Council Regulation (EU) 2019/440 of 29 November 2018 on the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco and the Implementation Protocol thereto
Date: 2018-11-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Morocco, agreement (EU), catch quota, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing rights, protocol to an agreement, sea fishing, sustainable fisheries




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2019/440
of 29 November 2018
         
on the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco and the Implementation Protocol thereto


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)


On behalf of the Union, the Commission negotiated a new Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco (‘the Fisheries Agreement’) as well as a new Implementation Protocol thereto and the Exchange of Letters accompanying the Fisheries Agreement.












(2)


In accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2018/2068 (1), the Fisheries Agreement, the Implementation Protocol thereto and the Exchange of Letters accompanying the Fisheries Agreement were signed on 14 January 2019, subject to their conclusion at a later date.












(3)


The Implementation Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement covers a period of four years as from the date of its application, as defined in Article 16 thereof.












(4)


The fishing opportunities should be allocated among the Member States for the full duration of application of the Implementation Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement.












(5)


This Regulation should apply from the date of application of the Implementation Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

1.   The fishing opportunities established pursuant to the Implementation Protocol to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco (‘the Fisheries Agreement’) shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:








Fishing category


Type of vessel


Member State


Licences or quota




Small-scale fishing in the north, pelagic species


Seiners < 150 gross tonnage (GT)


Spain


22




Small-scale fishing in the north


Bottom longliners < 40 GT


Spain


25




Portugal


7




Bottom longliners ≥ 40 GT < 150 GT


Portugal


3




Small-scale fishing in the south


Pole-lines < 150 GT per vessel
Total ≤ 800 GT


Spain


10




Demersal fishing


Bottom longliners ≤ 150 GT


Spain


7




Portugal


4




Trawlers ≤ 750 GT
Total ≤ 3 000  GT


Spain


5




Italy


0




Tuna fishing


Pole-and-line vessels


Spain


23




France


4




Industrial fishing for pelagic species


85 000  tonnes (t) in the first year
90 000  t in the second year
100 000  t in the third year and in the fourth year
Distribution of vessels authorised to fish:






 


10 vessels ≥ 3 000  GT and < 7 765  GT










 


4 vessels ≥ 150 and < 3 000  GT










 


4 vessels < 150 GT






Year 1: 85 000  t


 




Germany


6 871,2  t




Lithuania


21 986,3  t




Latvia


12 367,5  t




Netherlands


26 102,4  t




Ireland


3 099,3  t




Poland


4 807,8  t




United Kingdom


4 807,8  t




Spain


496,2 t




Portugal


1 652,2  t




France


2 809,3  t




Year 2: 90 000  t


 




Germany


7 275,4  t




Lithuania


23 279,6  t




Latvia


13 095,0  t




Netherlands


27 637,9  t




Ireland


3 281,6  t




Poland


5 090,6  t




United Kingdom


5 090,6  t




Spain


525,4 t




Portugal


1 749,4  t




France


2 974,5  t




Years 3 and 4: 100 000  t each year


 




Germany


8 083,8  t




Lithuania


25 866,3  t




Latvia


14 550,0  t




Netherlands


30 708,8  t




Ireland


3 646,3  t




Poland


5 656,3  t




United Kingdom


5 656,3  t




Spain


583,8 t




Portugal


1 943,8  t




France


3 305,0  t






2.   Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) shall apply without prejudice to the Fisheries Agreement, to the Implementation Protocol thereto and to the Exchange of Letters accompanying the Fisheries Agreement.



Article 2
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 the date of application of the Implementation Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 November 2018.


For the Council


The President

M. SCHRAMBÖCK
            





(1)  Council Decision (EU) 2018/2068 of 29 November 2018 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Implementation Protocol thereto and the exchange of letters accompanying the Agreement (OJ L 331, 28.12.2018, p. 1).

(2)  Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 (OJ L 347, 28.12.2017, p. 81).