Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2480 of 10 November 2023 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2023 in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1661
Date: 2023-11-10
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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            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2480
of 10 November 2023
         
operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2023 in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1661


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 2022 have been established by Council Regulations (EU) 2021/91 (2), (EU) 2021/1888 (3), (EU) 2022/109 (4) and (EU) 2022/110 (5).












(2)


Fishing quotas for the year 2023 have been established by Council Regulations (EU) 2022/2090 (6), (EU) 2023/194 (7) and (EU) 2023/195 (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) 2023/1661 (9) has established deductions from fishing quotas available for certain fish stocks in 2023 on account of overfishing in the previous years.












(5)


For certain Member States, namely Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands and Poland, certain deductions could not be operated by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1661 from fishing quotas allocated for the overfished stocks because quotas for these stocks are not available for those Member States in the year 2023.












(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 fish 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.












(7)


According to Communication from the Commission 2022/C 369/03 on guidelines for the 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 from quotas allocated for stocks fished by the same fleet as the fleet that overfished the quota.












(8)


The Member States concerned have been consulted as regards certain deductions from fishing quotas allocated for stocks other than those which have been overfished. It is therefore appropriate to operate deductions from those alternative fishing quotas allocated to those Member States in 2023.












(9)


In certain cases, exchanges of fishing opportunities concluded in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (11) enable deductions from the same stocks in the framework of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1661.












(10)


Moreover, certain deductions provided for by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1661 exceed the adapted quota available in the year 2023 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.












(11)


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1661 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(12)


The afore-mentioned Guidelines replaced Communication 2012/C 72/07 to adapt, where applicable, the timeline for deductions in case of overfishing of a quota for stocks managed by regional fisheries management organisations to the timeline for deductions set in the regional fisheries management organisations concerned for these stocks. Recommendation 21-01 by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) on a multiannual conservation and management programme for tropical tunas (12) as well as Recommendation 22-03 by ICCAT for the conservation of North Atlantic swordfish (13) establish that any excess of the annual adjusted quota in the year 2022 are to be deducted from the respective quota/catch limit for 2024. On this basis, deductions – including those resulting from applicable multiplying factors – on account of overfishing by Portugal established in 2022 for the stock of bigeye tuna in the Atlantic Ocean (BET/ATLANT) and the stock of swordfish in the Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N (SWO/AN05N), both managed by ICCAT, should only be applied in 2024.












(13)


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 2023 in Regulations (EU) 2022/2090, (EU) 2023/194 and (EU) 2023/195, 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) 2023/1661 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, 10 November 2023.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





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

(2)  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).

(3)  Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1888 of 27 October 2021 fixing for 2022 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/92 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters (OJ L 384, 29.10.2021, p. 1).

(4)  Council Regulation (EU) 2022/109 of 27 January 2022 fixing for 2022 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 21, 31.1.2022, p. 1).

(5)  Council Regulation (EU) 2022/110 of 27 January 2022 fixing for 2022 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (OJ L 21, 31.1.2022, p. 165).

(6)  Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2090 of 27 October 2022 fixing the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2023 and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/109 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters (OJ L 281, 31.10.2022, p. 1).

(7)  Council Regulation (EU) 2023/194 of 30 January 2023 fixing for 2023 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, as well as fixing for 2023 and 2024 such fishing opportunities for certain deep-sea fish stocks (OJ L 28, 31.1.2023, p. 1).

(8)  Council Regulation (EU) 2023/195 of 30 January 2023 fixing for 2023 the fishing opportunities for certain stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/110 as regards the fishing opportunities for 2022 applicable in the Mediterranean and the Black Seas (OJ L 28, 31.1.2023, p. 220).

(9)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1661 of 24 August 2023 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2023 on account of overfishing in the previous years (OJ L 210, 25.8.2023, p. 23).

(10)  Communication from the Commission on guidelines for the deduction of quotas under Article 105(1), (2) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and replacing Communication 2012/C 72/07 (2022/C 369/03) (OJ C 369, 27.9.2022, p. 3).

(11)  Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 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).

(12)  Recommendation 21-01 by ICCAT replacing Recommendation 19-02 replacing Recommendation 16-01 on a multi-annual conservation and management programme for tropical tunas.

(13)  Recommendation 22-03 by ICCAT replacing supplemental recommendation 21-02 extending and amending Recommendation 17-02 for the conservation of North Atlantic swordfish.




ANNEX I
DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2023 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 2023 fishing quota for the overfished stock (in tonnes)



 



Member State




Species code




Area code




Species name




Area name




Quantity to be deducted from the 2023 fishing quota for the alternative stocks (in tonnes)






DNK



HER


5B6ANB


Herring


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


8,077 


 



DNK



MAC


2CX14-


Mackerel


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


8,077 





DNK



OTH


1N2AB.


Other species


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


2,038 


 



DNK



HER


1/2-


Herring


United Kingdom, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2


2,038 





DNK



POK


1N2AB.


Saithe


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


17,317 


 



DNK



HER


1/2-


Herring


United Kingdom, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2


17,317 





ESP



GHL


1N2AB.


Greenland halibut


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


33,521 


 



ESP



HER


1/2-


Herring


United Kingdom, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2


33,521 





ESP



HAD


1N2AB.


Haddock


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


17,409 


 



ESP



REB


1N2AB.


Redfish


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


17,409 





ESP



OTH


1N2AB.


Other species


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


53,171 


 



ESP



COD


1N2AB.


Cod


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


53,171 





ESP



POK


1N2AB.


Saithe


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


8,163 


 



ESP



HER


1/2-


Herring


United Kingdom, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2


0,479 




COD


1N2AB.


Cod


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


0,540 




REB


1N2AB.


Redfish


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


7,144 





NLD



POK


1N2AB.


Saithe


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


43,097 


 



NLD



HER


1/2-


Herring


United Kingdom, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2


43,097 





POL



MAC


2A34.


Mackerel


3a; United Kingdom and Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c, 3d and 4


10,934 


 



POL



HER


3D-R30


Herring


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


10,934 









ANNEX II
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1661 is replaced by the following:



‘ANNEX
DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2023 FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED





















Member State


Species code


Area code


Species name


Area name


Initial quota 2022 (in tonnes)


Permitted landings 2022 (Total adapted quantity in tonnes)  (1)



Total catches 2022 (quantity in tonnes)


Quota consumption related to permitted landings 2022


Over-fishing related to permitted landings 2022 (quantity in tonnes)


Multi-plying factor  (2)



Additional Multi-plying factor  (3), (4)



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


Deductions from fishing quotas for 2023 (6) and subsequent years (quantity in tonnes)


Deductions from 2023 fishing quotas for the overfished stocks (7) (quantity in tonnes)


Deductions from 2023 fishing quotas for alternative stocks (quantity in tonnes)


To be deducted from fishing quotas for 2024 and subsequent year(s) (quantity in tonnes)





BE



SRX


07D.


Skates and rays


7d


134,000 


136,500 


137,765 


100,93  %


1,265 


/


/


/


1,265 


1,265 


/


/





BE



SRX


67AKXD


Skates and rays


United Kingdom and Union waters of 6a, 6b, 7a-c and 7e-k


814,000 


1 207,000 


1 209,702 


100,22  %


2,702 


/


/


/


2,702 


2,702 


/


/





DE



HER


4AB.


Herring


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


41 147,000 


37 114,880 


38 224,556 


102,99  %


1 109,676 


/


A (8)



/


1 109,676 


1 109,676 


/


/





DE



OTH


1N2AB.


Other species


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


71,000 


72,800 


92,797 


127,47  %


19,997 


1,00 


/


/


19,997 


0 


/


19,997 





DK



COD


03AN.


Cod


Skagerrak


1 515,000 


1 503,751 


1 521,783 


101,20  %


18,032 


/


C (8)



/


18,032 


18,032 


/


/





DK



COD


2A3AX4


Cod


4; United Kingdom waters of 2a; the part of 3a not covered by the Skagerrak and Kattegat


1 951,000 


1 980,700 


2 018,970 


101,93  %


38,270 


/


C (8)



/


38,270 


38,270 


/


/





DK



HAD


03A.


Haddock


3a


2 225,000 


2 508,851 


2 735,449 


109,03  %


226,598 


/


C (8)



/


226,598 


226,598 


/


/





DK



HER


5B6ANB


Herring


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


/


/


8,077 


N/A


8,077 


1,00 


/


 


8,077 


/


8,077 


/





DK



OTH


1N2AB.


Other species


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


/


2,038 


N/A


2,038 


1,00 


/


/


2,038 


/


2,038 


/





DK



POK


1N2AB.


Saithe


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


/


17,317 


N/A


17,317 


1,00 


/


/


17,317 


/


17,317 


/





DK



PRA


4N-S62


Northern prawn


Norwegian waters south of 62°N


200,000 


203,000 


205,041 


101,01  %


2,041 


/


/


/


2,041 


2,041 


/


/





DK



SPR


03A.


Sprat and associated by-catches


3a


8 422,000 


20,186 


34,428 


170,55  %


14,242 


1,00 


/


/


14,242 


14,242 


/


/





DK



WHB


1X14


Blue whiting


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


36 723,000 


45 035,026 


45 516,979 


101,07  %


481,953 


/


/


/


481,953 


481,953 


/


/





ES



ALF


3X14-


Alfonsinos


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


51,000 


58,000 


59,069 


101,84  %


1,069 


/


/


/


1,069 


1,069 


/


/





ES



COD


1/2B.


Cod


1 and 2b


9 688,000 


9 290,212 


9 409,547 


101,28  %


119,335 


/


A (8)



/


119,335 


119,335 


/


/





ES



COD


1N2AB.


Cod


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


2 602,000 


2 744,006 


2 804,069 


102,19  %


60,063 


/


/


/


60,063 


0 


/


60,063 





ES



GHL


1N2AB.


Greenland halibut


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


32,719 


55,066 


168,30  %


22,347 


1,00 


A


/


33,521 


/


33,521 


/





ES



HAD


1N2AB.


Haddock


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


0,554 


17,963 


3 242,42  %


17,409 


1,00 


/


/


17,409 


/


17,409 


/





ES



OTH


1N2AB.


Other species


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


/


35,447 


N/A


35,447 


1,00 


A


/


53,171 


/


53,171 


/





ES



POL


08C.


Pollack


8c


149,000 


172,001 


173,627 


100,95  %


1,626 


/


/


/


1,626 


1,626 


/


/





ES



POK


1N2AB.


Saithe


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


17,250 


25,413 


147,32  %


8,163 


1,00 


/


/


8,163 


/


8,163 


/





ES



REB


1N2AB.


Redfish


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


106,000 


103,211 


104,593 


101,34  %


1,382 


/


/


/


1,382 


1,382 


/


/





ES



RJU


9-C.


Undulate ray


Union waters of 9


15,000 


18,000 


19,348 


107,49  %


1,348 


/


/


/


1,348 


0 


/


1,348 





FR



JAX


4BC7D


Horse mackerel and associated by-catches


United Kingdom and Union waters of 4b, 4c and 7d


267,000 


396,532 


461,312 


116,34  %


64,780 


1,00 


/


/


64,780 


64,780 


/


/





FR



RJE


7FG.


Small-eyed ray


7f and 7g


36,000 


57,000 


83,299 


146,14  %


26,299 


1,00 


/


/


26,299 


26,299 


/


/





FR



RJU


8-C.


Undulate ray


Union waters of 8


13,000 


23,000 


24,081 


104,70  %


1,081 


/


/


/


1,081 


1,081 


/


/





IE



HER


6AS7BC


Herring


6aS, 7b, 7c


1 236,000 


1 267,563 


1 298,400 


102,43  %


30,837 


/


/


/


30,837 


30,837 


/


/





IE



POK


1N2AB.


Saithe


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


28,810 


51,017 


177,08  %


22,207 


1,00 


/


/


22,207 


22,207 


/


/





MT



ALB


MED


Mediterranean albacore


Mediterranean Sea


41,190 


41,190 


49,876 


121,09  %


8,686 


1,00 


/


/


8,686 


8,686 


/


/





NL



POK


1N2AB.


Saithe


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2


/


4,000 


47,097 


1 177,43  %


43,097 


1,00 


/


/


43,097 


/


43,097 


/





PL



MAC


2A34.


Mackerel


3a; United Kingdom and Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c, 3d and 4


/


/


10,934 


N/A


10,934 


1,00 


/


/


10,934 


/


10,934 


/





PT



ALF


3X14-


Alfonsinos


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


145,000 


142,314 


145,155 


102,00  %


2,841 


/


A (8)



/


2,841 


2,841 


/


/





PT



BET


ATLANT


Bigeye tuna


Atlantic Ocean


3 106,230 


3 022,850 


3 206,898 


106,09  %


184,048 


/


/


/


/ (9)



/ (9)



/


184,048  (9)






PT



RJU


9-C.


Undulate ray


Union waters of 9


15,000 


32,000 


33,907 


105,96  %


1,907 


/


/


/


1,907 


1,907 


/


/





PT



SWO


AN05N


Swordfish


Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N


1 161,840 


1 687,840 


1 738,632 


103,01  %


50,792 


/


/


/


/ (10)



/ (10)



/


50,792  (10)






SE



I/F


04-N


Industrial fish


Norwegian waters of 4


800,000 


800,000 


808,349 


101,04  %


8,349 


/


/


/


8,349 


8,349 


/


/






            ’
         


(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 2021 to 2022 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 2020, 2021 and 2022. 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 2023.

(7)  Deductions to operate in 2023 that could be actually applied considering the available quota on 1 September 2023.

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

(9)  Recommendation 21-01 by ICCAT establishes that any excess of the annual adjusted quota in 2022 shall be deducted from the respective quota/catch limit for 2024.

(10)  Recommendation 22-03 by ICCAT establishes that any excess of the annual adjusted quota in 2022 shall be deducted from the respective quota/catch limit for 2024.



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