Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2235 of 15 December 2021 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2021 in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1420
Date: 2021-12-15
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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16.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 450/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/2235
of 15 December 2021
         
operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2021 in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1420


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 2020 have been established by:






—


Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025 (2),










—


Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1838 (3),










—


Council Regulation (EU) 2019/2236 (4), and










—


Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 (5).
















(2)


Fishing quotas for the year 2021 have been established by:






—


Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1579 (6),










—


Council Regulation (EU) 2021/90 (7),










—


Council Regulation (EU) 2021/91 (8), and










—


Council Regulation (EU) 2021/92 (9).
















(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) 2021/1420 (10) has established deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2021 on account of overfishing in the previous years.












(5)


For certain Member States, namely Denmark, Spain, Estonia, France and the Netherlands, certain deductions could not be operated by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1420 from quotas allocated for the overfished stocks because quotas for these stocks are not available for those Member States in the year 2021.












(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 (11) (‘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 in relation to the operation of certain deductions from quotas allocated for stocks other than those which have been overfished. It is therefore appropriate to operate deductions from those fishing quotas allocated to those Member States in 2021.












(8)


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1420 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(9)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The fishing quotas fixed for the year 2021 in Regulations (EU) 2020/1579, (EU) 2021/90, (EU) 2021/91, and (EU) 2021/92, 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
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1420 is replaced by the text set out in 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, 15 December 2021.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





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

(2)  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).

(3)  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).

(4)  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).

(5)  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).

(6)  Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1579 of 29 October 2020 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters (OJ L 362, 30.10.2020, p. 3).

(7)  Council Regulation (EU) 2021/90 of 28 January 2021 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (OJ L 31, 29.1.2021, p. 1).

(8)  Council Regulation (EU) 2021/91 of 28 January 2021 fixing, for the years 2021 and 2022, the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (OJ L 31, 29.1.2021, p. 20).

(9)  Council Regulation (EU) 2021/92 of 28 January 2021 fixing for 2021 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 31, 29.1.2021 p. 31).

(10)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1420 of 30 August 2021 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2021 on account of overfishing in the previous years (OJ L 305, 31.8.2021, p. 10).

(11)  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) as amended by Communication 2019/C 192/03 (OJ C 192, 7.6.2019, p. 5).




ANNEX I
DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2021 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 2021 fishing quota for the overfished stock (in kilograms)


 


Member State


Species code


Area code


Species name


Area name


Quantity to be deducted from the 2021 fishing quota for the alternative stocks (in kilograms)





DK



COD


1N2AB.


Cod


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


1 606 


 



DK



HER


1/2-


Herring


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


1 606 





DK



DGS


15X14


Picked dogfish


Union and international waters of 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14


4 718 


 



DK



MAC


2CX14-


Mackerel


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


4 718 





DK



POK


1N2AB.


Saithe


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


80 933 


 



DK



HER


1/2-


Herring


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


80 933 





ES



GHL


1N2AB.


Greenland halibut


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


33 603 


 



ES



COD


1/2B.


Cod


1 and 2b


33 603 





ES



OTH


1N2AB.


Other species


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


22 078 


 



ES



COD


1N2AB.


Cod


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


22 078 





EE



COD


1N2AB.


Cod


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


16 377 


 



EE



RNG


5B67-


Roundnose grenadier


6 and 7; United Kingdom and international waters of 5b


34 000 





FR



GHL


1N2AB.


Greenland halibut


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


8 988 


 



FR



REB


1N2AB.


Redfish


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


8 988 





FR



NEP


08C.


Norway lobster


8c


5 342 


 



FR



POL


08C.


Pollack


8c


5 342 





FR



WHM


ATLANT


White marlin


Atlantic Ocean


2 450 


 



FR



BUM


ATLANT


Blue marlin


Atlantic Ocean


2 450 





NL



WHB


8C3411


Blue whiting


8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1


12 235 


 



NL



WHB


1X14


Blue whiting


Union and international waters of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14


12 235 









ANNEX II
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1420 is replaced by the following:



‘ANNEX
DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2021 FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED





















Mem-ber State


Species code


Area code


Species name


Area name


Initial quota 2020 (in kilo grams)


Permitted landings 2020 (Total adapted quantity in kilo grams)  (1)



Total catches 2020 (quantity in kilo grams)


Quota con-sumption related to permitted landings


Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms)


Multi-plying factor  (2)



Addit-ional Multi-plying factor (3), (4)



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



Deductions from fishing quotas for 2021 (6) and subsequent years (quantity in kilo grams)


Deductions from 2021 fishing quotas for the overfished stocks (7) (quantity in kilo grams)


Deductions from 2021 fishing quotas for alternative stocks (quantity in kilo grams)


To be deducted from fishing quotas for 2022 and subsequent year(s) (quantity in kilo grams)





DE



HER


4AB.


Herring


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


39 404 000 


18 997 930 


20 355 612 


107,15  %


1 357 682 


/


/


/


1 357 682 


1 357 682 


/


/





DE



MAC


2CX14-


Mackerel


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


23 416 000 


21 146 443 


22 858 079 


108,09  %


1 711 636 


/


/


/


1 711 636 


1 711 636 


/


/





DK



COD


1N2AB.


Cod


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


/


1 606 


N/A


1 606 


1,00 


/


/


1 606 


/


1 606 


/





DK



DGS


15X14


Picked dogfish


Union and international waters of 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14


/


/


4 718 


N/A


4 718 


1,00 


/


/


4 718 


/


4 718 


/





DK



HER


03A.


Herring


3a


10 309 000 


7 482 731 


7 697 049 


102,86  %


214 318 


/


/


/


214 318 


214 318 


/


/





DK



HER


4AB.


Herring


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


59 468 000 


75 652 933 


81 089 507 


107,19  %


5 436 574 


/


/


/


5 436 574 


5 436 574 


/


/





DK



MAC


2A34.


Mackerel


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


19 998 000 


17 987 493 


18 625 387 


103,55  %


637 894 


/


/


/


637 894 


637 894 


/


/





DK



MAC


2A4A-N


Mackerel


Norwegian waters of 2a and 4a


14 453 000 


13 507 878 


13 531 201 


100,17  %


23 323 


/


/


/


23 323 


23 323 


/


/





DK



POK


1N2AB.


Saithe


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


7 800 


88 733 


1 137,60  %


80 933 


1,00 


/


/


80 933 


/


80 933 


/





DK



PRA


N1GRN.


Northern prawn


Greenland waters of NAFO 1


1 400 000 


2 800 000 


2 818 891 


100,67  %


18 891 


/


/


/


18 891 


18 891 


/


/





DK



SAN


234_2R


Sandeel


Union waters of sandeels management area 2r


59 106 000 


56 042 763 


57 756 024 


103,06  %


1 713 261  (9)



/


/


/


1 713 261  (9)



1 713 261  (9)



/


/





ES



COD


1/2B.


Cod


1 and 2b


11 688 000 


9 576 615 


9 581 250 


100,05  %


4 635 


/


/


/


4 635 


4 635 


/


/





ES



GHL


1N2AB.


Greenland halibut


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


/


22 402 


N/A


22 402 


1,00 


A


/


33 603 


/


33 603 


/





ES



OTH


1N2AB.


Other species


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


/


22 078 


N/A


22 078 


1,00 


/


/


22 078 


/


22 078 


/





ES



RJU


9-C.


Undulate ray


Union waters of 9


15 000 


15 000 


21 072 


140,48  %


6 072 


1,00 


/


2 067 


8 139 


8 139 


/


/





EE



COD


1N2AB.


Cod


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


300 000 


316 377 


105,46  %


16 377 


/


/


/


16 377 


/


34 000 


/





FR



GHL


1N2AB.


Greenland halibut


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


/


8 988 


N/A


8 988 


1,00 


/


/


8 988 


/


8 988 


/





FR



NEP


08C.


Norway lobster


8c


0 


0 


5 342 


N/A


5 342 


1,00 


/


/


5 342 


/


5 342 


/





FR



WHM


ATLANT


White marlin


Atlantic Ocean


/


/


1 225 


N/A


1 225 


1,00 


C


/


2 450 


/


2 450 


/





IE



ALB


AN05N


Northern albacore


Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N


2 891 010 


2 743 260 


2 938 449 


107,12 %


195 189 


/


C (8)



/


195 189 


195 189 


/


/





LV



HER


3D-R30


Herring


Union waters of Subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32


4 253 000 


6 135 144 


6 138 817 


100,06  %


3 673 


/


C (8)



/


3 673 


3 673 


/


/





LV



SPR


3BCD-C


Sprat


Union waters of subdivisions 22-32


29 073 000 


28 618 753 


28 635 182 


100,06  %


16 429 


/


C (8)



/


16 429 


16 429 


/


/





NL



HER


4AB.


Herring


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


51 717 000 


50 896 907 


51 002 687 


100,21  %


105 780 


/


/


/


105 780 


105 780 


/


/





NL



WHB


8C3411


Blue whiting


8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1


/


/


12 235 


N/A


12 235 


1,00 


/


/


12 235 


/


12 235 


/





PL



HER


1/2-


Herring


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


593 000 


1 226 015 


1 329 820 


108,47  %


103 805 


/


/


/


103 805 


103 805 


/


/





PL



MAC


2CX14-


Mackerel


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


1 649 000 


4 724 236 


5 185 187 


109,76  %


460 951 


/


/


/


460 951 


460 951 


/


/





PT



ALB


AN05N


Northern albacore


Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N


2 273 970 


1 638 457 


1 595 315 


97,37  %


-43 142  (10)



N/A


N/A


635 513  (11)



635 513  (11)



635 513  (11)



/


/





PT



ALF


3X14-


Alfonsinos


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


164 000 


155,278 


158,601 


102,14  %


3 323 


/


A (8)



/


3 323 


3 323 


/


/





PT



BET


ATLANT


Bigeye tuna


Atlantic Ocean


3 058 330 


3 058 330 


3 069 582 


100,37  %


11 252 


/


C (8)



/


11 252 


11 252 


/


/





PT



HKE


8C3411


Hake


8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1


2 614 000 


1 996 154 


2 135 737 


106,99  %


139 583 


/


C (8)



/


139 583 


139 583 


/


/





PT



SWO


AS05N


Swordfish


Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N


299 030 


299 030 


309 761 


103,59  %


10 731 


/


/


/


10 731 


10 731 


/


/






            ’
         


(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 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22), quota transfers from 2019 to 2020 in accordance with Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas (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 2018, 2019 and 2020. 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 2021.

(7)  Deductions to operate in 2021 that could be actually applied considering the available quota on 7 September 2021.

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

(9)  To be deducted from sandeel management area 3r.

(10)  As Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 is not applicable to the ALB/AN05N stock, this unused quantity cannot be utilised to reduce the remaining half of the deduction due in 2021.

(11)  At Portugal’s request, the deduction of 1 271 026 kilos due in 2020 on account of overfishing in 2019 has been equally spread over two years (2020 and 2021).