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Document 32020R0112

    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/112 of 22 January 2020 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2019 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726

    C/2020/197

    IO L 21, 27.1.2020, p. 6–14 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
    IO L 21, 27.1.2020, p. 6–15 (IT, PL)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2020/112/oj

    27.1.2020   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 21/6


    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/112

    of 22 January 2020

    operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2019 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726

    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 2018 have been established by:

    Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 (2),

    Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1970 (3),

    Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2360 (4), and

    Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 (5).

    (2)

    Fishing quotas for the year 2019 have been established by:

    Council Regulations (EU) 2018/1628 (6),

    Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025 (7),

    Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2058 (8), and

    Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124 (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) 2019/1726 (10) has established deductions from fishing quotas for certain stocks in 2019 on account of overfishing in the previous years.

    (5)

    However, for certain Member States, no deductions could be operated by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 from quotas allocated for the overfished stocks because such quotas are not available for those Member States in the year 2019.

    (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, 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 No 2012/C 72/07 containing Guidelines for deduction of quotas under article 105(1), (2) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (11) 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 with regard to the proposed deductions from quotas allocated for stocks other than those which have been overfished.

    (8)

    In certain cases, exchanges of fishing opportunities concluded in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (12) enable deductions from the same stocks in the framework of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726.

    (9)

    Moreover, certain deductions required by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 appear to be larger than the adapted quota available in the year 2019 and, as a consequence, cannot be entirely operated in that year. According to Communication No 2012/C 72/07, the remaining amounts should be deducted from the adapted quotas available in subsequent years until the full overfished amount is paid back.

    (10)

    Further updates or corrections may still occur following the detection, for the current or previous exercise, of errors, omissions or misreporting in the catch figures declared by the Member States pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

    (11)

    Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 should therefore be amended accordingly,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    The fishing quotas fixed in Regulations (EU) 2018/1628, (EU) 2018/2025, (EU) 2018/2058, and (EU) 2019/124 for the year 2019 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) 2019/1726 is replaced by the text 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, 22 January 2020.

    For the Commission

    The President

    Ursula VON DER LEYEN


    (1)   OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

    (2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 of 12 December 2016 fixing for 2017 and 2018 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks and amending Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 32).

    (3)  Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1970 of 27 October 2017 fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/127 (OJ L 281, 31.10.2017, p. 1).

    (4)  Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2360 of 11 December 2017 fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Black Sea (OJ L 337, 19.12.2017, p. 1).

    (5)  Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 of 23 January 2018 fixing for 2018 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, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/127 (OJ L 27, 31.1.2018, p. 1).

    (6)  Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1628 of 30 October 2018 fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/120 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters (OJ L 272, 31.10.2018, p. 1).

    (7)  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).

    (8)  Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2058 of 17 December 2018 fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Black Sea (OJ L 329, 27.12.2018, p. 8).

    (9)  Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124 of 30 January 2019 fixing for 2019 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 29, 31.1.2019, p. 1).

    (10)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 of 15 October 2019 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2019 on account of overfishing in the previous years (OJ L 263, 16.10.2019, p. 3).

    (11)  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).

    (12)  Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 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).


    ANNEX I

    DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2019 FOR ALTERNATIVE STOCKS

    OVERFISHED STOCKS

    ALTERNATIVE STOCKS

    Member State

    Species code

    Area code

    Species name

    Area name

    Quantity that cannot be deducted from the 2019 fishing quota for the overfished stock (in kilograms)

    Member State

    Species code

    Area code

    Species name

    Area name

    Quantity to be deducted from the 2019 fishing quota for the alternative stocks (in kilograms)

    ES

    GHL

    1N2AB.

    Greenland halibut

    Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

    41 604

    ES

    HAD

    1N2AB.

    Haddock

    Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

    26 783

    COD

    1N2AB.

    Cod

    Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

    3 418

    RED

    1N2AB.

    Redfish

    Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

    6 786

    RED

    51214D

    Redfish

    Union and international waters of 5; international waters of 12 and 14

    4 617

    FR

    GHL

    1N2AB.

    Greenland halibut

    Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

    15 380

    FR

    RED

    1N2AB.

    Redfish

    Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

    15 380

    NL

    WHG

    56-14

    Whiting

    6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14

    4 492

    NL

    WHG

    2AC4.

    Whiting

    4; Union waters of 2a

    4 492

    UK

    RHG

    5B67-

    Roughhead grenadier

    Union and international waters of Vb, VI and VII

    5 016

    UK

    RNG

    5B67-

    Roundnose grenadier

    Union and international waters of 5b, 6 and 7

    5 016


    ANNEX II

    The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 is replaced by the following:

    ‘ANNEX

    DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2019

    Member State

    Species code

    Area code

    Species name

    Area name

    Initial quota 2018 (in kilograms)

    Permitted landings 2018 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms) (1)

    Total catches 2018 (quantity in kilograms)

    Quota consumption related to permitted landings

    Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms)

    Multiplying factor (2)

    Additional Multiplying factor  (3),  (4)

    Outstanding deductions from previous year(s) (5) (quantity in kilograms)

    Deductions from fishing quotas for 2019 (6) and subsequent years (quantity in kilograms)

    Deductions from 2019 fishing quotas for the overfished stocks (7) (quantity in kilograms)

    Deductions from 2019 fishing quotas for alternative stocks in accordance with Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 (8) (quantity in kilograms)

    To be deducted from fishing quotas for 2020 and subsequent year(s) (quantity in kilograms)

    BE

    RJE

    7FG.

    Small-eyed ray

    Union waters of 7f and 7g

    14 000

    15 400

    19 888

    129,14 %

    4 488

    1,00

    /

    /

    4 488

    4 488

    /

    /

    BE

    RJU

    07D. (9)

    Undulate ray

    Union waters of 7d

    2 000

    969

    1 394

    143,86 %

    425 (10)

    N/A

    N/A

    2 617

    2 617

    2 617

    /

    /

    DE

    COD

    3BC+24

    Cod

    Subdivisions 22-24

    1 194 000

    1 349 400

    1 393 360

    103,26 %

    43 960

    /

    C (11)

    /

    43 960

    43 960

    /

    /

    DK

    COD

    3BC+24

    Cod

    Subdivisions 22-24

    2 444 000

    2 594 270

    2 617 780

    100,91 %

    23 510

    /

    C (11)

    /

    23 510

    23 510

    /

    /

    ES

    BET

    ATLANT

    Bigeye tuna

    Atlantic Ocean

    9 791 920

    9 281 920

    9 756 069

    105,11 %

    474 149

    /

    C (11)

    /

    474 149

    474 149

    /

    /

    ES

    GHL

    1N2AB.

    Greenland halibut

    Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

    /

    0

    27 736

    N/A

    27 736

    1,00

    A

    /

    41 604

    /

    41 604

    /

    ES

    GHL

    N3LMNO

    Greenland halibut

    NAFO 3LMNO

    4 534 000

    4 496 772

    4 508 020

    100,25 %

    11 248

    /

    A (11) + C (11)

    /

    11 248

    11 248

    /

    /

    ES

    NEP

    *07U16

    Norway lobster

    Functional Unit 16 of ICES Subarea 7

    825 000

    155 000

    158 375

    102,18 %

    3 375

    /

    /

    /

    3 375

    3 375

    /

    /

    ES

    RJU

    9-C.

    Undulate ray

    Union waters of 9

    15 000

    15 000

    17 067

    113,78 %

    2 067

    1,00

    /

    /

    2 067

    0

    /

    2 067

    ES

    YFT

    IOTC

    Yellowfin tuna

    IOTC Area of Competence

    45 682 000

    45 354 940

    44 964 373

    99,14 %

    - 390 567  (12)

    N/A

    N/A

    2 138 460

    2 138 460

    2 138 460

    /

    /

    EE

    COD

    N3M.

    Cod

    NAFO 3M

    124 000

    916 170

    953 232

    104,05 %

    37 062

    /

    /

    /

    37 062

    37 062

    /

    /

    FR

    GHL

    1N2AB.

    Greenland halibut

    Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

    /

    0

    18 084

    N/A

    18 084

    1,00

    /

    /

    18 084

    2 704  (13)

    15 380

    /

    IE

    HER

    07A/MM

    Herring

    7a

    1 826 000

    1 850 311

    1 979 666

    106,99 %

    129 355

    /

    /

    /

    129 355

    129 355

    /

    /

    IE

    MAC

    2CX14-

    Mackerel

    6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14

    69 141 000

    66 541 055

    66 965 925

    100,64 %

    424 870

    /

    /

    /

    424 870

    424 870

    /

    /

    NL

    POK

    2C3A4

    Saithe

    3a and 4; Union waters of 2a

    110 000

    210 994

    265 115

    125,65 %

    54 121

    1,00

    /

    /

    54 121

    54 121

    /

    /

    NL

    WHG

    56-14

    Whiting

    6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14

    /

    0

    4 492

    N/A

    4 492

    1,00

    /

    /

    4 492

    /

    4 492

    /

    PL

    COD

    3BC+24

    Cod

    Subdivisions 22-24

    654 000

    786 200

    858 164

    109,15 %

    71 964

    /

    C (11)

    32 331

    104 295

    104 295

    /

    /

    PT

    ALF

    3X14-

    Alfonsinos

    Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV

    182 000

    179 044

    184 010

    102,77 %

    4 966

    /

    /

    /

    4 966

    4 966

    /

    /

    PT

    BET

    ATLANT

    Bigeye tuna

    Atlantic Ocean

    3 717 470

    4 152 470

    4 405 184

    106,09 %

    252 714

    /

    C (11)

    /

    252 714

    252 714

    /

    /

    PT

    BFT

    AE45WM

    Bluefin tuna

    Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean

    470 190

    437 190

    450 343

    103,01 %

    13 153

    /

    C (11)

    /

    13 153

    13 153

    /

    /

    PT

    BUM

    ATLANT

    Blue marlin

    Atlantic Ocean

    50 440

    45 428

    74 337

    163,64 %

    28 909

    1,00

    A

    /

    43 364

    43 364

    /

    /

    PT

    RJU

    9-C.

    Undulate ray

    Union waters of 9

    15 000

    33 000

    36 295

    109,98 %

    3 295

    /

    /

    /

    3 295

    3 295

    /

    /

    UK

    COD

    N1GL14

    Cod

    Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of 5, 12 and 14

    382 000

    497 520

    512 187

    102,95 %

    14 667

    /

    /

    /

    14 667

    10 500

    /

    4 167

    UK

    GHL

    1N2AB.

    Greenland halibut

    Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

    25 000

    22 000

    24 434

    111,06 %

    2 434

    1,00

    /

    /

    2 434

    2 434

    /

    /

    UK

    HER

    4AB.

    Herring

    Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N

    79 381 000

    84 694 795

    84 739 599

    100,05 %

    44 804

    /

    /

    /

    44 804

    44 804

    /

    /

    UK

    MAC

    2CX14-

    Mackerel

    6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14

    190 143 000

    186 253 028

    189 644 893

    101,82 %

    3 391 865

    /

    A (11)

    /

    3 391 865

    3 391 865

    /

    /

    UK

    POK

    1N2AB.

    Saithe

    Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

    182 000

    459 700

    463 509

    100,83 %

    3 809

    /

    /

    /

    3 809

    3 809

    /

    /

    UK

    RHG

    5B67-

    Roughhead grenadier

    Union and international waters of Vb, VI and VII

    1 510

    1 510

    7 588

    502,52 %

    6 078

    1,00

    /

    /

    6 078

    1 062

    5 016  (14)

    /

    UK

    WHG

    56-14

    Whiting

    6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14

    122 000

    124 060

    139 470

    112,42 %

    15 410

    1,00

    /

    /

    15 410

    15 410

    /

    /


    (1)  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 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22), quota transfers from 2017 to 2018 in accordance with Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (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.

    (2)  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.

    (3)  As set out in Article 105(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and provided that the extent of overfishing exceeds 10 %.

    (4)  Letter “A” indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied due to consecutive overfishing in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. Letter “C” indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied as the stock is subject to a multiannual plan.

    (5)  Remaining quantities from previous year(s).

    (6)  Deductions to operate in 2019.

    (7)  Deductions to operate in 2019 that could be actually applied considering the available quota on 22 October 2019.

    (8)   OJ L 263, 16.10.2019, p. 3.

    (9)  To be deducted from RJU/7DE. (Union waters of 7d and 7e).

    (10)  Quantities below 1 tonne are not considered.

    (11)  Additional multiplying factor not applicable because the overfishing does not exceed 10 % of the permitted landings.

    (12)  The deduction cannot be reduced by this unused quantity as article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 is not applicable to the YFT/IOTC stock.

    (13)  Despite not having initial quota for this overfished stock, France concluded exchanges of fishing opportunities in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 enabling partial deduction from the same stock.

    (14)  To be deducted from RNG/5B67- (roundnose grenadier in Union and international waters of Vb, VI and VII).


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