CELEX: 32014R1246
Language: en
Date: 2014-11-19
Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1246/2014 of 19 November 2014 establishing a prohibition of fishing for black scabbardfish in EU and international waters of V, VI, VII and XII by vessels flying the flag of Spain

22.11.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 335/1
            
         COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1246/2014
   of 19 November 2014
   establishing a prohibition of fishing for black scabbardfish in EU and international waters of V, VI, VII and XII by vessels flying the flag of Spain
   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 Community 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) No 1262/2012 (2), lays down quotas for 2014.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2014.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Quota exhaustion
   The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2014 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
   Article 2
   Prohibitions
   Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
   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, 19 November 2014.
      
         
            For the Commission,
         
         
            On behalf of the President,
         
         Lowri EVANS
         
            Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
   
      (2)  Council Regulation (EU) No 1262/2012 of 20 December 2012 fixing for 2013 and 2014 the fishing opportunities for EU vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (OJ L 356, 22.12.2012, p. 22).
   
      ANNEX
      
                  No
               
               
                  73/DSS
               
            
                  Member State
               
               
                  Spain
               
            
                  Stock
               
               
                  BSF/56712-
               
            
                  Species
               
               
                  Black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo)
               
            
                  Zone
               
               
                  EU and international waters of V, VI, VII and XII
               
            
                  Closing date
               
               
                  6.11.2014