CELEX: 32020R1189
Language: en
Date: 2020-08-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/1189 of 6 August 2020 establishing a fisheries closure for redfish in NAFO 3M for vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the European Union

12.8.2020   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 262/1
               
            
         COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2020/1189
         of 6 August 2020
         establishing a fisheries closure for redfish in NAFO 3M for vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the European Union
         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 (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 (2) lays down quotas for 2020.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock of redfish in NAFO 3M by vessels flying the flag of or registered in a Member State of the European Union have exhausted the quota allocated for 2020.
                  
               
                     (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 Member States of the European Union for the stock of redfish in NAFO 3M area for 2020 referred to in the Annex shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
         
         
            Article 2
            Prohibitions
            Directed fishing activities for the stock referred to in Article 1 by vessels flying the flag of or registered in a Member State of the European Union shall be prohibited from the date set out in the Annex.
         
         
            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, 6 August 2020.
            
               
                  For the Commission,
               
               
                  On behalf of the President,
               
               Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS
               
                  Member of the Commission
               
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
         
            (2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 of 27 January 2020 fixing for 2020 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 25, 30.1.2020, p. 1).
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            
                        No
                     
                     
                        09/TQ123
                     
                  
                        Member State
                     
                     
                        European Union (All Member States)
                     
                  
                        Stock
                     
                     
                        RED/N3M.
                     
                  
                        Species
                     
                     
                        Redfish (Sebastes spp.)
                     
                  
                        Zone
                     
                     
                        NAFO 3M
                     
                  
                        Closing period
                     
                     
                        19 July 2020 at 24.00 UTC