CELEX: 32021R1750
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-28 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1750 of 28 September 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/440 on the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco and the Implementation Protocol thereto

4.10.2021   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 349/1
               
            
         COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2021/1750
         of 28 September 2021
         amending Regulation (EU) 2019/440 on the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco and the Implementation Protocol thereto
         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)
                  
                  
                     On 29 November 2018 the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2019/440 (1) on the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco (‘the Fisheries Agreement’).
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     On 4 March 2019 the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2019/441 (2) on the conclusion of the Fisheries Agreement and the Implementation Protocol thereto.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     Regulation (EU) 2019/440 allocates fishing opportunities in, inter alia, category 6 (industrial fishing for pelagic species) to Member States, including the United Kingdom.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     Pursuant to the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (3) (‘the Withdrawal Agreement’), the United Kingdom is no longer a Member State of the Union as of 1 February 2020. The transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement ended on 31 December 2020. Therefore, the United Kingdom is no longer entitled to use those fishing opportunities beyond that date and they should be reallocated to the Member States as from 1 January 2021.
                  
               
                     (5)
                  
                  
                     The reallocation of fishing opportunities should be transparent and proportional to the original quota allocation.
                  
               
                     (6)
                  
                  
                     Regulation (EU) 2019/440 should therefore be amended accordingly.
                  
               
                     (7)
                  
                  
                     Due to its impact on fishing activities in 2021, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021. Such retroactive application does not affect the principles of legal certainty and the protection of legitimate expectations, as the fishing opportunities concerned have not been used by the United Kingdom and are increased for the Member States concerned.
                  
               
                     (8)
                  
                  
                     Taking into account the urgency related to the retroactive application of this Regulation, this Regulation should enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
         
            Article 1
            In Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2019/440, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
            
               
                  ‘1.   The fishing opportunities established pursuant to the Implementation Protocol to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco (“the Fisheries Agreement”) shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
                  
                              Fishing category
                           
                           
                              Type of vessel
                           
                           
                              Member State
                           
                           
                              Licences or quota
                           
                        
                              
                                          1.
                                       
                                       
                                          Small-scale fishing in the north, pelagic species
                                       
                                    
                           
                              Seiners < 150 gross tonnage (GT)
                           
                           
                              Spain
                           
                           
                              22 
                           
                        
                              
                                          2.
                                       
                                       
                                          Small-scale fishing in the north
                                       
                                    
                           
                              Bottom longliners < 40 GT
                           
                           
                              Spain
                           
                           
                              25 
                           
                        
                              Portugal
                           
                           
                              7 
                           
                        
                              Bottom longliners ≥ 40 GT < 150 GT
                           
                           
                              Portugal
                           
                           
                              3 
                           
                        
                              
                                          3.
                                       
                                       
                                          Small-scale fishing in the south
                                       
                                    
                           
                              Pole-lines < 150 GT per vessel
                              Total ≤ 800 GT
                           
                           
                              Spain
                           
                           
                              10 
                           
                        
                              
                                          4.
                                       
                                       
                                          Demersal fishing
                                       
                                    
                           
                              Bottom longliners ≤ 150 GT
                           
                           
                              Spain
                           
                           
                              7 
                           
                        
                              Portugal
                           
                           
                              4 
                           
                        
                              Trawlers ≤ 750 GT
                              Total ≤ 3 000  GT
                           
                           
                              Spain
                           
                           
                              5 
                           
                        
                              Italy
                           
                           
                              0 
                           
                        
                              
                                          5.
                                       
                                       
                                          Tuna fishing
                                       
                                    
                           
                              Pole-and-line vessels
                           
                           
                              Spain
                           
                           
                              23 
                           
                        
                              France
                           
                           
                              4 
                           
                        
                              
                                          6.
                                       
                                       
                                          Industrial fishing for pelagic species
                                       
                                    
                           
                              85 000  tonnes (t) in 2019
                              90 000  t in 2020
                              100 000  t each year in 2021 and 2022
                              Distribution of vessels authorised to fish:
                              
                                           
                                       
                                       
                                          10 vessels ≥ 3 000  GT and < 7 765  GT
                                       
                                    
                                           
                                       
                                       
                                          4 vessels ≥ 150 GT and < 3 000  GT
                                       
                                    
                                           
                                       
                                       
                                          4 vessels < 150 GT
                                       
                                    
                           
                              2019: 85 000  t
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              Germany
                           
                           
                              6 871,2  t
                           
                        
                              Lithuania
                           
                           
                              21 986,3  t
                           
                        
                              Latvia
                           
                           
                              12 367,5  t
                           
                        
                              Netherlands
                           
                           
                              26 102,4  t
                           
                        
                              Ireland
                           
                           
                              3 099,3  t
                           
                        
                              Poland
                           
                           
                              4 807,8  t
                           
                        
                              United Kingdom
                           
                           
                              4 807,8  t
                           
                        
                              Spain
                           
                           
                              496,2  t
                           
                        
                              Portugal
                           
                           
                              1 652,2  t
                           
                        
                              France
                           
                           
                              2 809,3  t
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              2020: 90 000  t
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              Germany
                           
                           
                              7 275,4  t
                           
                        
                              Lithuania
                           
                           
                              23 279,6  t
                           
                        
                              Latvia
                           
                           
                              13 095,0  t
                           
                        
                              Netherlands
                           
                           
                              27 637,9  t
                           
                        
                              Ireland
                           
                           
                              3 281,6  t
                           
                        
                              Poland
                           
                           
                              5 090,6  t
                           
                        
                              United Kingdom
                           
                           
                              5 090,6  t
                           
                        
                              Spain
                           
                           
                              525,4  t
                           
                        
                              Portugal
                           
                           
                              1 749,4  t
                           
                        
                              France
                           
                           
                              2 974,5  t
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              2021 and 2022: 100 000  t each year
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              Germany
                           
                           
                              8 568,4  t
                           
                        
                              Lithuania
                           
                           
                              27 417,0  t
                           
                        
                              Latvia
                           
                           
                              15 422,3  t
                           
                        
                              Netherlands
                           
                           
                              32 549,8  t
                           
                        
                              Ireland
                           
                           
                              3 864,9  t
                           
                        
                              Poland
                           
                           
                              5 995,4  t
                           
                        
                              Spain
                           
                           
                              618,8  t
                           
                        
                              Portugal
                           
                           
                              2 060,3  t
                           
                        
                              France
                           
                           
                              3 503,1  t’
                           
                        
            
         
         
            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            This Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2021.
         
         
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 28 September 2021.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               S. KUSTEC
            
         
         
            (1)  Council Regulation (EU) 2019/440 of 29 November 2018 on the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco and the Implementation Protocol thereto (OJ L 77, 20.3.2019, p. 1).
         
            (2)  Council Decision (EU) 2019/441 of 4 March 2019 on the conclusion of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Implementation Protocol thereto and the Exchange of Letters accompanying the Agreement (OJ L 77, 20.3.2019, p. 4).
         
            (3)  OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7.