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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2404 of 16 December 2015 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2015 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1801

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Contents
  1. Preamble
    1. Article 1
    2. Article 2
    3. Article 3
  3. ANNEX
  4. ANNEX I DEDUCTIONS FROM QUOTAS FOR STOCKS OTHER THAN THOSE WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED
  5. ANNEX II
  6. ANNEX DEDUCTIONS FROM QUOTAS FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED

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, 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, and in particular Article 105(1), (2), (3) and (5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Fishing quotas for the year 2014 were established by:

Council Regulation (EU) No 1262/2012,

Council Regulation (EU) No 1180/2013,

Council Regulation (EU) No 24/2014, and

Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2014.

(2) Fishing quotas for the year 2015 were established by:

Council Regulation (EU) No 1221/2014,

Council Regulation (EU) No 1367/2014,

Council Regulation (EU) 2015/104, and

Council Regulation (EU) 2015/106.

(3) According 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) 2015/1801 has established deductions from fishing quotas for certain stocks in 2015 on account of overfishing in the previous years.

(5) However, for certain Member States no deductions could be operated by Regulation (EU) 2015/1801 from quotas allocated for the overfished stocks because such quotas were not available for those Member States in the year 2015.

(6) In certain cases, exchanges of fishing opportunities concluded in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 enabled partial deductions. The remaining quantities should be operated on other stocks pursuant to Article 105(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

(7) 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 should be operated on other stocks in the same geographical area or with the same commercial value. According to Commission Communication No 2012/C-72/07 such deductions should be preferably operated from quotas allocated for stocks fished by the same fleet as the fleet that overfished the quota, taking into account the need to avoid discards in mixed fisheries.

(8) 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.

(9) At the request of Portugal, redfish in Norwegian waters of I and II (RED/1N2AB.) should be used as alternative stock to payback the overfishing of respectively 371766 kilograms and 178850 kilograms for haddock and saithe in Norwegian waters of I and II (HAD/1N2AB. and POK/1N2AB.) in the previous years. Considering that the Portuguese 2015 quota of redfish in Norwegian waters of I and II amounts to 405000 kilograms and is not sufficient to cover the deductions due for both overfished stocks, this quota should be used to the full extent of its available quantity and a remaining quantity of 145616 kilograms should be deducted in the following year(s) on account of saithe in the same area (POK/1N2AB.) until the full overfished amount is paid back.

(10) Moreover, certain deductions provided for by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1801 appear to be insufficient. The required deductions appear to be larger than the adapted quota available in the year 2015 and, as a consequence, cannot be entirely operated on that quota. According to Commission Communication No 2012/C-72/07, the remaining amounts should be deducted from the adapted quotas available in subsequent years.

(11) Following Commission Implementing Regulation (EC) No 2015/1170, a quantity of 3369 kilograms corresponding to 10 % of the Spanish 2014 adapted quota for Norway lobster in areas IX and X and Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (NEP/9/3411) is no longer available to Spain following a quota transfer. Consequently, the available quantity of 9287 kilograms subtracted from the outstanding deduction of 19000 kilograms owed for that stock should be reduced to 5918 kilograms and a further deduction of 3369 kilograms should be immediately applicable.

(12) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1801 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The fishing quotas for the year 2015 referred to in the 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) 2015/1801 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, 16 December 2015 For the Commission The President Jean-Claude Juncker

ANNEX

ANNEX I DEDUCTIONS FROM QUOTAS FOR STOCKS OTHER THAN THOSE WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED

Mem-ber State Spe-cies code Area code Species name Area name Permitted landings 2014 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms) Total catches 2014 (quantity in kilograms) Quota con-sumption (%) Overfi-shing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms) Multi-plying factor Additional Multi-plying factor Remaining deduction from 2014 (quantity in kilograms) Ouststan-ding balance (quantity in kilograms) Deductions 2015 (quantity in kilograms) Deductions already applied in 2015 on the same stock (quantity in kilograms) Remaining quantity to be be deducted on alternative stock (in kilograms) ES DWS 56789- Deep-sea sharks EU and international waters of V, VI, VII, VIII and IX 0 3039 N/A 3039 / A / / 4559 0 4559 Deduction to be made on the following stock ES BSF 56712- Black scabbardfish Union and international waters of V, VI, VII and XII / / / / / / / / / / 4559 ES GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of I and II 0 22685 N/A 22685 / / / / 22685 0 22685 Deduction to be made on the following stock ES RED 1N2AB. Redfish Norwegian waters of I and II / / / / / / / / / / 22685 ES HAD 5BC6A. Haddock Union and international waters of Vb and VIa 2840 18933 666,65 % 16093 / A 12540 / 36680 2564 34116 Deduction to be made on the following stock ES LIN 6X14. Ling Union and international waters of VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV / / / / / / / / / / 34116 ES HAD 7X7A34 Haddock VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 0 3075 N/A 3075 / A / / 4613 0 4613 Deduction to be made on the following stock ES WHG 08 Whiting VIII / / / / / / / / / / 4613 ES OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of I and II 0 26744 N/A 26744 / / / / 26744 4281 22463 Deduction to be made on the following stock ES RED 1N2AB Redfish Norwegian waters of I and II / / / / / / / / / / 22463 ES POK 56-14 Saithe VI; Union and international waters of Vb, XII and XIV 4810 8703 180,94 % 3893 / / / / 3893 0 3893 Deduction to be made on the following stock ES BLI 5B67- Blue ling Union and international waters of Vb, VI, VII / / / / / / / / / / 3893 NL HKE 3A/BCD Hake IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32 0 1655 N/A 1655 / C / / 2482 0 2482 Deduction to be made on the following stock NL PLE 2A3AX4 Plaice IV; Union waters of IIa; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat / / / / / / / / / / 2482 NL RED 1N2AB. Redfish Norwegian waters of I and II 0 2798 N/A 2798 / / / / 2798 0 2798 Deduction to be made on the following stock NL WHB 1X14 Blue whiting Union and international waters of I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId, VIIIe, XII and XIV / / / / / / / / / / 2798 PT HAD 1N2AB Haddock Norwegian waters of I and II 0 26816 N/A 26816 / / / 344950 371766 0 371766 Deduction to be made on the following stock PT RED 1N2AB Redfish Norwegian waters of I and II / / / / / / / / / / 371766 PT POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of I and II 18000 11850 65,83 % – 6150 / / / 185000 178850 0 178850 Deduction to be made on the following stock PT RED 1N2AB Redfish Norwegian waters of I and II / / / / / / / / / / 33234 UK DGS 15X14 Spurdog/dogfish Union and international waters of I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV 0 1027 N/A 1027 / A / / 1541 0 1541 Deduction to be made on the following stock UK POK 7/3411 Saithe VII, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 / / / / / / / / / / 1541 UK NOP 2A3A4. Norway pout IIIa; Union waters of IIa and IV 0 14000 N/A 14000 / / / / 14000 0 14000 Deduction to be made on the following stock UK SPR 2AC4-C Sprat and associated by-catches Union waters of IIa and IV / / / / / / / / / / 14000 UK WHB 24-N Blue whiting Norwegian waters of II and IV 0 22204 N/A 22204 / / / / 22204 0 22204 Deduction to be made on the following stock UK WHB 2A4AXF Blue whiting Faroese waters / / / / / / / / / / 22204

ANNEX II

ANNEX DEDUCTIONS FROM QUOTAS FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED

Member State Species code Area code Species name Area name Initial quota 2014 (in kilograms) Permitted landings 2014 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms) Total catches 2014 (quantity in kilograms) Quota consumption related to permitted landings Over-fishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms) Multi-plying factor Additional Multi-plying factor Remaining deduction from 2014 (quantity in kilograms) Out-standing balance (quantity in kilograms) Deductions to apply in 2015 (qty in kilograms) Deductions already applied in 2015 (qty in kilograms) To be deducted in 2016 and following year(s) (qty in kilograms) BE PLE 7HJK. Plaice VIIh, VIIj and VIIk 8000 1120 3701 330,45 % 2581 / / / / 2581 2581 / BE SOL 8AB. Common sole VIIIa and VIIIb 47000 327900 328823 100,28 % 923 / C / / 1385 1385 / BE SRX 07D. Skates and rays Union waters of VIId 72000 60000 69586 115,98 % 9586 / / / / 9586 8489 1097 BE SRX 67AKXD Skates and rays Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k 725000 765000 770738 100,75 % 5738 / / / / 5738 5738 / DK COD 03AN. Cod Skagerrak 3177000 3299380 3408570 103,31 % 109190 / C / / 163785 163785 / DK HER 03A. Herring IIIa 19357000 15529000 15641340 100,72 % 112340 / / / / 112340 112340 / DK HER 2A47DX Herring IV, VIId and Union waters of IIa 12526000 12959000 13430160 103,64 % 471160 / / / / 471160 471160 / DK HER 4AB. Herring Union and Norwegian waters of IV north of 53° 30′ N 80026000 99702000 99711800 100,10 % 9800 / / / / 9800 9800 / DK PRA 03A. Northern prawn IIIa 2308000 2308000 2317330 100,40 % 9330 / / / / 9330 9330 / DK SAN 234_2 Sandeel Union waters of sandeel management area 2 4717000 4868000 8381430 172,17 % 3513430 2 / / / 7026860 7026860 / DK SPR 2AC4-C Sprat and associated bycatches Union waters of IIa and IV 122383000 126007000 127165410 100,92 % 1158410 / / / / 1158410 1158410 / ES ALF 3X14- Alfonsinos EU and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV 67000 67000 79683 118,93 % 12683 / A 3000 / 22025 5866 16159 ES BSF 56712- Black scabbard-fish EU and international waters of V, VI, VII and XII 226000 312500 327697 104,86 % 15197 / A / / 22796 22796 / ES BSF 8910- Black scabbard-fish EU and international waters of VIII, IX and X 12000 6130 15769 257,24 % 9639 / A 27130 / 41589 11950 29639 ES BUM ATLANT Blue marlin Atlantic Ocean 27200 27200 124452 457,54 % 97252 / A 27000 / 172878 0 172878 ES DWS 56789- Deep-sea sharks EU and international waters of V, VI, VII, VIII and IX 0 0 3039 N/A 3039 / A / / 4559 4559 / ES GFB 567- Greater forkbeard EU and international waters of V, VI and VII 588000 828030 842467 101,74 % 14437 / / / / 14437 14437 / ES GFB 89- Greater forkbeard EU and international waters of VIII and IX 242000 216750 237282 109,47 % 20532 / A 17750 / 48548 48548 / ES GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of I and II / 0 22685 N/A 22685 / / / / 22685 22685 / ES HAD 5BC6A. Haddock Union and international waters of Vb and VIa / 2840 18933 666,65 % 16093 / A 12540 / 36680 36680 / ES HAD 7X7A34 Haddock VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 / 0 3075 N/A 3075 / A / / 4613 4613 / ES NEP 9/3411 Norway lobster IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 55000 33690 24403 72,43 % – 5918 / / 19000 / 13082 13082 / ES OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of I and II / 0 26744 N/A 26744 / / / / 26744 26744 / ES POK 56-14 Saithe VI; Union and international waters of Vb, XII and XIV / 4810 8703 180,94 % 3893 / / / / 3893 3893 / ES RNG 5B67- Roundnose grenadier EU and international waters of Vb, VI, VII 70000 111160 125401 112,81 % 14241 / / / / 14241 14241 / ES SBR 678- Red seabream EU and international waters of VI, VII and VIII 143000 133060 136418 102,52 % 3358 / / / / 3358 3358 / ES SOL 8AB. Common sole VIIIa and VIIIb 9000 8100 9894 122,15 % 1794 / A+C 2100 / 4791 2032 2759 ES SRX 89-C. Skates and rays Union waters of VIII and IX 1057000 857000 1089241 127,10 % 232241 1,4 / / / 325137 206515 118622 ES USK 567EI. Tusk Union and international waters of V, VI and VII 26000 15770 15762 99,95 % – 8 / / 58770 / 58762 0 58762 ES WHM ATLANT White marlin Atlantic Ocean 30500 25670 98039 381,92 % 72369 / / 170 / 72539 0 72539 FR SRX 07D. Skates and rays Union waters of VIId 602000 627000 698414 111,39 % 71414 / / / / 71414 71414 / FR SRX 2AC4-C Skates and rays Union waters of IIa and IV 33000 36000 48212 133,92 % 12212 / / / / 12212 12212 / IE PLE 7HJK. Plaice VIIh, VIIj and VIIk 59000 61000 78270 128,31 % 17270 / A / / 25905 25905 / IE SOL 07A. Common sole VIIa 41000 42000 43107 102,64 % 1107 / / / / 1107 1107 / IE SRX 67AKXD Skates and rays Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k 1048000 1030000 1079446 104,80 % 49446 / / / / 49446 49446 / LT GHL N3LMNO Greenland halibut NAFO 3LMNO 22000 0 0 N/A 0 / / 46000 / 46000 46000 / LV HER 03D.RG Herring subdivision 28.1 16534000 19334630 20084200 103,88 % 749570 / / / / 749570 749570 / NL HKE 3A/BCD Hake IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32 / 0 1655 N/A 1655 / C / / 2482 2482 / NL RED 1N2AB. Redfish Norwegian waters of I and II / 0 2798 N/A 2798 / / / / 2798 2798 / PT ANF 8C3411 Anglerfish VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 436000 664000 676302 101,85 % 12302 / / / / 12302 12302 / PT BFT AE45WM Bluefin tuna Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean 235500 235500 243092 103,22 % 7592 / C / / 11388 11388 / PT HAD 1N2AB Haddock Norwegian waters of I and II / 0 26816 N/A 26816 / / / 344950 371766 371766 / PT POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of I and II / 18000 11850 65,83 % – 6150 / / / 185000 178850 33234 145616 PT SRX 89-C. Skates and rays Union waters of VIII and IX 1051000 1051000 1059237 100,78 % 8237 / / / / 8237 8237 / SE COD 03AN. Cod Skagerrak 371000 560000 562836 100,51 % 2836 / C / / 4254 4254 / UK DGS 15X14 Spurdog/dogfish Union and international waters of I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV 0 0 1027 N/A 1027 / A / / 1541 1541 / UK GHL 514GRN Greenland halibut Greenland waters of V and XIV 189000 0 0 N/A 0 / / 1000 / 1000 1000 / UK HAD 5BC6A. Haddock Union and international waters of Vb and VIa 3106000 3236600 3277296 101,26 % 40696 / / / / 40696 40696 / UK MAC 2CX14- Mackerel VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV 179471000 275119000 279250206 101,50 % 4131206 / / / / 4131206 4131206 / UK NOP 2A3A4. Norway pout IIIa; Union waters of IIa and IV / 0 14000 N/A 14000 / / / / 14000 14000 / UK PLE 7DE. Plaice VIId and VIIe 1548000 1500000 1606749 107,12 % 106749 1,1 / / / 117424 117424 / UK SOL 7FG. Common sole VIIf and VIIg 282000 255250 252487 98,92 % (– 2763) / / 1950 / 1950 1950 / UK SRX 07D. Skates and rays Union waters of VIId 120000 95000 102679 108,08 % 7679 / / / / 7679 7679 / UK WHB 24-N Blue whiting Norwegian waters of II and IV 0 0 22204 N/A 22204 / / / / 22204 22204 /

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