CELEX: 32018R1969
Language: en
Date: 2018-12-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1969 of 12 December 2018 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2018 on account of overfishing in the previous years

13.12.2018   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 316/12
               
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/1969
         of 12 December 2018
         operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2018 on account of overfishing in the previous years
         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) and (3) thereof,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     Fishing quotas for the year 2017 have been established by:
                     
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1903 (2),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 (3),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2372 (4), and
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/127 (5).
                              
                           
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Fishing quotas for the year 2018 have been established by:
                     
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285,
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1970 (6),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2360 (7), and
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 (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)
                  
                  
                     Article 105(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 provides that such deductions have to be operated in the following year or years by applying the respective multiplying factors as set out therein.
                  
               
                     (5)
                  
                  
                     Certain Member States have exceeded their fishing quotas for the year 2017. It is therefore appropriate to operate deductions on the fishing quotas allocated to them in 2018 and, where relevant, in subsequent years, for the overfished stocks.
                  
               
                     (6)
                  
                  
                     In 2016, Spain overfished its quota for albacore in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N (ALB/AN05N). At the request of Spain, the corresponding deduction was equally spread over two years (2017 and 2018). By Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2309 (9), the first half of the deduction, namely 1 134,677 tonnes, was operated on the 2017 Spanish quota. For 2018, the Spanish initial quota for northern albacore in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N (ALB/AN05N), as fixed by Regulation (EU) 2018/120, already reflected a deduction of 945,560 tonnes. Therefore, a remaining quantity of 189,117 tonnes should be deducted from the Spanish 2018 quota.
                  
               
                     (7)
                  
                  
                     Deductions from fishing quotas, as provided for by this Regulation, should apply without prejudice to deductions applicable to 2018 quotas pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013 (10).
                  
               
                     (8)
                  
                  
                     Since quotas are expressed in tonnes, overfishing involving quantities of less than 1 tonne should not be considered,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
         
            Article 1
            
               1.   The fishing quotas fixed in Regulations (EU) 2016/2285, (EU) No 2017/1970, (EU) 2017/2360 and (EU) 2018/120 for the year 2018 shall be reduced as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
            
            
               2.   Paragraph 1 shall apply without prejudice to deductions provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013.
            
         
         
            Article 2
            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, 12 December 2018.
            
               
                  For the Commission
               
               
                  The President
               
               Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
         
            (2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1903 of 28 October 2016 fixing for 2017 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2016/72 (OJ L 295, 29.10.2016, p. 1).
         
            (3)  Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 of 12 December 2016 fixing for 2017 and 2018 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks and amending Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 32).
         
            (4)  Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2372 of 19 December 2016 fixing for 2017 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Black Sea (OJ L 352, 23.12.2016, p. 26).
         
            (5)  Council Regulation (EU) 2017/127 of 20 January 2017 fixing for 2017 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 24, 28.1.2017, p. 1).
         
            (6)  Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1970 of 27 October 2017 fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/127 (OJ L 281, 31.10.2017, p. 1).
         
            (7)  Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2360 of 11 December 2017 fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Black Sea (OJ L 337, 19.12.2017, p. 1).
         
            (8)  Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 of 23 January 2018 fixing for 2018 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, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/127 (OJ L 27, 31.1.2018, p. 1).
         
            (9)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2309 of 13 December 2017 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2017 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1345 (OJ L 331, 14.12.2017, p. 23).
         
            (10)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013 of 5 March 2013 providing for deductions from certain fishing quotas allocated to Spain in 2013 and subsequent years on account of overfishing of a certain mackerel quota in 2009 (OJ L 62, 6.3.2013, p. 1).
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            
               DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2018 FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED
            
            
                        Member State
                     
                     
                        Species code
                     
                     
                        Area code
                     
                     
                        Species name
                     
                     
                        Area name
                     
                     
                        Initial quota 2017 (in kilograms)
                     
                     
                        Permitted landings 2017 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms) (1)
                        
                     
                     
                        Total catches 2017 (quantity in kilograms)
                     
                     
                        Quota con-sumption related to permitted landings
                     
                     
                        Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms)
                     
                     
                        Multiplying factor (2)
                        
                     
                     
                        Additional Multiplying factor (3)
                            (4)
                        
                     
                     
                        Outstanding deductions from previous year(s) (5) (quantity in kilograms)
                     
                     
                        Deductions to apply in 2018 (quantity in kilograms)
                     
                  
                        BE
                     
                     
                        RJU
                     
                     
                        07D.
                     
                     
                        Undulate ray
                     
                     
                        Union waters of VIId
                     
                     
                        2 000 
                     
                     
                        2 000 
                     
                     
                        5 648 
                     
                     
                        282,40 %
                     
                     
                        3 648 
                     
                     
                        1,00
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        3 648 
                     
                  
                        BE
                     
                     
                        SRX
                     
                     
                        07D.
                     
                     
                        Skates and rays
                     
                     
                        Union waters of VIId
                     
                     
                        96 000 
                     
                     
                        91 353 
                     
                     
                        95 695 
                     
                     
                        104,75 %
                     
                     
                        4 342 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        4 342 
                     
                  
                        BE
                     
                     
                        SRX
                     
                     
                        67AKXD
                     
                     
                        Skates and rays
                     
                     
                        Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k
                     
                     
                        762 000 
                     
                     
                        907 100 
                     
                     
                        919 333 
                     
                     
                        101,35 %
                     
                     
                        12 233 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        12 233 
                     
                  
                        DK
                     
                     
                        MAC
                     
                     
                        2A34.
                     
                     
                        Mackerel
                     
                     
                        IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and Subdivisions 22-32
                     
                     
                        22 031 
                     
                     
                        17 525 756 
                     
                     
                        17 992 741 
                     
                     
                        102,66 %
                     
                     
                        466 985 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        466 985 
                     
                  
                        DK
                     
                     
                        MAC
                     
                     
                        2A4A-N
                     
                     
                        Mackerel
                     
                     
                        Norwegian waters of IIa and IVa
                     
                     
                        16 004 
                     
                     
                        14 538 090 
                     
                     
                        14 801 414 
                     
                     
                        101,81 %
                     
                     
                        263 324 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        263 324 
                     
                  
                        DK
                     
                     
                        MAC
                     
                     
                        2CX14-
                     
                     
                        Mackerel
                     
                     
                        VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        5 341 916 
                     
                     
                        5 342 930 
                     
                     
                        100,02 %
                     
                     
                        1 014 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        1 014 
                     
                  
                        DK
                     
                     
                        NOP
                     
                     
                        04-N.
                     
                     
                        Norway pout and associated by-catches
                     
                     
                        Norwegian waters of IV
                     
                     
                        0
                     
                     
                        0
                     
                     
                        16 298 
                     
                     
                        N/A
                     
                     
                        16 298 
                     
                     
                        1,00
                     
                     
                        A
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        24 447 
                     
                  
                        DK
                     
                     
                        OTH
                     
                     
                        1N2AB.
                     
                     
                        Other species
                     
                     
                        Norwegian waters of I and II
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        0
                     
                     
                        9 979 
                     
                     
                        N/A
                     
                     
                        9 979 
                     
                     
                        1,00
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        9 979 
                     
                  
                        DK
                     
                     
                        POK
                     
                     
                        1N2AB.
                     
                     
                        Saithe
                     
                     
                        Norwegian waters of I and II
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        0
                     
                     
                        9 508 
                     
                     
                        N/A
                     
                     
                        9 508 
                     
                     
                        1,00
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        9 508 
                     
                  
                        ES
                     
                     
                        ALB
                     
                     
                        AN05N
                     
                     
                        Northern albacore
                     
                     
                        Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N
                     
                     
                        14 981 130 
                     
                     
                        13 961 453 
                     
                     
                        13 940 306 
                     
                     
                        99,85 %
                     
                     
                        – 21 147  (7)
                        
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        189 117  (8)
                        
                     
                     
                        189 117 
                     
                  
                        ES
                     
                     
                        GHL
                     
                     
                        1N2AB.
                     
                     
                        Greenland halibut
                     
                     
                        Norwegian waters of I and II
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        19 200 
                     
                     
                        36 090 
                     
                     
                        187,97 %
                     
                     
                        16 890 
                     
                     
                        1,00
                     
                     
                        A
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        25 335 
                     
                  
                        ES
                     
                     
                        GHL
                     
                     
                        N3LMNO
                     
                     
                        Greenland halibut
                     
                     
                        NAFO 3LMNO
                     
                     
                        4 067 000 
                     
                     
                        4 061 001 
                     
                     
                        4 072 229 
                     
                     
                        100,28 %
                     
                     
                        11 228 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        C (6)
                        
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        11 228 
                     
                  
                        ES
                     
                     
                        POK
                     
                     
                        1N2AB.
                     
                     
                        Saithe
                     
                     
                        Norwegian waters of I and II
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        86 500 
                     
                     
                        88 150 
                     
                     
                        101,91 %
                     
                     
                        1 650 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        1 650 
                     
                  
                        ES
                     
                     
                        SWO
                     
                     
                        AS05N
                     
                     
                        Swordfish
                     
                     
                        Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N
                     
                     
                        4 715 270 
                     
                     
                        4 715 270 
                     
                     
                        4 808 206 
                     
                     
                        101,97 %
                     
                     
                        92 936 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        92 936 
                     
                  
                        FR
                     
                     
                        GHL
                     
                     
                        1N2AB.
                     
                     
                        Greenland halibut
                     
                     
                        Norwegian waters of I and II
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        0
                     
                     
                        6 868 
                     
                     
                        N/A
                     
                     
                        6 868 
                     
                     
                        1,00
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        6 868 
                     
                  
                        FR
                     
                     
                        YFT
                     
                     
                        IOTC
                     
                     
                        Yellowfin tuna
                     
                     
                        IOTC Area of Competence
                     
                     
                        29 501 000 
                     
                     
                        29 651 000 
                     
                     
                        29 960 730 
                     
                     
                        101,04 %
                     
                     
                        309 730 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        309 730 
                     
                  
                        IE
                     
                     
                        HKE
                     
                     
                        8ABDE.
                     
                     
                        Hake
                     
                     
                        VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        0
                     
                     
                        1 300 
                     
                     
                        N/A
                     
                     
                        1 300 
                     
                     
                        1,00
                     
                     
                        C (6)
                        
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        1 300 
                     
                  
                        IE
                     
                     
                        MAC
                     
                     
                        2CX14-
                     
                     
                        Mackerel
                     
                     
                        VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV
                     
                     
                        86 426 000 
                     
                     
                        86 319 537 
                     
                     
                        86 520 982 
                     
                     
                        100,23 %
                     
                     
                        201 445 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        201 445 
                     
                  
                        NL
                     
                     
                        WHG
                     
                     
                        56-14
                     
                     
                        Whiting
                     
                     
                        VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        0
                     
                     
                        18 648 
                     
                     
                        N/A
                     
                     
                        18 648 
                     
                     
                        1,00
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        18 648 
                     
                  
                        PL
                     
                     
                        COD
                     
                     
                        3BC+24
                     
                     
                        Cod
                     
                     
                        Subdivisions 22-24
                     
                     
                        654 000 
                     
                     
                        915 170 
                     
                     
                        947 501 
                     
                     
                        103,53 %
                     
                     
                        32 331 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        C (6)
                        
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        32 331 
                     
                  
                        PT
                     
                     
                        ALB
                     
                     
                        AN05N
                     
                     
                        Northern albacore
                     
                     
                        Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N
                     
                     
                        2 413 800 
                     
                     
                        2 332 800 
                     
                     
                        2 564 017 
                     
                     
                        109,91 %
                     
                     
                        231 217 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        231 217 
                     
                  
                        PT
                     
                     
                        ALF
                     
                     
                        3X14-
                     
                     
                        Alfonsinos
                     
                     
                        Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV
                     
                     
                        182 000 
                     
                     
                        182 626 
                     
                     
                        185 582 
                     
                     
                        101,62 %
                     
                     
                        2 956 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        2 956 
                     
                  
                        PT
                     
                     
                        ANE
                     
                     
                        9/3411
                     
                     
                        Anchovy
                     
                     
                        IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
                     
                     
                        6 522 000 
                     
                     
                        8 992 936 
                     
                     
                        9 141 377 
                     
                     
                        101,65 %
                     
                     
                        148 441 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        148 441 
                     
                  
                        PT
                     
                     
                        BUM
                     
                     
                        ATLANT
                     
                     
                        Blue marlin
                     
                     
                        Atlantic ocean
                     
                     
                        52 320 
                     
                     
                        51 259 
                     
                     
                        56 271 
                     
                     
                        109,78 %
                     
                     
                        5 012 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        5 012 
                     
                  
                        PT
                     
                     
                        LEZ
                     
                     
                        8C3411
                     
                     
                        Megrims
                     
                     
                        VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
                     
                     
                        36 000 
                     
                     
                        139 400 
                     
                     
                        142 316 
                     
                     
                        102,09 %
                     
                     
                        2 916 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        2 916 
                     
                  
                        PT
                     
                     
                        SBR
                     
                     
                        09-
                     
                     
                        Red seabream
                     
                     
                        Union and international waters of IX
                     
                     
                        37 000 
                     
                     
                        72 027 
                     
                     
                        75 905 
                     
                     
                        105,38 %
                     
                     
                        3 878 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        3 878 
                     
                  
                        PT
                     
                     
                        SRX
                     
                     
                        89-C.
                     
                     
                        Skates and rays
                     
                     
                        Union waters of VIII and IX
                     
                     
                        1 156 000 
                     
                     
                        1 132 824 
                     
                     
                        1 211 808 
                     
                     
                        106,97 %
                     
                     
                        78 984 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        78 984 
                     
                  
                        PT
                     
                     
                        SWO
                     
                     
                        AN05N
                     
                     
                        Swordfish
                     
                     
                        Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N
                     
                     
                        1 170 830 
                     
                     
                        1 738 532 
                     
                     
                        1 854 956 
                     
                     
                        106,70 %
                     
                     
                        116 424 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        116 424 
                     
                  
                        UK
                     
                     
                        MAC
                     
                     
                        2CX14-
                     
                     
                        Mackerel
                     
                     
                        VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV
                     
                     
                        237 677 000 
                     
                     
                        222 116 471 
                     
                     
                        224 288 943 
                     
                     
                        100,98 %
                     
                     
                        2 172 472 
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        A (6)
                        
                     
                     
                        /
                     
                     
                        2 172 472 
                     
                  
               (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 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22), quota transfers from 2016 to 2017 in accordance with Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (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 2015, 2016 and 2017. 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)  Additional multiplying factor not applicable because the overfishing does not exceed 10 % of the permitted landings.
            
               (7)  The deduction cannot be reduced by this unused quantity as article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 is not applicable to the ALB/AN05N stock.
            
               (8)  At Spain's request, the deduction of 2 269 354 kilos due in 2017 was equally spread over two years (2017 and 2018) by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2309. Since the 2018 initial quota for Spain as fixed by Regulation (EU) 2018/120 already reflects a deduction of 945 560 kilos, the remaining quantity to deduct amounts to 189 117 kilos.