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| 16.12.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 450/1 |
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), (3) and (5) thereof,
Whereas:
- (1) Fishing quotas for the year 2020 have been established by:
- — Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025 2,
- — Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1838 3,
- — Council Regulation (EU) 2019/2236 4, and
- — Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 5.
- (2) Fishing quotas for the year 2021 have been established by:
- — Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1579 6,
- — Council Regulation (EU) 2021/90 7,
- — Council Regulation (EU) 2021/91 8, and
- — Council Regulation (EU) 2021/92 9.
- (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) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1420 10 has established deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2021 on account of overfishing in the previous years.
- (5) For certain Member States, namely Denmark, Spain, Estonia, France and the Netherlands, certain deductions could not be operated by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1420 from quotas allocated for the overfished stocks because quotas for these stocks are not available for those Member States in the year 2021.
- (6) Article 105(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 provides that, if it is not possible to operate deductions on the overfished stock in the year following the overfishing because the Member State concerned has no available quota for that stock, deductions may be operated on other stocks in the same geographical area or with the same commercial value, following consultations with the Member States concerned. According to Commission Communication 2012/C 72/07 containing Guidelines for deduction of quotas under Article 105(1), (2) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 11 (‘the Guidelines’) such deductions should be preferably operated in the following year or years from quotas allocated for stocks fished by the same fleet as the fleet that overfished the quota.
- (7) The Member States concerned have been consulted in relation to the operation of certain deductions from quotas allocated for stocks other than those which have been overfished. It is therefore appropriate to operate deductions from those fishing quotas allocated to those Member States in 2021.
- (8) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1420 should therefore be amended accordingly.
- (9) Further updates or corrections may still occur following the detection, for the current or previous exercises, of errors, omissions or misreporting in the catch figures declared by the Member States pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The fishing quotas fixed for the year 2021 in Regulations (EU) 2020/1579, (EU) 2021/90, (EU) 2021/91, and (EU) 2021/92, referred to in Annex I to this Regulation, shall be reduced by applying the deductions on the alternative stocks set out in that Annex.
Article 2
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1420 is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3
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, 15 December 2021.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025 of 17 December 2018 fixing for 2019 and 2020 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (OJ L 325, 20.12.2018, p. 7).
Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1838 of 30 October 2019 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/124 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters (OJ L 281, 31.10.2019, p. 1).
Council Regulation (EU) 2019/2236 of 16 December 2019 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (OJ L 336, 30.12.2019, p. 14).
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).
Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1579 of 29 October 2020 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters (OJ L 362, 30.10.2020, p. 3).
Council Regulation (EU) 2021/90 of 28 January 2021 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (OJ L 31, 29.1.2021, p. 1).
Council Regulation (EU) 2021/91 of 28 January 2021 fixing, for the years 2021 and 2022, the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (OJ L 31, 29.1.2021, p. 20).
Council Regulation (EU) 2021/92 of 28 January 2021 fixing for 2021 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 31, 29.1.2021 p. 31).
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1420 of 30 August 2021 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2021 on account of overfishing in the previous years (OJ L 305, 31.8.2021, p. 10).
Communication from the Commission – Guidelines for deduction of quotas under Article 105(1), (2) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (2012/C 72/07) (OJ C 72, 10.3.2012, p. 27) as amended by Communication 2019/C 192/03 (OJ C 192, 7.6.2019, p. 5).
ANNEX I
DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2021 TO BE APPLIED ON ALTERNATIVE STOCKS
| OVERFISHED STOCKS | OVERFISHED STOCKS | OVERFISHED STOCKS | OVERFISHED STOCKS | OVERFISHED STOCKS | OVERFISHED STOCKS | ALTERNATIVE STOCKS | ALTERNATIVE STOCKS | ALTERNATIVE STOCKS | ALTERNATIVE STOCKS | ALTERNATIVE STOCKS | ALTERNATIVE STOCKS | |
| Member State | Species code | Area code | Species name | Area name | Quantity that cannot be deducted from the 2021 fishing quota for the overfished stock (in kilograms) | Member State | Species code | Area code | Species name | Area name | Quantity to be deducted from the 2021 fishing quota for the alternative stocks (in kilograms) | |
| DK | COD | 1N2AB. | Cod | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | 1 606 | DK | HER | 1/2- | Herring | Union, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2 | 1 606 | |
| DK | DGS | 15X14 | Picked dogfish | Union and international waters of 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14 | 4 718 | DK | MAC | 2CX14- | Mackerel | 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14 | 4 718 | |
| DK | POK | 1N2AB. | Saithe | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | 80 933 | DK | HER | 1/2- | Herring | Union, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2 | 80 933 | |
| ES | GHL | 1N2AB. | Greenland halibut | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | 33 603 | ES | COD | 1/2B. | Cod | 1 and 2b | 33 603 | |
| ES | OTH | 1N2AB. | Other species | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | 22 078 | ES | COD | 1N2AB. | Cod | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | 22 078 | |
| EE | COD | 1N2AB. | Cod | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | 16 377 | EE | RNG | 5B67- | Roundnose grenadier | 6 and 7; United Kingdom and international waters of 5b | 34 000 | |
| FR | GHL | 1N2AB. | Greenland halibut | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | 8 988 | FR | REB | 1N2AB. | Redfish | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | 8 988 | |
| FR | NEP | 08C. | Norway lobster | 8c | 5 342 | FR | POL | 08C. | Pollack | 8c | 5 342 | |
| FR | WHM | ATLANT | White marlin | Atlantic Ocean | 2 450 | FR | BUM | ATLANT | Blue marlin | Atlantic Ocean | 2 450 | |
| NL | WHB | 8C3411 | Blue whiting | 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 | 12 235 | NL | WHB | 1X14 | Blue whiting | Union and international waters of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14 | 12 235 |
ANNEX II
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1420 is replaced by the following:
‘ANNEX
DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2021 FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED
| Mem-ber State | Species code | Area code | Species name | Area name | Initial quota 2020 (in kilo grams) | Permitted landings 2020 (Total adapted quantity in kilo grams) 12 | Total catches 2020 (quantity in kilo grams) | Quota con-sumption related to permitted landings | Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms) | Multi-plying factor 13 | Addit-ional Multi-plying factor14,15 | Out-standing deductions from previous year(s) (quantity in kilo grams)16 | Deductions from fishing quotas for 202117 and subsequent years (quantity in kilo grams) | Deductions from 2021 fishing quotas for the overfished stocks18 (quantity in kilo grams) | Deductions from 2021 fishing quotas for alternative stocks (quantity in kilo grams) | To be deducted from fishing quotas for 2022 and subsequent year(s) (quantity in kilo grams) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE | HER | 4AB. | Herring | Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N | 39 404 000 | 18 997 930 | 20 355 612 | 107,15 % | 1 357 682 | / | / | / | 1 357 682 | 1 357 682 | / | / |
| DE | MAC | 2CX14- | Mackerel | 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14 | 23 416 000 | 21 146 443 | 22 858 079 | 108,09 % | 1 711 636 | / | / | / | 1 711 636 | 1 711 636 | / | / |
| DK | COD | 1N2AB. | Cod | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | / | / | 1 606 | N/A | 1 606 | 1,00 | / | / | 1 606 | / | 1 606 | / |
| DK | DGS | 15X14 | Picked dogfish | Union and international waters of 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14 | / | / | 4 718 | N/A | 4 718 | 1,00 | / | / | 4 718 | / | 4 718 | / |
| DK | HER | 03A. | Herring | 3a | 10 309 000 | 7 482 731 | 7 697 049 | 102,86 % | 214 318 | / | / | / | 214 318 | 214 318 | / | / |
| DK | HER | 4AB. | Herring | Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N | 59 468 000 | 75 652 933 | 81 089 507 | 107,19 % | 5 436 574 | / | / | / | 5 436 574 | 5 436 574 | / | / |
| DK | MAC | 2A34. | Mackerel | 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32 | 19 998 000 | 17 987 493 | 18 625 387 | 103,55 % | 637 894 | / | / | / | 637 894 | 637 894 | / | / |
| DK | MAC | 2A4A-N | Mackerel | Norwegian waters of 2a and 4a | 14 453 000 | 13 507 878 | 13 531 201 | 100,17 % | 23 323 | / | / | / | 23 323 | 23 323 | / | / |
| DK | POK | 1N2AB. | Saithe | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | / | 7 800 | 88 733 | 1 137,60 % | 80 933 | 1,00 | / | / | 80 933 | / | 80 933 | / |
| DK | PRA | N1GRN. | Northern prawn | Greenland waters of NAFO 1 | 1 400 000 | 2 800 000 | 2 818 891 | 100,67 % | 18 891 | / | / | / | 18 891 | 18 891 | / | / |
| DK | SAN | 234_2R | Sandeel | Union waters of sandeels management area 2r | 59 106 000 | 56 042 763 | 57 756 024 | 103,06 % | 1 713 261 20 | / | / | / | 1 713 261 20 | 1 713 261 20 | / | / |
| ES | COD | 1/2B. | Cod | 1 and 2b | 11 688 000 | 9 576 615 | 9 581 250 | 100,05 % | 4 635 | / | / | / | 4 635 | 4 635 | / | / |
| ES | GHL | 1N2AB. | Greenland halibut | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | / | / | 22 402 | N/A | 22 402 | 1,00 | A | / | 33 603 | / | 33 603 | / |
| ES | OTH | 1N2AB. | Other species | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | / | / | 22 078 | N/A | 22 078 | 1,00 | / | / | 22 078 | / | 22 078 | / |
| ES | RJU | 9-C. | Undulate ray | Union waters of 9 | 15 000 | 15 000 | 21 072 | 140,48 % | 6 072 | 1,00 | / | 2 067 | 8 139 | 8 139 | / | / |
| EE | COD | 1N2AB. | Cod | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | / | 300 000 | 316 377 | 105,46 % | 16 377 | / | / | / | 16 377 | / | 34 000 | / |
| FR | GHL | 1N2AB. | Greenland halibut | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | / | / | 8 988 | N/A | 8 988 | 1,00 | / | / | 8 988 | / | 8 988 | / |
| FR | NEP | 08C. | Norway lobster | 8c | 0 | 0 | 5 342 | N/A | 5 342 | 1,00 | / | / | 5 342 | / | 5 342 | / |
| FR | WHM | ATLANT | White marlin | Atlantic Ocean | / | / | 1 225 | N/A | 1 225 | 1,00 | C | / | 2 450 | / | 2 450 | / |
| IE | ALB | AN05N | Northern albacore | Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N | 2 891 010 | 2 743 260 | 2 938 449 | 107,12 % | 195 189 | / | C19 | / | 195 189 | 195 189 | / | / |
| LV | HER | 3D-R30 | Herring | Union waters of Subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32 | 4 253 000 | 6 135 144 | 6 138 817 | 100,06 % | 3 673 | / | C19 | / | 3 673 | 3 673 | / | / |
| LV | SPR | 3BCD-C | Sprat | Union waters of subdivisions 22-32 | 29 073 000 | 28 618 753 | 28 635 182 | 100,06 % | 16 429 | / | C19 | / | 16 429 | 16 429 | / | / |
| NL | HER | 4AB. | Herring | Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N | 51 717 000 | 50 896 907 | 51 002 687 | 100,21 % | 105 780 | / | / | / | 105 780 | 105 780 | / | / |
| NL | WHB | 8C3411 | Blue whiting | 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 | / | / | 12 235 | N/A | 12 235 | 1,00 | / | / | 12 235 | / | 12 235 | / |
| PL | HER | 1/2- | Herring | Union, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2 | 593 000 | 1 226 015 | 1 329 820 | 108,47 % | 103 805 | / | / | / | 103 805 | 103 805 | / | / |
| PL | MAC | 2CX14- | Mackerel | 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14 | 1 649 000 | 4 724 236 | 5 185 187 | 109,76 % | 460 951 | / | / | / | 460 951 | 460 951 | / | / |
| PT | ALB | AN05N | Northern albacore | Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N | 2 273 970 | 1 638 457 | 1 595 315 | 97,37 % | -43 142 21 | N/A | N/A | 635 513 22 | 635 513 22 | 635 513 22 | / | / |
| PT | ALF | 3X14- | Alfonsinos | Union and international waters of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14 | 164 000 | 155,278 | 158,601 | 102,14 % | 3 323 | / | A19 | / | 3 323 | 3 323 | / | / |
| PT | BET | ATLANT | Bigeye tuna | Atlantic Ocean | 3 058 330 | 3 058 330 | 3 069 582 | 100,37 % | 11 252 | / | C19 | / | 11 252 | 11 252 | / | / |
| PT | HKE | 8C3411 | Hake | 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 | 2 614 000 | 1 996 154 | 2 135 737 | 106,99 % | 139 583 | / | C19 | / | 139 583 | 139 583 | / | / |
| PT | SWO | AS05N | Swordfish | Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N | 299 030 | 299 030 | 309 761 | 103,59 % | 10 731 | / | / | / | 10 731 | 10 731 | / | / |
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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 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22), quota transfers from 2019 to 2020 in accordance with Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas (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.
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.
As set out in Article 105(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and provided that the extent of overfishing exceeds 10 %.
Letter “A” indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied due to consecutive overfishing in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020. Letter “C” indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied as the stock is subject to a multiannual plan.
Remaining quantities from previous year(s).
Deductions to operate in 2021.
Deductions to operate in 2021 that could be actually applied considering the available quota on 7 September 2021.
Additional multiplying factor not applicable because the overfishing does not exceed 10 % of the permitted landings.
To be deducted from sandeel management area 3r.
As Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 is not applicable to the ALB/AN05N stock, this unused quantity cannot be utilised to reduce the remaining half of the deduction due in 2021.
At Portugal’s request, the deduction of 1 271 026 kilos due in 2020 on account of overfishing in 2019 has been equally spread over two years (2020 and 2021).
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