Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/2311 of 7 November 2025 establishing a fisheries closure for European hake in GFCM geographical subareas 8, 9, 10 and 11 for vessels flying the flag of France
Date: 2025-11-07
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, France, Mediterranean Sea, catch by species, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag




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Official Journal of the European Union


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2025/2311


12.11.2025







            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2025/2311
of 7 November 2025
         
establishing a fisheries closure for European hake in GFCM geographical subareas 8, 9, 10 and 11 for vessels flying the flag of France


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) 2025/219 (2) lays down fishing opportunities for 2025.












(2)


According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock of European hake in the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) geographical subareas 8, 9, 10 and 11 by vessels flying the flag of or registered in France have exhausted the quota allocated for 2025.












(3)


It is therefore necessary to prohibit certain fishing activities for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to France for the stock of European hake in GFCM geographical subareas 8, 9, 10 and 11 for 2025 referred to in the Annex shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.


Article 2

Prohibitions


1.   Fishing for the stock referred to in Article 1 by vessels flying the flag of or registered in France shall be prohibited from the date set out in the Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to search for fish, shoot, set or haul a fishing gear for the purpose of fishing that stock.


2.   Transshipping, retaining on board, processing on board, transferring, caging, fattening and landing of fish and fishery products from that stock caught by those vessels shall remain authorised for catches taken prior to that date.


3.   Unintended catches of species from that stock by those vessels shall be brought and retained on board the fishing vessels, recorded, landed and counted against quotas in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3).



Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 7 November 2025.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Costas KADIS
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1224/oj.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2025/219 of 30 January 2025 fixing for 2025 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (OJ L, 2025/219, 4.2.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/219/oj).

(3)  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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1380/oj).




ANNEX






No


14/TQ219




Member State


France




Stock


HKE/GF8-11




Species


European hake (Merluccius merluccius)




Zone


GFCM geographical subareas 8, 9, 10 and 11




Closing date


22 October 2025







ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/2311/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)