Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/52 of 7 January 2025 reopening the fishery for saithe in Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 by vessels flying the flag of France, by repealing Regulation (EU) 2024/2844
Date: 2025-01-07
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Barents Sea, France, Norway, Norwegian Sea, catch area, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag, territorial waters








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2025/52


10.1.2025







            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2025/52
of 7 January 2025
         
reopening the fishery for saithe in Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 by vessels flying the flag of France, by repealing Regulation (EU) 2024/2844


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 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EU) 2024/257 (2) lays down quotas for 2024.












(2)


On 10 October 2024, France notified the Commission, pursuant to Article 35(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, of its decision to prohibit fishing for saithe in Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 as from 26 July 2024.












(3)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/2844 (3) prohibited fishing for saithe in Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 for vessels flying the flag of France.












(4)


According to the information received by the Commission on 7 November 2024 from the French authorities, a quantity is still available to France for the quota for that stock. Consequently, the fishery for saithe in Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 by vessels flying the flag of or registered in France should be reopened until further notice.












(5)


That reopening of fishery should take effect on 7 November 2024, in order to allow the quantity of saithe in question to be fished before the end of the current year.












(6)


Regulation (EU) 2024/2844 should therefore be repealed with effect from 7 November 2024.












(7)


Such retroactive application does not affect the principle of legal certainty and protection of legitimate expectations as a quota is still available for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The fishery for saithe in Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 for the 2024 fishing season by vessels flying the flag of or registered in France referred to in the Annex is reopened.
Regulation (EU) 2024/2844 is repealed.


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 7 November 2024.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 January 2025.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Costas KADIS
            

Member of the Commission






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

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2024/257 of 10 January 2024 fixing for 2024, 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/194 (OJ L, 2024/257, 11.1.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/257/oj).

(3)  Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/2844 of 31 October 2024 establishing a fisheries closure for saithe in Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 for vessels flying the flag of France (OJ L, 2024/2844, 7.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2844/oj).




ANNEX






No


26/TQ257 – Reopening




Member State


France




Stock


POK/1N2AB.




Species


Saithe (Pollachius virens)




Zone


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2




Closing date


26 July 2024




Reopening date


7 November 2024







ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/52/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)