CELEX: 32019R0440
Language: en
Date: 2018-11-29 00:00:00
Title: 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

20.3.2019   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 77/1
               
            
         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
         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 behalf of the Union, the Commission negotiated a new Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco (‘the Fisheries Agreement’) as well as a new Implementation Protocol thereto and the Exchange of Letters accompanying the Fisheries Agreement.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     In accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2018/2068 (1), the Fisheries Agreement, the Implementation Protocol thereto and the Exchange of Letters accompanying the Fisheries Agreement were signed on 14 January 2019, subject to their conclusion at a later date.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     The Implementation Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement covers a period of four years as from the date of its application, as defined in Article 16 thereof.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     The fishing opportunities should be allocated among the Member States for the full duration of application of the Implementation Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement.
                  
               
                     (5)
                  
                  
                     This Regulation should apply from the date of application of the Implementation Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
         
            Article 1
            
               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
                        
                     
                           Small-scale fishing in the north, pelagic species
                        
                        
                           Seiners < 150 gross tonnage (GT)
                        
                        
                           Spain
                        
                        
                           22
                        
                     
                           Small-scale fishing in the north
                        
                        
                           Bottom longliners < 40 GT
                        
                        
                           Spain
                        
                        
                           25
                        
                     
                           Portugal
                        
                        
                           7
                        
                     
                           Bottom longliners ≥ 40 GT < 150 GT
                        
                        
                           Portugal
                        
                        
                           3
                        
                     
                           Small-scale fishing in the south
                        
                        
                           Pole-lines < 150 GT per vessel
                           Total ≤ 800 GT
                        
                        
                           Spain
                        
                        
                           10
                        
                     
                           Demersal fishing
                        
                        
                           Bottom longliners ≤ 150 GT
                        
                        
                           Spain
                        
                        
                           7
                        
                     
                           Portugal
                        
                        
                           4
                        
                     
                           Trawlers ≤ 750 GT
                           Total ≤ 3 000  GT
                        
                        
                           Spain
                        
                        
                           5
                        
                     
                           Italy
                        
                        
                           0
                        
                     
                           Tuna fishing
                        
                        
                           Pole-and-line vessels
                        
                        
                           Spain
                        
                        
                           23
                        
                     
                           France
                        
                        
                           4
                        
                     
                           Industrial fishing for pelagic species
                        
                        
                           85 000  tonnes (t) in the first year
                           90 000  t in the second year
                           100 000  t in the third year and in the fourth year
                           Distribution of vessels authorised to fish:
                           
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                       10 vessels ≥ 3 000  GT and < 7 765  GT
                                    
                                 
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                       4 vessels ≥ 150 and < 3 000  GT
                                    
                                 
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                       4 vessels < 150 GT
                                    
                                 
                        
                           Year 1: 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
                        
                     
                           Year 2: 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
                        
                     
                           Years 3 and 4: 100 000  t each year
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           Germany
                        
                        
                           8 083,8  t
                        
                     
                           Lithuania
                        
                        
                           25 866,3  t
                        
                     
                           Latvia
                        
                        
                           14 550,0  t
                        
                     
                           Netherlands
                        
                        
                           30 708,8  t
                        
                     
                           Ireland
                        
                        
                           3 646,3  t
                        
                     
                           Poland
                        
                        
                           5 656,3  t
                        
                     
                           United Kingdom
                        
                        
                           5 656,3  t
                        
                     
                           Spain
                        
                        
                           583,8 t
                        
                     
                           Portugal
                        
                        
                           1 943,8  t
                        
                     
                           France
                        
                        
                           3 305,0  t
                        
                     
            
               2.   Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) shall apply without prejudice to the Fisheries Agreement, to the Implementation Protocol thereto and to the Exchange of Letters accompanying the Fisheries Agreement.
            
         
         
            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            It shall apply from the date of application of the Implementation Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement.
         
         
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 29 November 2018.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               M. SCHRAMBÖCK
            
         
         
            (1)  Council Decision (EU) 2018/2068 of 29 November 2018 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, 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 331, 28.12.2018, p. 1).
         
            (2)  Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 (OJ L 347, 28.12.2017, p. 81).