EN
2.6.2023
Official Journal of the European Union
L 143/1
II (Non-legislative acts)
REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2023/1062 of 1 June 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/194 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
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
Council Regulation (EU) 2023/194 (1) fixes for 2023 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters.
The total allowable catches (TACs) and measures functionally linked to the TACs set by Regulation (EU) 2023/194 should be amended in order to take into account the outcome of consultations with third countries.
(2)
Regulation (EU) 2023/194 sets a provisional Union quota for cod (Gadus morhua) in Svalbard waters and international waters of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) subarea 1 and division 2b for the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2023.
In order to allow fishing activities to continue, it is necessary to replace that provisional Union quota by a definitive Union quota for that stock for 2023.
The Council should therefore set the Union quota for cod in Svalbard waters and international waters of ICES subarea 1 and division 2b based on the reference TAC for northeast Arctic cod and the Union’s historic fishing rights.
The definitive Union quota for cod in Svalbard waters and international waters of ICES subarea 1 and division 2b for 2023 should be set at the level of 15 629 tonnes, which corresponds to the percentage indicated in paragraph 3, point (a) of the EU-Norway political understanding in relation to the fisheries in ICES subareas 1 and 2.
The Union quota for cod in Svalbard waters and international waters of ICES subarea 1 and division 2b should be allocated to the Member States in accordance with Council Decision 87/277/EEC (2), subject to the adaptations necessary due to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union as set out in Annex 36(E) to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (3).
(1) 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).
(2) Council Decision 87/277/EEC of 18 May 1987 on the allocation of the catch possibilities for cod in the Spitsbergen and Bear Island area and in Division 3M as defined in the NAFO Convention (OJ L 135, 23.5.1987, p. 29).
(3) OJ L 149, 30.4.2021, p. 10.