling LIN Molva molva Mackerel MAC Scomber scombrus Mackerel icefish ANI Champsocephalus gunnari Megrims LEZ Lepidorhombus spp. Northern prawn PRA Pandalus borealis Norway lobster NEP Nephrops norvegicus Norway pout NOP Trisopterus esmarkii Norwegian skate JAD Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis Orange roughy ORY Hoplostethus atlanticus Patagonian toothfish TOP Dissostichus eleginoides "Penaeus" shrimps PEN Penaeus spp. Plaice PLE Pleuronectes platessa Pollack POL Pollachius pollachius Porbeagle POR Lamna nasus Portuguese dogfish CYO Centroscymnus coelolepis Redfish RED Sebastes spp. Roundnose grenadier RNG Coryphaenoides rupestris Saithe POK Pollachius virens Sandeels SAN Ammodytes spp. Sandy ray RJI Raja circularis Shagreen ray RJF Raja fullonica Shortfin squid SQI Illex illecebrosus Skates and rays SRX Rajiformes Small-eyed ray RJE Raja microocellata Smooth lanternshark ETP Etmopterus pusillus Snow crab PCR Chionoecetes spp. Sole SOO Solea spp. Southern bluefin tuna SBF Thunnus maccoyii Spotted ray RJM Raja montagui Sprat SPR Sprattus sprattus Spurdog/dogfish DGS Squalus acanthias Squid SQS Martialia hyadesi Starry ray RJR Amblyraja radiata Swordfish SWO Xiphias gladius Thornback ray RJC Raja clavata Tope shark GAG Galeorhinus galeus Turbot TUR Psetta maxima Tusk USK Brosme brosme Undulate ray RJU Raja undulata White hake HKW Urophycis tenuis White marlin WHM Tetrapturus albidus White skate RJA Raja alba Whiting WHG Merlangius merlangus Witch flounder WIT Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Yellowtail flounder YEL Limanda ferruginea

PART B

Kattegat, ICES subareas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV, EU waters of CECAF, French Guiana waters







Species: Greater silver smelt Argentina silus Zone: EU and international waters of I and II (ARU/1/2.) Germany 24 Analytical TAC France 8 The Netherlands 19 United Kingdom 39 Union 90 TAC 90







Species: Greater silver smelt Argentina silus Zone: EU waters of III and IV (ARU/34-C) Denmark 911 Analytical TAC Germany 9 France 7 Ireland 7 The Netherlands 43 Sweden 35 United Kingdom 16 Union 1 028 TAC 1 028







Species: Greater silver smelt Argentina silus Zone: EU and international waters of V, VI and VII (ARU/567.) Germany 329 Analytical TAC France 7 Ireland 305 The Netherlands 3 434 United Kingdom 241 Union 4 316 TAC 4 316







Species: Tusk Brosme brosme Zone: IIIa; EU waters of Subdivisions 22-32 (USK/3A/BCD) Denmark 15 Analytical TAC Sweden 7 Germany 7 Union 29 TAC 29







Species: Boarfish Caproidae Zone: EU and international waters of VI, VII and VIII (BOR/678-) Denmark 20 123 Precautionary TAC Ireland 56 666 United Kingdom 5 211 Union 82 000 TAC 82 000







Species: Herring Clupea harengus Zone: VIaS (1), VIIb, VIIc (HER/6AS7BC) Ireland 1 364 Analytical TACArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. The Netherlands 136 Union 1 500 TAC 1 500 (1) Reference is to the herring stock in VIa south of 56° 00′ N and west of 07° 00′ W.







Species: Herring Clupea harengus Zone: VI Clyde (1) (HER/06ACL.) United Kingdom To be established (2) Precautionary TAC Union To be established (3) TAC To be established (3) (1) Clyde stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime area situated to the north-east of a line drawn between: the Mull of Kintyre and Corsewall Point. — the Mull of Kintyre (55°19′N, 05°48′W); — a point at position (55°04′N, 05°23′W) and; — Corsewall Point (55°01′N, 05°10′W). (2) Article 6 of this Regulation applies. (3) Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 2.







Species: Herring Clupea harengus Zone: VIIa (1) (HER/07A/MM) Ireland 1 300 Analytical TAC United Kingdom 3 693 Union 4 993 TAC 4 993 (1) This zone is reduced by the area bounded: — to the north by latitude 52° 30’ N, — to the south by latitude 52° 00’ N, — to the west by the coast of Ireland, — to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.







Species: Herring Clupea harengus Zone: VIIe and VIIf (HER/7EF.) France 465 Precautionary TAC United Kingdom 465 Union 931 TAC 931







Species: Herring Clupea harengus Zone: VIIg (1), VIIh (1), VIIj (1) and VIIk (1) (HER/7G-K.) Germany 191 Analytical TAC France 1 062 Ireland 14 864 The Netherlands 1 062 United Kingdom 21 Union 17 200 TAC 17 200 (1) This zone is increased by the area bounded: — to the north by latitude 52° 30′ N, — to the south by latitude 52° 00′ N, — to the west by the coast of Ireland, — to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.







Species: Anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus Zone: IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (ANE/9/3411) Spain 4 198 Precautionary TAC Portugal 4 580 Union 8 778 TAC 8 778







Species: Cod Gadus morhua Zone: Kattegat (COD/03AS.) Denmark 62 (1) Analytical TAC Germany 1 (1) Sweden 37 (1) Union 100 (1) TAC 100 (1) (1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.







Species: Cod Gadus morhua Zone: VIb; EU and international waters of Vb west of 12° 00′ W and of XII and XIV (COD/5W6-14) Belgium 0 Precautionary TAC Germany 1 France 12 Ireland 16 United Kingdom 45 Union 74 TAC 74







Species: Cod Gadus morhua Zone: VIa; EU and international waters of Vb east of 12° 00′ W (COD/5BE6A) Belgium 0 Analytical TAC Germany 0 France 0 Ireland 0 United Kingdom 0 Union 0 TAC 0 (1) (1) By-catch of cod in the area covered by this TAC may be landed provided that it does not comprise more than 1,5 % of the live weight of the total catch retained on board per fishing trip.







Species: Cod Gadus morhua Zone: VIIa (COD/07A.) Belgium 4 Analytical TAC France 10 Ireland 188 The Netherlands 1 United Kingdom 82 Union 285 TAC 285







Species: Cod Gadus morhua Zone: VIIb, VIIc, VIIe-k, VIII, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (COD/7XAD34) Belgium 456 Analytical TACArticle 11 of this Regulation applies. France 7 459 Ireland 1 479 The Netherlands 2 United Kingdom 804 Union 10 200 TAC 10 200







Species: Porbeagle Lamna nasus Zone: French Guiana waters, Kattegat; EU waters of Skagerrak, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2 (POR/3-1234) Denmark 0 (1) Analytical TACArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. France 0 (1) Germany 0 (1) Ireland 0 (1) Spain 0 (1) United Kingdom 0 (1) Union 0 (1) TAC 0 (1) (1) When accidentally caught, this species shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.







Species: Megrims Lepidorhombus spp. Zone: EU waters of IIa and IV (LEZ/2AC4-C) Belgium 6 Analytical TAC Denmark 5 Germany 5 France 32 The Netherlands 25 United Kingdom 1 864 Union 1 937 TAC 1 937







Species: Megrims Lepidorhombus spp. Zone: EU and international waters of Vb; VI; international waters of XII and XIV (LEZ/56-14) Spain 385 Analytical TAC France 1 501 Ireland 439 United Kingdom 1 062 Union 3 387 TAC 3 387







Species: Megrims Lepidorhombus spp. Zone: VII (LEZ/07.) Belgium 470 (1) Analytical TACArticle 11 of this Regulation applies. Spain 5 216 (1) France 6 329 (1) Ireland 2 878 (1) United Kingdom 2 492 (1) Union 17 385 TAC 17 385 (1) In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 1 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, pursuant to Article 7 of this Regulation.







Species: Megrims Lepidorhombus spp. Zone: VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (LEZ/8ABDE.) Spain 950 Analytical TAC France 766 Union 1 716 TAC 1 716







Species: Megrims Lepidorhombus spp. Zone: VIIIc, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (LEZ/8C3411) Spain 1 121 Analytical TAC France 56 Portugal 37 Union 1 214 TAC 1 214







Species: Anglerfish Lophiidae Zone: VI; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (ANF/56-14) Belgium 177 Precautionary TAC Germany 202 Spain 189 France 2 179 Ireland 492 The Netherlands 170 United Kingdom 1 515 Union 4 924 TAC 4 924







Species: Anglerfish Lophiidae Zone: VII (ANF/07.) Belgium 2 693 (1) (2) Analytical TACArticle 11 of this Regulation applies. Germany 300 (1) (2) Spain 1 070 (1) (2) France 17 282 (1) (2) Ireland 2 209 (1) (2) The Netherlands 349 (1) (2) United Kingdom 5 241 (1) (2) Union 29 144 (1) TAC 29 144 (1) (1) Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (ANF/*8ABDE). (2) In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 1 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, pursuant to Article 7 of this Regulation.







Species: Anglerfish Lophiidae Zone: VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (ANF/8ABDE.) Spain 1 190 Analytical TAC France 6 619 Union 7 809 TAC 7 809







Species: Anglerfish Lophiidae Zone: VIIIc, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (ANF/8C3411) Spain 2 063 Analytical TAC France 2 Portugal 410 Union 2 475 TAC 2 475







Species: Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus Zone: EU and international waters of Vb and Via (HAD/5BC6A.) Belgium 5 Analytical TAC Germany 6 France 232 Ireland 690 United Kingdom 3 278 Union 4 211 TAC 4 211







Species: Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus Zone: VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (HAD/7X7A34) Belgium 157 (1) Analytical TACArticle 11 of this Regulation applies. France 9 432 (1) Ireland 3 144 (1) United Kingdom 1 415 (1) Union 14 148 (1) TAC 14 148 (1) In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 5 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, pursuant to Article 7 of this Regulation.







Species: Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus Zone: VIIa (HAD/07A.) Belgium 19 Analytical TAC France 86 Ireland 515 United Kingdom 569 Union 1 189 TAC 1 189







Species: Whiting Merlangius merlangus Zone: VI; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (WHG/56-14) Germany 2 Analytical TAC France 36 Ireland 87 United Kingdom 167 Union 292 TAC 292







Species: Whiting Merlangius merlangus Zone: VIIa (WHG/07A.) Belgium 0 Analytical TAC France 3 Ireland 49 The Netherlands 0 United Kingdom 32 Union 84 TAC 84







Species: Whiting Merlangius merlangus Zone: VIIb, VIIc, VIId, VIIe, VIIf, VIIg, VIIh, VIIj and VIIk (WHG/7X7A-C) Belgium 239 Analytical TACArticle 11 of this Regulation applies. France 14 700 Ireland 6 812 The Netherlands 120 United Kingdom 2 629 Union 24 500 TAC 24 500







Species: Whiting Merlangius merlangus Zone: VIII (WHG/08.) Spain 1 270 Precautionary TAC France 1 905 Union 3 175 TAC 3 175







Species: Whiting Merlangius merlangus Zone: IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (WHG/9/3411) Portugal To be established (1) Precautionary TAC Union To be established (2) TAC To be established (2) (1) Article 6 of this Regulation applies. (2) Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 1.







Species: Hake Merluccius merluccius Zone: IIIa; EU waters of Subdivisions 22-32 (HKE/3A/BCD) Denmark 1 531 (2) Analytical TAC Sweden 130 (2) Union 1 661 TAC 1 661 (1) (1) Within an overall TAC of 55 105 tonnes for the northern stock of hake. (2) Transfers of this quota may be effected to EU waters of IIa and IV. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission.







Species: Hake Merluccius merluccius Zone: EU waters of IIa and IV (HKE/2AC4-C) Belgium 28 Analytical TAC Denmark 1 119 Germany 128 France 248 The Netherlands 64 United Kingdom 348 Union 1 935 TAC 1 935 (1) (1) Within an overall TAC of 55 105 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.







Species: Hake Merluccius merluccius Zone: VI and VII; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (HKE/571214) Belgium 284 (1) (3) Analytical TACArticle 11 of this Regulation applies. Spain 9 109 (3) France 14 067 (1) (3) Ireland 1 704 (3) The Netherlands 183 (1) (3) United Kingdom 5 553 (1) (3) Union 30 900 TAC 30 900 (2) (1) Transfers of this quota may be effected to EU waters of IIa and IV. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission. (2) Within an overall TAC of 55 105 tonnes for the northern stock of hake. (3) In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 1 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, pursuant to Article 7 of this Regulation. Special condition: Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:



VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (HKE/*8ABDE) Belgium 37 Spain 1 469 France 1 469 Ireland 184 The Netherlands 18 United Kingdom 827 Union 4 004







Species: Hake Merluccius merluccius Zone: VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (HKE/8ABDE.) Belgium 9 (1) Analytical TAC Spain 6 341 France 14 241 The Netherlands 18 (1) Union 20 609 TAC 20 609 (2) (1) Transfers of this quota may be effected to IV and EU waters of IIa. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission. (2) Within an overall TAC of 55 105 tonnes for the northern stock of hake. Special condition: Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:



VI and VII; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (HKE/*57-14) Belgium 2 Spain 1 837 France 3 305 The Netherlands 6 Union 5 150







Species: Hake Merluccius merluccius Zone: VIIIc, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (HKE/8C3411) Spain 9 051 Analytical TAC France 869 Portugal 4 224 Union 14 144 TAC 14 144







Species: Blue ling Molva dypterygia Zone: International waters of XII (BLI/12INT-) Estonia 2 (1) Precautionary TAC Spain 739 (1) France 18 (1) Lithuania 7 (1) United Kingdom 7 (1) Others 2 (1) Union 774 (1) TAC 774 (1) (1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.







Species: Blue ling Molva dypterygia Zone: EU and international waters of II and IV (BLI/24-) Denmark 4 Precautionary TAC Germany 4 Ireland 4 France 23 United Kingdom 14 Others (1) 4 Union 53 TAC 53 (1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.







Species: Blue ling Molva dypterygia Zone: EU and international waters of III (BLI/03-) Denmark 3 Precautionary TAC Germany 2 Sweden 3 Union 8 TAC 8







Species: Ling Molva molva Zone: IIIa; EU waters of IIIbcd (LIN/3A/BCD) Belgium 6 (1) Analytical TAC Denmark 50 Germany 6 (1) Sweden 19 United Kingdom 6 (1) Union 87 TAC 87 (1) Quota may be fished in EU waters of IIIa and EU waters of IIIbcd only.







Species: Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus Zone: EU waters of Iia and IV (NEP/2AC4-C) Belgium 908 Analytical TAC Denmark 908 Germany 13 France 27 The Netherlands 467 United Kingdom 15 027 Union 17 350 TAC 17 350







Species: Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus Zone: VI; EU and international waters of Vb (NEP/5BC6.) Spain 34 Analytical TAC France 135 Ireland 226 United Kingdom 16 295 Union 16 690 TAC 16 690







Species: Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus Zone: VII (NEP/07.) Spain 1 384 (1) Analytical TACArticle 11 of this Regulation applies. France 5 609 (1) Ireland 8 506 (1) United Kingdom 7 566 (1) Union 23 065 (1) TAC 23 065 (1) ( 1 ) Special condition: of which no more than the following quotas may be taken in Functional Unit 16 of ICES Subarea VII (NEP/*07U16):



Spain 543 France 340 Ireland 653 United Kingdom 264 Union 1 800







Species: Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus Zone: VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (NEP/8ABDE.) Spain 234 Analytical TAC France 3 665 Union 3 899 TAC 3 899







Species: Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus Zone: VIIIc (NEP/08C.) Spain 71 Analytical TAC France 3 Union 74 TAC 74







Species: Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus Zone: IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (NEP/9/3411) Spain 62 Analytical TAC Portugal 184 Union 246 TAC 246







Species: "Penaeus" shrimps Penaeus spp. Zone: French Guiana waters (PEN/FGU.) France To be established (1) (2) Precautionary TAC Union To be established (2) (3) TAC To be established (2) (3) (1) Article 6 of this Regulation applies. (2) Fishing for shrimps Penaeus subtilis and Penaeus brasiliensis is prohibited in waters less than 30 metres deep. (3) Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 1.







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: VI; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (PLE/56-14) France 9 Precautionary TAC Ireland 261 United Kingdom 388 Union 658 TAC 658







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: VIIa (PLE/07A.) Belgium 42 Analytical TAC France 18 Ireland 1 063 The Netherlands 13 United Kingdom 491 Union 1 627 TAC 1 627







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: VIIb and VIIc (PLE/7BC.) France 11 Precautionary TACArticle 11 of this Regulation applies. Ireland 63 Union 74 TAC 74







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: VIId and VIIe (PLE/7DE.) Belgium 1 047 (1) Analytical TAC France 3 491 (1) United Kingdom 1 862 (1) Union 6 400 TAC 6 400 (1) In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 1 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, pursuant to Article 7 of this Regulation.







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: VIIf and VIIg (PLE/7FG.) Belgium 46 Analytical TAC France 83 Ireland 197 United Kingdom 43 Union 369 TAC 369







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: VIIh, VIIj and VIIk (PLE/7HJK.) Belgium 9 Analytical TACArticle 11 of this Regulation applies. France 18 Ireland 61 The Netherlands 35 United Kingdom 18 Union 141 TAC 141







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: VIII, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (PLE/8/3411) Spain 66 Precautionary TAC France 263 Portugal 66 Union 395 TAC 395







Species: Pollack Pollachius pollachius Zone: VI; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (POL/56-14) Spain 6 Precautionary TAC France 190 Ireland 56 United Kingdom 145 Union 397 TAC 397







Species: Pollack Pollachius pollachius Zone: VII (POL/07.) Belgium 420 Precautionary TACArticle 11 of this Regulation applies. Spain 25 France 9 667 Ireland 1 030 United Kingdom 2 353 Union 13 495 TAC 13 495







Species: Pollack Pollachius pollachius Zone: VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (POL/8ABDE.) Spain 252 Precautionary TAC France 1 230 Union 1 482 TAC 1 482







Species: Pollack Pollachius pollachius Zone: VIIIc (POL/08C.) Spain 208 Precautionary TAC France 23 Union 231 TAC 231







Species: Pollack Pollachius pollachius Zone: IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (POL/9/3411) Spain 273 (1) Precautionary TAC Portugal 9 (1) Union 282 (1) TAC 282 (1) Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in EU waters of VIIIc (POL/*08C.).







Species: Saithe Pollachius virens Zone: VII, VIII, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (POK/7/3411) Belgium 6 Precautionary TACArticle 11 of this Regulation applies. France 1 245 Ireland 1 491 United Kingdom 434 Union 3 176 TAC 3 176







Species: Skates and rays Rajiformes Zone: EU waters of IIa and IV (SRX/2AC4-C) Belgium 211 (1) (2) (3) Precautionary TAC Denmark 8 (1) (2) (3) Germany 10 (1) (2) (3) France 33 (1) (2) (3) The Netherlands 180 (1) (2) (3) United Kingdom 814 (1) (2) (3) Union 1 256 (1) (3) TAC 1 256 (3) (1) Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/2AC4-C), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/2AC4-C), blonde ray (Raja adiate an) (RJH/2AC4-C), spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/2AC4-C) and starry ray (Amblyraja adiate) (RJR/2AC4-C) shall be reported separately. (2) By-catch quota. These species shall not comprise more than 25 % by live weight of the catch retained on board per fishing trip. This condition applies only to vessels over 15 metres’ length overall. (3) Shall not apply to common skate (Dipturus batis). When accidentally caught, that species shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released. Fishermen shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of the species.







Species: Skates and rays Rajiformes Zone: EU waters of IIIa (SRX/03A-C.) Denmark 41 (1) (2) Precautionary TAC Sweden 11 (1) (2) Union 52 (1) (2) TAC 52 (2) (1) Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/03A-C.), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/03A-C.), spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/03A-C.) and starry ray (Amblyraja radiata) (RJR/03A-C.) shall be reported separately. (2) Shall not apply to common skate (Dipturus batis) and thornback ray (Raja clavata). When accidentally caught, these species shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released. Fishermen shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of the species.







Species: Skates and rays Rajiformes Zone: EU waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k (SRX/67AKXD) Belgium 806 (1) (2) (3) Precautionary TACArticle 11 of this Regulation applies. Estonia 5 (1) (2) (3) France 3 615 (1) (2) (3) Germany 11 (1) (2) (3) Ireland 1 165 (1) (2) (3) Lithuania 19 (1) (2) (3) The Netherlands 3 (1) (2) (3) Portugal 20 (1) (2) (3) Spain 974 (1) (2) (3) United Kingdom 2 306 (1) (2) (3) Union 8 924 (1) (2) (3) TAC 8 924 (2) (1) Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/67AKXD), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/67AKXD), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/67AKXD), spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/67AKXD), small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) (RJE/67AKXD), sandy ray (Raja circularis) (RJI/67AKXD) and shagreen ray (Raja fullonica) (RJF/67AKXD) shall be reported separately. (2) Shall not apply to undulate ray (Raja undulata), common skate (Dipturus batis), Norwegian skate (Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis) and white skate (Raja alba). When accidentally caught, these species shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released. Fishermen shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of the species. (3) Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in EU waters of VIId (SRX/*07D.). Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/*07D.), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/*07D.), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/*07D.), spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/*07D.), small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) (RJE/*07D.), sandy ray (Raja circularis) (RJI/*07D.) and shagreen ray (Raja fullonica) (RJF/*07D.) shall be reported separately.







Species: Skates and rays Rajiformes Zone: EU waters of VIId (SRX/07D.) Belgium 72 (1) (2) (3) Precautionary TAC France 602 (1) (2) (3) The Netherlands 4 (1) (2) (3) United Kingdom 120 (1) (2) (3) Union 798 (1) (2) (3) TAC 798 (2) (1) Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/07D.), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/07D.), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/07D.), spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/07D.), small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) (RJE/07D.) and starry ray (Amblyraja radiata) (RJR/07D.) shall be reported separately. (2) Shall not apply to common skate (Dipturus batis) and undulate ray (Raja undulata). When accidentally caught, these species shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released. Fishermen shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of the species. (3) Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in EU waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k (SRX/*67AKD). Catches of Cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/*67AKD), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/*67AKD), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/*67AKD), spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/*67AKD), small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) (RJE/*67AKD) and starry ray (Amblyraja radiata) (RJR/*67AKD) shall be reported separately.







Species: Skates and rays Rajiformes Zone: EU waters of VIII and IX (SRX/89-C.) Belgium 8 (1) (2) Precautionary TAC France 1 441 (1) (2) Portugal 1 168 (1) (2) Spain 1 175 (1) (2) United Kingdom 8 (1) (2) Union 3 800 (1) (2) TAC 3 800 (2) (1) Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/89-C.), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/89-C.) and thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/89-C.) shall be reported separately. (2) Shall not apply to undulate ray (Raja undulata), common skate (Dipturus batis) and white skate (Raja alba). When accidentally caught, these species shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released. Fishermen shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of the species.







Species: Common sole Solea solea Zone: IIIa; EU waters of Subdivisions 22-32 (SOL/3A/BCD) Denmark 470 Analytical TAC Germany 27 (1) The Netherlands 45 (1) Sweden 18 Union 560 TAC 560 (1) Quota may be fished in EU waters of IIIa, Subdivisions 22-32 only.







Species: Common sole Solea solea Zone: VI; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (SOL/56-14) Ireland 46 Precautionary TAC United Kingdom 11 Union 57 TAC 57







Species: Common sole Solea solea Zone: VIIa (SOL/07A.) Belgium 36 Analytical TACArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. France 0 Ireland 58 The Netherlands 11 United Kingdom 35 Union 140 TAC 140







Species: Common sole Solea solea Zone: VIIb and VIIc (SOL/7BC.) France 6 Precautionary TACArticle 11 of this Regulation applies. Ireland 36 Union 42 TAC 42







Species: Common sole Solea solea Zone: VIId (SOL/07D.) Belgium 1 588 Analytical TAC France 3 177 United Kingdom 1 135 Union 5 900 TAC 5 900







Species: Common sole Solea solea Zone: VIIe (SOL/07E.) Belgium 32 (1) Analytical TAC France 337 (1) United Kingdom 525 (1) Union 894 TAC 894 (1) In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 5 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, pursuant to Article 7 of this Regulation.







Species: Common sole Solea solea Zone: VIIf and VIIg (SOL/7FG.) Belgium 688 Analytical TAC France 69 Ireland 34 United Kingdom 309 Union 1 100 TAC 1 100







Species: Common sole Solea solea Zone: VIIh, VIIj and VIIk (SOL/7HJK.) Belgium 33 Analytical TACArticle 11 of this Regulation applies. France 67 Ireland 181 The Netherlands 54 United Kingdom 67 Union 402 TAC 402







Species: Common sole Solea solea Zone: VIIIa and VIIIb (SOL/8AB.) Belgium 51 Analytical TAC Spain 9 France 3 758 The Netherlands 282 Union 4 100 TAC 4 100







Species: Sole Solea spp. Zone: VIIIc, VIIId, VIIIe, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (SOO/8CDE34) Spain 403 Precautionary TAC Portugal 669 Union 1 072 TAC 1 072







Species: Sprat Sprattus sprattus Zone: VIId and VIIe (SPR/7DE.) Belgium 26 Precautionary TAC Denmark 1 674 Germany 26 France 361 The Netherlands 361 United Kingdom 2 702 Union 5 150 TAC 5 150







Species: Spurdog/dogfish Squalus acanthias Zone: EU waters of IIIa (DGS/03A-C.) Denmark 0 Analytical TACArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Sweden 0 Union 0 TAC 0







Species: Spurdog/dogfish Squalus acanthias Zone: EU waters of IIa and IV (DGS/2AC4-C) Belgium 0 (1) Analytical TACArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Denmark 0 (1) Germany 0 (1) France 0 (1) The Netherlands 0 (1) Sweden 0 (1) United Kingdom 0 (1) Union 0 (1) TAC 0 (1) (1) Catches taken with longlines of tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus), kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), bird beak dogfish (Deania calcea), leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus), greater lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps), smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus), Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) and spurdog (Squalus acanthias) are included. When accidentally caught, these species shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.







Species: Spurdog/dogfish Squalus acanthias Zone: EU and international waters of I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV (DGS/15X14) Belgium 0 (1) Analytical TACArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.Article 11 of this Regulation applies. Germany 0 (1) Spain 0 (1) France 0 (1) Ireland 0 (1) The Netherlands 0 (1) Portugal 0 (1) United Kingdom 0 (1) Union 0 (1) TAC 0 (1) (1) Catches taken with longlines of tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus), kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), bird beak dogfish (Deania calcea), leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus), greater lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps), smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus), Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) and spurdog (Squalus acanthias) are included. When accidentally caught, these species shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.

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Species: Horse mackerel Trachurus spp. Zone: VIIIc (JAX/08C.) Spain 22 409 (1) (3) Analytical TAC France 388 (1) Portugal 2 214 (1) (3) Union 25 011 TAC 25 011 (1) Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98 (2), no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the landings shall be 1,20. (2) Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1). (3) Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota may be fished in IX (JAX/*09.).







Species: Horse mackerel Trachurus spp. Zone: IX (JAX/09.) Spain 7 762 (1) (2) Analytical TAC Portugal 22 238 (1) (2) Union 30 000 TAC 30 000 (1) Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the landings shall be 1,20. (2) Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota may be fished in VIIIc (JAX/*08C).







Species: Horse mackerel Trachurus spp. Zone: X; EU waters of CECAF (1) (JAX/X34PRT) Portugal To be established (2) (3) Precautionary TAC Union To be established (4) TAC To be established (4) (1) Waters adjacent to the Azores. (2) Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the landings shall be 1,20. (3) Article 6 of this Regulation applies. (4) Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 3.







Species: Horse mackerel Trachurus spp. Zone: EU waters of CECAF (1) (JAX/341PRT) Portugal To be established (2) (3) Precautionary TAC Union To be established (4) TAC To be established (4) (1) Waters adjacent to Madeira. (2) Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the landings shall be 1,20. (3) Article 6 of this Regulation applies. (4) Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 3.

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Species: Horse mackerel Trachurus spp. Zone: EU waters of CECAF (1) (JAX/341SPN) Spain To be established (2) Precautionary TAC Union To be established (3) TAC To be established (3) (1) Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands. (2) Article 6 of this Regulation applies. (3) Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 2.









ANNEX IIA

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF COD STOCKS IN THE KATTEGAT, ICES DIVISIONS VIa AND VIIa AND EU WATERS OF ICES DIVISION Vb

1. Scope

1.1. This Annex shall apply to EU vessels carrying on board or deploying any of the gears referred to in point 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and present in any of the geographical areas specified in point 2 of this Annex.

1.2. This Annex shall not apply to vessels of less than 10 metres’ length overall. Those vessels shall not be required to carry fishing authorisations issued in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. Member States concerned shall assess the fishing effort of those vessels by effort groups to which they belong, using appropriate sampling methods. During 2013, the Commission shall seek scientific advice for evaluating the effort deployment of those vessels, with a view to their future inclusion into the effort regime.

2. Regulated gears and geographical areas

For the purposes of this Annex, the gear groupings referred to in point 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 ("regulated gear") and the groupings of geographical areas referred to in points 2(a), 2(c) and 2(d) of that Annex shall apply.

3. Authorisations

If a Member State deems so appropriate in order to reinforce the sustainable implementation of this effort regime, it shall not issue an authorisation for fishing with a regulated gear in any of the geographical areas to which this Annex applies by any of vessels flying its flag which has no record of such fishing activity, unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in that area.

4. Maximum allowable fishing effort

4.1. The maximum allowable effort referred to in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 for the 2013 management period, i.e. from 1 February 2013 to 31 January 2014, for each of the effort groups of each Member State is set out in Appendix 1 to this Annex.

4.2. The maximum levels of annual fishing effort set in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 ( 17 ) shall not affect the maximum allowable fishing effort set in this Annex.

5. Management

5.1. Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 4 and Articles 13 to 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and Articles 26 to 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

5.2. A Member State may establish management periods for allocating all or parts of the maximum allowable effort to individual vessels or groups of vessels. In such case, the number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed at the discretion of the Member State concerned. During any such management periods, the Member State concerned may reallocate effort between individual vessels or groups of vessels.

5.3. If a Member State authorises vessels flying its flag to be present within an area by hours, it shall continue measuring the consumption of days in accordance with the conditions referred to in point 5.1. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State concerned shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of effort within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area before the end of a 24-hour period.

6. Fishing effort report

Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 shall apply to vessels falling under the scope of this Annex. The geographical area referred to in that Article shall be understood, for the purpose of cod management, as each of the groupings of geographical areas referred to in point 2 of this Annex.

7. Communication of relevant data

Member States shall transmit to the Commission the data on fishing effort deployed by their fishing vessels in accordance with Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. These data shall be transmitted via the Fisheries Data Exchange System or any future data collection system implemented by the Commission.









Appendix 1 to Annex IIA

Maximum allowable fishing effort in kilowatt days







Geographical area Regulated gear DK DE SE (a) Kattegat TR1 197 929 4 212 16 610 TR2 830 041 5 240 327 506 TR3 441 872 0 490 BT1 0 0 0 BT2 0 0 0 GN 115 456 26 534 13 102 GT 22 645 0 22 060 LL 1 100 0 25 339







Geographical area Regulated gear BE FR IE NL UK (c) ICES division VIIa TR1 0 48 193 33 539 0 339 592 TR2 10 166 744 475 649 0 1 088 238 TR3 0 0 1 422 0 0 BT1 0 0 0 0 0 BT2 843 782 0 514 584 200 000 111 693 GN 0 471 18 255 0 5 970 GT 0 0 0 0 158 LL 0 0 0 0 70 614







Geographical area Regulated gear BE DE ES FR IE UK (d) ICES division VIa and EU waters of ICES division Vb TR1 0 9 320 0 1 057 828 428 820 1 033 273 TR2 0 0 0 34 926 14 371 2 972 845 TR3 0 0 0 0 273 16 027 BT1 0 0 0 0 0 117 544 BT2 0 0 0 0 3 801 4 626 GN 0 35 442 13 836 302 917 5 697 213 454 GT 0 0 0 0 1 953 145 LL 0 0 1 402 142 184 354 4 250 630 040









ANNEX IIB

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF CERTAIN SOUTHERN HAKE AND NORWAY LOBSTER STOCKS IN ICES DIVISIONS VIIIc AND IXa EXCLUDING THE GULF OF CÁDIZ

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. Scope

This Annex shall apply to EU vessels of 10 metres’ length overall or more carrying on board or deploying trawls, Danish seines or similar gears of mesh size equal to or larger than 32 mm and gill-nets of mesh size equal to or larger than 60 mm or bottom longlines in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005, and present in ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cádiz.

2. Definitions

For the purposes of this Annex:

(a) 'gear grouping' means the grouping consisting of the following two gear categories: (i) trawls, Danish seines or similar gears of mesh size equal to or larger than 32 mm and (ii) gill-nets of mesh size equal to or larger than 60 mm and bottom longlines;

(b) 'regulated gear' means any of the two gear categories belonging to the gear grouping;

(c) 'area' means ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cádiz;

(d) '2013 management period' means the period from 1 February 2013 to 31 January 2014;

(e) 'special conditions' means the special conditions set out in point 6.1.

3. Limitation in activity

Without prejudice to Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any regulated gear, EU vessels flying its flag shall be present within the area for no more than the number of days specified in Chapter III of this Annex.

CHAPTER II

AUTHORISATIONS

4. Authorised vessels

4.1. A Member State shall not authorise fishing with a regulated gear in the area by any of vessels flying its flag which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2002 to 2012 in the area, excluding the record of fishing activities as a result of transfer of days between fishing vessels, unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the area.

4.2. A vessel flying the flag of a Member State having no quotas in the area shall not be authorised to fish in the area with a regulated gear, unless the vessel is allocated a quota after a transfer as permitted in accordance with Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 and is allocated days at sea in accordance with point 11 or 12 of this Annex.

CHAPTER III

NUMBER OF DAYS PRESENT WITHIN THE AREA ALLOCATED TO EU VESSELS

5. Maximum number of days

5.1. During the 2013 management period, the maximum number of days at sea for which a Member State may authorise a vessel flying its flag to be present within the area having carried on board any regulated gear is shown in Table I.

5.2. If a vessel is able to demonstrate that its hake catches represent less than 4 % of the total live weight of fish caught in a given fishing trip, the flag Member State of the vessel shall be allowed not to count the days at sea associated with that fishing trip against the applicable maximum number of days at sea as set out in Table I.

6. Special conditions for the allocation of days

6.1. For the purposes of fixing the maximum number of days at sea an EU vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area, the following special conditions shall apply in accordance with Table I: (a) the total landings of hake in the year 2010 or 2011 made by the vessel concerned shall represent less than 5 tonnes according to the landings in live weight; and (b) the total landings of Norway lobster in the year 2010 or 2011 made by the vessel concerned shall represent less than 2,5 tonnes according to the landings in live weight.

6.2. If a vessel benefits from an unlimited number of days as a result of its compliance with the special conditions, the vessel’s landings in the 2013 management period shall not exceed 5 tonnes of the total landings in live weight of hake and 2,5 tonnes of the total landings in live weight of Norway lobster.

6.3. When either of the special conditions is not met by a vessel, that vessel shall, with immediate effect, no longer be entitled to the allocation of days corresponding to the given special condition.

6.4. The application of the special conditions referred to in point 6.1. may be transferred from one vessel to one or more other vessels which replace that vessel in the fleet, provided that the replacing vessel uses similar gear and does not have in any year of its operation a record of landings of hake and Norway lobster higher than the quantities specified in point 6.1.



Table I Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area by fishing gear per year Special condition Regulated gear Maximum number of days Bottom trawls, Danish seines and similar trawls of mesh size ≥ 32 mm, gill-nets of mesh size ≥ 60 mm and bottom longlines ES 141 FR 134 PT 140 6.1.(a) and 6.1.(b) Bottom trawls, Danish seines and similar trawls of mesh size ≥ 32 mm, gill-nets of mesh size ≥ 60 mm and bottom longlines Unlimited

7. Kilowatt day system

7.1. A Member State may manage its fishing effort allocations in accordance with a kilowatt days system. Through that system it may authorise any vessel concerned by any regulated gear and special conditions as set out in Table I to be present within the area for a maximum number of days which is different from that set out in that Table, provided that the overall amount of kilowatt days corresponding to the regulated gear and to the special conditions is respected.

7.2. This overall amount of kilowatt days shall be the sum of all individual fishing efforts allocated to the vessels flying the flag of that Member State and qualified for the regulated gear and, where applicable, the special conditions. Such individual fishing efforts shall be calculated in kilowatt days by multiplying the engine power of each vessel by the number of days at sea it would benefit from, according to Table I, if point 7.1. were not applied. For as long as the number of days is unlimited according to Table I, the relevant number of days the vessel would benefit from is 360.

7.3. A Member State wishing to benefit from the system referred to in point 7.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, with reports in electronic format containing, for the regulated gear and special conditions as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on: (a) list of vessels authorised to fish by indicating their EU fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power; (b) track record of 2010 and 2011 for such vessels reflecting the catch composition defined in the special condition referred to in point 6.1.(a) or (b), if these vessels are qualified for such special conditions; (c) the number of days at sea for which each vessel would have initially been authorised to fish according to Table I and the number of days at sea which each vessel would benefit from in application of point 7.1.

7.4. On the basis of that request, the Commission shall assess whether the conditions referred to in point 7 are complied with and, where applicable, may authorise that Member State to benefit from the system referred to in point 7.1.

8. Allocation of additional days for permanent cessation of fishing activities

8.1. An additional number of days at sea on which a vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place between 1 February 2012 and 31 January 2013 either in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 ( 18 ) or Regulation (EC) No 744/2008 ( 19 ). Permanent cessations resulting from any other circumstances may be considered by the Commission on a case-by-case basis, following a written and duly motivated request from the Member State concerned. Such written request shall identify the vessels concerned and confirm, for each of them, that they shall never return to fishing activities.

8.2. The effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the regulated gear shall be divided by the effort expended by all vessels using that gear during 2003. The additional number of days at sea shall be then calculated by multiplying the ratio so obtained by the number of days that would have been allocated according to Table I. Any part of a day resulting from that calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day.

8.3. Points 8.1. and 8.2. shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 3 or 6.4., or when the withdrawal has already been used in previous years to obtain additional days at sea.

8.4. A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 8.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, by 15 June 2013, with reports in electronic format containing, for the gear grouping and special conditions as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on: (a) lists of withdrawn vessels with their EU fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power; (b) the fishing activity deployed by such vessels in 2003 calculated in days at sea according to the grouping of fishing gears and, if necessary, special conditions.

8.5. On the basis of such a request by a Member State the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate that Member State a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5.1. for that Member State. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

8.6. During the 2013 management period, a Member State may re-allocate those additional days at sea to all or part of the vessels remaining in fleet and qualified for the regulated gears. Additional days stemming from a withdrawn vessel that benefited from a special condition referred to in point 6.1.(a) or (b) may not be allocated to a vessel remaining active that does not benefit from a special condition.

8.7. When the Commission allocates additional days at sea due to a permanent cessation of fishing activities during the 2013 management period, the maximum number of days per Member State and gear shown in Table I shall be adjusted accordingly for the 2014 management period.

9. Allocation of additional days for enhanced scientific observer coverage

9.1. Three additional days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of an enhanced programme of scientific observer coverage in partnership between scientists and the fishing industry. Such a programme shall focus in particular on levels of discarding and on catch composition and shall go beyond the requirements on data collection, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 ( 20 ) and its implementing rules for national programmes.

9.2. Scientific observers shall be independent from the owner, the master of the vessel and any crew member.

9.3. A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 9.1. shall submit a description of its enhanced scientific observer coverage programme to the Commission for approval.

9.4. On the basis of that description, and after consultation with STECF, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate the Member State concerned a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5.1. for that Member State and for the vessels, the area and gear concerned by the enhanced programme of scientific observers. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

9.5. If an enhanced scientific observer coverage programme submitted by a Member State has been approved by the Commission in the past and the Member State concerned wishes to continue its application without changes, it shall inform the Commission of the continuation of that programme four weeks before the beginning of the period for which the programme applies.

CHAPTER IV

MANAGEMENT

10. General obligation

Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 and Articles 26 to 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

11. Management periods

11.1. A Member State may divide the days present within the area set out in Table I into management periods of durations of one or more calendar months.

11.2. The number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed by the Member State concerned.

11.3. Where a Member State authorises vessels flying its flag to be present within the area by hours, the Member State shall continue measuring the consumption of days as specified in point 10. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of days within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area before the end of a 24-hour period.

CHAPTER V

EXCHANGES OF FISHING EFFORT ALLOCATIONS

12. Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State

12.1. A Member State may permit any fishing vessel flying its flag to transfer days present within the area for which it has been authorised to another vessel flying its flag within the area, provided that the product of the days received by a vessel multiplied by its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt days) is equal to or less than the product of the days transferred by the donor vessel and the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. The engine power in kilowatts of the vessels shall be that recorded for each vessel in the EU fishing fleet register.

12.2. The total number of days present within the area transferred in accordance with point 12.1., multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of the donor vessel, shall not be higher than the donor vessel’s average annual days track record in the area as verified by the fishing logbook in the years 2010 and 2011 multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.

12.3. The transfer of days as described in point 12.1. shall be permitted between vessels operating with any regulated gear and during the same management period.

12.4. The transfer of days is only permitted for vessels benefiting from an allocation of fishing days without special conditions.

12.5. On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide information on the transfers that have taken place. The format of spreadsheets for the collection and transmission of information referred to in this point may be established by the Commission, by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

13. Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different Member States

Member States may permit the transfer of days present within the area for the same management period and within the area between any fishing vessels flying their flags provided that points 4.1. and 4.2. and 12 apply mutatis mutandis. Where Member States decide to authorise such a transfer, they shall notify the Commission, before the transfer takes place, of the details of the transfer, including the number of days to be transferred, the fishing effort and, where applicable, the fishing quotas relating thereto.

CHAPTER VI

REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

14. Fishing effort report

Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 shall apply to vessels falling under the scope of this Annex. The geographical area referred to in that Article shall be understood as the area specified in point 2 of this Annex.

15. Collection of relevant data

Member States, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days present within the area as set out in this Annex, shall collect on a quarterly basis the information about total fishing effort deployed within the area for towed gears and static gears, effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area, and the engine power of those vessels in kilowatt days.

16. Communication of relevant data

Upon request from the Commission, Member States shall make available to the Commission a spreadsheet with data specified in point 15 in the format specified in Tables II and III by sending it to the appropriate electronic mailbox address, which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission. Member States shall, upon the Commission’s request, send to the Commission detailed information on effort allocated and consumed covering all or parts of the 2012 and 2013 management periods, using the data format specified in Tables IV and V.







Table II Reporting format kW-day information by year Member State Gear Year Cumulative effort declaration (1) (2) (3) (4)







Table III Data format kW-day information by year Name of field Maximum number of characters/digits Alignment (1) L(eft)/R(ight) Definition and comments (1) Member State 3 Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which the vessel is registered (2) Gear 2 One of the following gear types: TR = trawls, Danish seines and similar gear ≥ 32 mm GN = gillnets ≥ 60 mm LL = bottom longlines (3) Year 4 Either 2006 or 2007 or 2008 or 2009 or 2010 or 2011 or 2012 or 2013 (4) Cumulative effort declaration 7 R Cumulative amount of fishing effort expressed in kilowatt days deployed from 1 January until 31 December of the relevant year (1) Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.







Table IV Reporting format for vessel-related information Member State CFR External marking Length of management period Gear notified Special condition applying to notified gear(s) Days eligible using notified gear(s) Days spent with notified gear(s) Transfer of days No 1 No 2 No 3 … No 1 No 2 No 3 … No 1 No 2 No 3 … No 1 No 2 No 3 … (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (5) (5) (5) (6) (6) (6) (6) (7) (7) (7) (7) (8) (8) (8) (8) (9)







Table V Data format for vessel-related information Name of field Maximum number of characters/digits Alignment (1) L(eft)/R(ight) Definition and comments (1) Member State 3 Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered (2) CFR 12 EU fishing fleet register number (CFR) Unique identification number of a fishing vessel Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters, additional zeros shall be inserted on the left hand side (3) External marking 14 L Under Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 (2) (4) Length of management period 2 L Length of the management period measured in months (5) Gears notified 2 L One of the following gear types: TR = trawls, Danish seines and similar gear ≥ 32 mm GN = gillnets ≥ 60 mm LL = bottom longlines (6) Special condition applying to notified gear(s) 2 L Indication of which, if any, of the special condition referred to in point 6.1.(a) or (b) of Annex IIB that apply (7) Days eligible using notified gear(s) 3 L Number of days for which the vessel is eligible under Annex IIB for the choice of gears and length of management period notified (8) Days spent with notified gear(s) 3 L Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area and using a gear corresponding to gear notified during the notified management period (9) Transfers of days 4 L For days transferred indicate '– number of days transferred' and for days received indicate '+ number of days transferred' (1) Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting. (2) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels (OJ L 132, 21.5.1987, p. 9).









ANNEX IIC

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN CHANNEL SOLE STOCKS IN ICES DIVISION VIIe

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. Scope

1.1. This Annex shall apply to EU vessels of 10 metres length overall or more carrying on board or deploying beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm and static nets including gill-nets, trammel-nets and tangle-nets with mesh size equal to or less than 220 mm in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 509/2007, and present in ICES division VIIe. For the purposes of this Annex, a reference to the 2013 management period means the period from 1 February 2013 to 31 January 2014.

1.2. Vessels fishing with static nets with mesh size equal to or larger than 120 mm and with track records of less than 300 kg live weight of sole per year during the three previous years, according to their fishing records, shall be exempt from the application of this Annex subject to the following conditions: (a) such vessels catch less than 300 kg live weight of sole during the 2013 management period; (b) such vessels do not tranship any fish at sea to another vessel; (c) by 31 July 2013 and 31 January 2014 each Member State concerned make a report to the Commission on these vessels’ catch records for sole in the three previous years as well as on catches of sole in 2013. Where any of these conditions is not met, the vessels concerned shall, with immediate effect, cease to be exempt from the application of this Annex.

2. Definitions

For the purposes of this Annex the following definitions shall apply:

(a) 'gear grouping' means the grouping consisting of the following two gear categories: (i) beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm and (ii) a static nets, including gill-nets, trammel nets and tangle-nets, with mesh size equal to or less than 220 mm;

(b) 'regulated gear' means any of the two gear categories belonging to the gear grouping;

(c) 'area' means ICES division VIIe;

(d) '2013 management period' means the period from 1 February 2013 to 31 January 2014.

3. Limitation in activity

Without prejudice to Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any regulated gear, EU vessels flying its flag and registered in the Union shall be present within the area for no more than the number of days set out in Chapter III of this Annex.

CHAPTER II

AUTHORISATIONS

4. Authorised vessels

4.1 A Member State shall not authorise fishing with a regulated gear in the area by any of vessels flying its flag which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2002 to 2012 in that area unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the area.

4.2 However, a vessel with a track record of using a regulated gear may be authorised to use a different fishing gear, provided that the number of days allocated to this latter gear is greater than or equal to the number of days allocated to the regulated gear.

4.3 A vessel flying the flag of a Member State having no quotas in the area shall not be authorised to fish in the area with a regulated gear, unless the vessel is allocated a quota after a transfer as permitted in accordance with Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 and is allocated days at sea in accordance with point 10 or 11 of this Annex.

CHAPTER III

NUMBER OF DAYS PRESENT WITHIN THE AREA ALLOCATED TO EU VESSELS

5. Maximum number of days

During the 2013 management period, the maximum number of days at sea for which a Member State may authorise a vessel flying its flag to be present within the area having carried on board any regulated gear is shown in Table I.







Table I Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area by category of regulated gear per year Regulated gear Maximum number of days Beam trawls of mesh size ≥ 80 mm 164 Static nets with mesh size ≤ 220 mm 164

6. Kilowatt day system

6.1. During the 2013 management period, a Member State may manage its fishing effort allocations in accordance with a kilowatt days system. Through that system it may authorise any vessel concerned by any regulated gear as set out in Table I to be present within the area for a maximum number of days which is different from that set out in that Table, provided that the overall amount of kilowatt days corresponding to the regulated gear is respected.

6.2. This overall amount of kilowatt days shall be the sum of all individual fishing efforts allocated to the vessels flying the flag of that Member State and qualified for the regulated gear. Such individual fishing efforts shall be calculated in kilowatt days by multiplying the engine power of each vessel by the number of days at sea it would benefit from, according to Table I, if point 6.1. were not applied.

6.3. A Member State wishing to benefit from the system referred to in point 6.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, with reports in electronic format containing, for the regulated gear as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on: (a) list of vessels authorised to fish by indicating their EU fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power; (b) the number of days at sea for which each vessel would have initially been authorised to fish according to Table I and the number of days at sea which each vessel would benefit from in application of point 6.1.

6.4. On the basis of that request, the Commission shall assess whether the conditions referred to in point 6 are complied with and, where applicable, may authorise that Member State to benefit from the system referred to in point 6.1.

7. Allocation of additional days for permanent cessation of fishing activities

7.1. An additional number of days at sea on which a vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place since 1 January 2004 either in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 or Regulation (EC) No 744/2008. Permanent cessations resulting from any other circumstances may be considered by the Commission on a case-by-case basis, following a written and duly motivated request from the Member State concerned. Such written request shall identify the vessels concerned and confirm, for each of them, that they shall never return to fishing activities.

7.2. The effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using a given gear grouping shall be divided by the effort expended by all vessels using that gear grouping during 2003. The additional number of days at sea shall be then calculated by multiplying the ratio so obtained by the number of days that would have been allocated according to Table I. Any part of a day resulting from that calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day.

7.3. Points 7.1.and 7.2. shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 4.2., or when the withdrawal has already been used in previous years to obtain additional days at sea.

7.4. A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 7.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, by 15 June 2013, with reports in electronic format containing for the gear grouping as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on: (a) lists of withdrawn vessels with their EU fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power; (b) the fishing activity deployed by such vessels in 2003 calculated in days at sea according to the grouping of fishing gears.

7.5. On the basis of such a request by a Member State the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate that Member State a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5 for that Member State. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

7.6. During the 2013 management period, a Member State may re-allocate those additional days at sea to all or part of the vessels remaining in fleet and qualified for the regulated gears.

7.7. A Member State may not re-allocate in the 2013 management period any additional number of days resulting from a permanent cessation of activity previously allocated by the Commission, unless the Commission has taken a decision that reassesses those additional numbers of days on the basis of the current gear groupings and limitations in days at sea. Upon the Member State’s request to reassess the number of days, the Member State is provisionally authorised to reallocate 50 % of the additional number of days, until the Commission takes its decision.

8. Allocation of additional days for enhanced scientific observer coverage

8.1. Three additional days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated between 1 February 2013 and 31 January 2014 to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of an enhanced programme of scientific observer coverage in partnership between scientists and the fishing industry. Such a programme shall focus in particular on levels of discarding and on catch composition and go beyond the requirements on data collection, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 and its implementing rules for national programmes.

8.2. Scientific observers shall be independent from the owner, the master of the fishing vessel and any crew member.

8.3. A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 8.1. shall submit a description of its enhanced scientific observer coverage programme to the Commission for approval.

8.4. On the basis of that description, and after consultation with STECF, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate the Member State concerned a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5 for that Member State and for the vessels, the area and gear concerned by the enhanced programme of scientific observers. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

8.5. If an enhanced scientific observer coverage programme submitted by a Member State has been approved by the Commission in the past and the Member State concerned wishes to continue its application without changes, it shall inform the Commission of the continuation of that programme four weeks before the beginning of the period for which the programme applies.

CHAPTER IV

MANAGEMENT

9. General obligation

Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with Articles 26 to 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

10. Management periods

10.1. A Member State may divide the days present within the area set out in Table I into management periods of durations of one or more calendar months.

10.2. The number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed by the Member State concerned.

10.3. Where a Member State authorises vessels flying its flag to be present within the area by hours, the Member State shall continue measuring the consumption of days as specified in point 9. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of days within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area before the end of a 24-hours period.

CHAPTER V

EXCHANGES OF FISHING EFFORT ALLOCATIONS

11. Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State

11.1. A Member State may permit any fishing vessel flying its flag to transfer days present within the area for which it has been authorised to another vessel flying its flag within the area, provided that the product of the days received by a vessel multiplied by its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt days) is equal to or less than the product of the days transferred by the donor vessel and the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. The engine power in kilowatts of the vessels shall be that recorded for each vessel in the EU fishing fleet register.

11.2. The total number of days present within the area transferred in accordance with point 11.1., multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of the donor vessel, shall not be higher than the donor vessel’s average annual days track record in the area as verified by the fishing logbook in the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.

11.3. The transfer of days as