Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2006 of 8 December 2020 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2020 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247
Date: 2020-12-08
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU waters, catch by species, catch quota, conservation of fish stocks, fishing area, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, sea fishing








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9.12.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 414/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2006
of 8 December 2020
         
operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2020 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (1), and in particular Article 105(1), (2), (3) and (5) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Fishing quotas for the year 2019 have been established by Council Regulations (EU) 2018/1628 (2), (EU) 2018/2025 (3), (EU) 2018/2058 (4) and (EU) 2019/124 (5).












(2)


Fishing quotas for the year 2020 have been established by Council Regulations (EU) 2018/2025, (EU) 2019/1838 (6), (EU) 2019/2236 (7) and (EU) 2020/123 (8).












(3)


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












(4)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 (9) has established deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2020 on account of overfishing in the previous years.












(5)


For certain Member States, namely Denmark, Spain and France, certain deductions could not be operated by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 from quotas allocated for the overfished stocks because quotas for these stocks are not available for those Member States in the year 2020.












(6)


Article 105(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 provides that, if it is not possible to operate deductions on the overfished stock in the year following the overfishing because the Member State concerned has no available quota for that stock, deductions may be operated on other stocks in the same geographical area or with the same commercial value, following consultations with the Member States concerned. According to Commission Communication 2012/C 72/07 containing Guidelines for deduction of quotas under Article 105(1), (2) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (10) (‘the Guidelines’) such deductions should be preferably operated in the following year or years from quotas allocated for stocks fished by the same fleet as the fleet that overfished the quota.












(7)


The Member States concerned have been consulted as regards certain deductions from quotas allocated for stocks other than those which have been overfished.












(8)


Moreover, certain deductions provided for by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 exceed the adapted quota available in the year 2020 and, as a consequence, cannot be entirely operated in that year. According to the Guidelines, the remaining amounts should be deducted from the adapted quotas available in subsequent years until the full overfished amount is paid back.












(9)


Furthermore, the Spanish fisheries authorities discovered that the 2019 catch figures used for the calculation of the overfishing for bigeye tuna in the Atlantic Ocean (BET/ATLANT) were incorrect and that its quota was actually exceeded by a lower amount than that taken into account for the deductions established by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247. The catch figures, quota consumption rate, overfished quantities, and deduction from the 2020 Spanish quota for bigeye tuna in the Atlantic Ocean provided for by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 should therefore be adjusted.












(10)


In 2019, Portugal overfished its quota for albacore in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N (ALB/AN05N). On 14 July 2020, Portugal requested to spread the deduction due over two years. According to point 3(c) of the Guidelines, spreading a deduction over two or more years may be accepted where this is provided for under specific international rules (such as those of regional fisheries management organisations) relating to paybacks for the stock concerned. In view of the information provided by Portugal and considering that paragraph 7 of ICCAT Supplemental Recommendation 16-06, concerning the North Atlantic albacore Multi-annual conservation and management programme (11), establishes that any excess of a Contracting Party’s annual quota/catch limit for the year 2019 shall be deducted from the respective quota/catch limit during or before the adjustment year 2021, an equal spreading over two years of the deduction, including relevant applicable multiplying factors, should be accepted. Deduction from the 2020 quota provided for by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 should therefore be adjusted.












(11)


Further updates or corrections may still occur following the detection, for the current or previous exercise, of errors, omissions or misreporting in the catch figures declared by the Member States pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.












(12)


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The fishing quotas fixed for the year 2020 in Regulations (EU) 2018/2025, (EU) 2019/1838, (EU) 2019/2236, and (EU) 2020/123, referred to in Annex I to this Regulation, shall be reduced by applying the deductions on the alternative stocks set out in that Annex.


Article 2
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.


Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 December 2020.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





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

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

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

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

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

(6)  Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1838 of 30 October 2019 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/124 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters (OJ L 281, 31.10.2019, p. 1).

(7)  Council Regulation (EU) 2019/2236 of 16 December 2019 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (OJ L 336, 30.12.2019, p. 14).

(8)  Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 of 27 January 2020 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters (OJ L 25, 30.1.2020, p. 1).

(9)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 of 2 September 2020 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2020 on account of overfishing in the previous years (OJ L 288, 3.9.2020, p. 21).

(10)  Communication from the Commission – Guidelines for deduction of quotas under Article 105(1), (2) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (2012/C 72/07) (OJ C 72, 10.3.2012, p. 27).

(11)  https://www.iccat.int/Documents/Recs/compendiopdf-e/2016-06-e.pdf




ANNEX I
DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2020 TO BE APPLIED ON ALTERNATIVE STOCKS

















OVERFISHED STOCKS


 


ALTERNATIVE STOCKS




Member State


Species code


Area code


Species name


Area name


Quantity that cannot be deducted from the 2020 fishing quota for the overfished stock (in kilograms)


 


Member State


Species code


Area code


Species name


Area name


Quantity to be deducted from the 2020 fishing quota for the alternative stocks (in kilograms)





DK



POK


1N2AB.


Saithe


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


33 968 


 



DK



HER


1/2-


Herring


Union, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2


33 968 





ES



GHL


1N2AB.


Greenland halibut


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


18 338 


 



ES



REB


1N2AB.


Redfish


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


18 338 





ES



OTH


1N2AB.


Other species


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


3 895 


 



ES



REB


1N2AB.


Redfish


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


3 895 





ES



POK


1N2AB.


Saithe


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


2 607 


 



ES



REB


1N2AB.


Redfish


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


2 607 





FR



SWO


AS05N


Swordfish


Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N


3 500 


 



FR



ALB


AS05N


Southern albacore


Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N


3 500 









ANNEX II
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 is replaced by the following:




                        ‘ANNEX
DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2020 FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED





















Mem-ber State


Spe-cies code


Area code


Species name


Area name


Initial quota 2019 (in kilograms)


Permitted landings 2019 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms) (1)



Total catches 2019 (quantity in kilograms)


Quota con-sumption related to permitted landings


Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms)


Multi-plying factor (2)



Addi-tional Multi-plying factor (3), (4)



Out-standing deductions from previous year(s) (5)(quantity in kilograms)


Deductions from fishing quotas for 2020 (6) and subsequent years (quantity in kilograms)


Deductions from 2020 fishing quotas for the overfished stocks (7)(quantity in kilograms)


Deductions from 2020 fishing quotas for alternative stocks (quantity in kilograms)


To be deducted from fishing quotas for 2021 and subsequent year(s) (quantity in kilograms)





DE



HER


4AB.


Herring


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


39 404 000 


25 460 900 


27 182 070 


106,76 %


1 721 170 


/


/


/


1 721 170 


1 721 170 


/


/





DE



MAC


2CX14-


Mackerel


3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32


441 000 


14 859 024 


15 542 581 


104,60 %


683 557 


/


/


/


683 557 


683 557 


/


/





DK



MAC


2CX14-


Mackerel


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


/


2 688 463 


2 693 920 


100,20 %


5 457 


/


/


/


5 457 


5 457 


/


/





DK



MAC


2A34.


Mackerel


3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32


14 480 000 


13 330 744 


14 022 305 


105,19 %


691 561 


/


/


/


691 561 


691 561 


/


/





DK



MAC


2A4A-N


Mackerel


Norwegian waters of 2a and 4a


10 242 000 


10 252 106 


11 197 228 


109,22 %


945 122 


/


/


/


945 122 


945 122 


/


/





DK



POK


1N2AB.


Saithe


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


17 000 


50 968 


299,81 %


33 968 


1,00


/


/


33 968 


/


33 968 


/





ES



BET


ATLANT


Bigeye tuna


Atlantic Ocean


9 415 300 


8 941 151 


9 090 055 


101,67 %


148 904 


/


C (8)



/


148 904 


148 904 


/


/





ES



COD


1/2B.


Cod


1 and 2b


11 562 000 


8 455 844 


8 463 118 


100,09 %


7 274 


/


/


/


7 274 


7 274 


/


/





ES



GHL


1N2AB.


Greenland halibut


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


2 000 


14 225 


711,25 %


12 225 


1,00


A


/


18 338 


/


18 338 


/





ES



OTH


1N2AB.


Other species


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


31 800 


35 695 


112,25 %


3 895 


1,00


/


/


3 895 


/


3 895 


/





ES



POK


1N2AB.


Saithe


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


196 000 


198 607 


101,33 %


2 607 


/


/


/


2 607 


/


2 607 


/





ES



RED


N3LN.


Redfish


NAFO 3LN


/


515 100 


517 806 


100,53 %


2 706 


/


/


/


2 706 


2 706 


/


/





ES



RJU


9-C.


Undulate ray


Union waters of 9


15 000 


15 000 


15 511 


103,41 %


511 (9)



N/A


N/A


2 067 


2 067 


0


/


2 067 





FR



BET


ATLANT


Bigeye tuna


Atlantic Ocean


4 167 700 


4 167 700 


4 687 551 


112,47 %


519 851 


1,20


C


/


883 747 


883 747 


/


/





FR



RJE


7FG.


Small-eyed ray


Union waters of 7f and 7g


79 000 


90 399 


91 485 


101,20 %


1 086 


/


/


/


1 086 


1 086 


/


/





FR



RJU


7DE.


Undulate ray


Union waters of 7d and 7e


103 000 


168 000 


177 718 


105,78 %


9 718 


/


/


/


9 718 


9 718 


/


/





FR



SWO


AS05N


Swordfish


Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N


/


/


3 500 


N/A


3 500 


/


/


/


3 500 


/


3 500 


/





GB



COD


N1GL14


Cod


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


364 000 


353 500 


353 500 


100 %


0


/


/


4 167 


4 167 


4 167 


/


/





GB



HER


4AB.


Herring


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


55 583 000 


62 320 196 


62 607 628 


100,46 %


287 432 


/


/


/


287 432 


287 432 


/


/





GB



MAC


2CX14-


Mackerel


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


152 115 000 


145 768 635 


154 072 694 


105,70 %


8 304 059 


/


A (8)



/


8 304 059 


8 304 059 


/


/





GB



RJU


7DE.


Undulate ray


Union waters of 7d and 7e


58 000 


61 200 


63 133 


103,16 %


1 933 


/


/


/


1 933 


1 933 


/


/





EL



BFT


AE45WM


Bluefin tuna


Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean


285 110 


304 110 


312 690 


102,82 %


8 580 


/


C (8)



/


8 580 


8 580 


/


/





IE



ALB


AN05N


Northern albacore


Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N


2 854 300 


3 115 420 


3 213 170 


103,14 %


97 750 


/


C (8)



/


97 750 


97 750 


/


/





NL



HER


4CXB7D


Herring


4c, 7d except Blackwater stock


18 162 000 


19 497 305 


19 512 481 


100,08 %


15 176 


/


/


/


15 176 


15 176 


/


/





NL



MAC


2A34.


Mackerel


3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32


1 342 000 


1 494 000 


2 012 324 


134,69 %


518 324 


1,40


/


/


725 654 


725 654 


/


/





PT



ALB


AN05N


Northern albacore


Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N


1 994 200 


1 794 200 


2 463 161 


137,28 %


668 961 


1,40


C


/


1 271 026 


635 513 (10)



/


635 513 (10)






PT



ALF


3X14-


Alfonsinos


Union and international waters of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14


164 000 


149 034 


156 756 


105,18 %


7 722 


/


A (8)



/


7 722 


7 722 


/


/





PT



BUM


ATLANT


Blue marlin


Atlantic Ocean


50 440 


7 076 


18 016 


254,61 %


10 940 


1,00


A


/


16 410 


16 410 


/


/





PT



RJU


9-C.


Undulate ray


Union waters of 9


15 000 


21 705 


24 589 


113,29 %


2 884 


1,00


/


/


2 884 


2 884 


/


/





PT



SWO


AN05N


Swordfish


Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N


1 010 390 


2 410 390 


2 414 333 


100,16 %


3 943 


/


/


/


3 943 


3 943 


/


/





SE



MAC


2A34.


Mackerel


3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32


4 034 000 


2 945 203 


3 075 839 


104,44 %


130 636 


/


/


/


130 636 


130 636 


/


/









(1)  Quotas available to a Member State pursuant to the relevant fishing opportunities Regulations after taking into account exchanges of fishing opportunities in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22), quota transfers from 2018 to 2019 in accordance with Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3) and with Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 or reallocation and deduction of fishing opportunities in accordance with Articles 37 and 105 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

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

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

(4)  Letter “A” indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied due to consecutive overfishing in the years 2017, 2018 and 2019. Letter “C” indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied as the stock is subject to a multiannual plan.

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

(6)  Deductions to operate in 2020.

(7)  Deductions to operate in 2020 that could be actually applied considering the available quota on 10 September 2020.

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

(9)  Quantities below 1 tonne are not considered.

(10)  At Portugal’s request, the deduction of 1 271 026 kilos due in 2020 is equally spread over two years (2020 and 2021).’