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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
   3. Article 3
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX I Deductions from quotas for alternative stocks
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 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, and in particular Article 105(1), (2), (3) and (5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) 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.

(2) Fishing quotas for the year 2016 were established by:

Regulation (EU) No 1367/2014,

Council Regulation (EU) 2015/2072,

Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72, and

Council Regulation (EU) 2016/73.

(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) 2016/2226 has established deductions from fishing quotas for certain stocks in 2016 on account of overfishing in the previous years.

(5) However, for certain Member States, no deductions could be operated by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2226 from quotas allocated for the overfished stocks because such quotas were not available for those Member States in the year 2016.

(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. According to Commission Communication 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.

(7) 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 enabled partial deductions from the same stocks in the framework of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2226. The remaining deductions should be operated on quotas for other stocks pursuant to Article 105(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

(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) In 2015, Spain has overfished its quota for skates and rays in Union waters of ICES Subareas VIII and IX (SRX/89-C.). By letter of 30 September 2016, Spain requested to spread the deduction due over 2 years. In view of the information provided and considering that a significant loss of quota would produce excessive discards of the species concerned, in accordance with point 3, letter (b) of the Communication 2012/C 72/07, this request can be accepted.

(10) As regards sandeel in geographical area of ICES divisions IIa, IIIa and subdivision IV, given Denmark has overfished its total allowable catches in Union waters of management area 1 as defined in Annex IID of Regulation (EU) 2015/104 in 2015, it is required to operate deductions. In 2016, minimal catches have been allowed for sandeel in these waters in order to monitor the abundance of sandeel. However, with the said deductions it is impossible to maintain the monitoring system advised by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) to manage sandeel. Therefore, deductions for the quotas overfished by Denmark in 2015 in this area should be operated from sandeel management area 3.

(11) Moreover, certain deductions required by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2226 appear to be larger than the adapted quota available in the year 2016 and, as a consequence, cannot be entirely operated in that year. According to Communication 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.

(12) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2226 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The fishing quotas fixed in Regulations (EU) No 1367/2014, (EU) 2015/2072, (EU) 2016/72 and (EU) 2016/73 for the year 2016 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) 2016/2226 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, 31 January 2017. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude Juncker

ANNEX

ANNEX I Deductions from quotas for alternative stocks

Member State Species code Area code Species name Area name Permitted landings 2015 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms) Total catches 2015 (qty in kilograms) Quota con-sumption (%) Overfishing related to permitted landing (qty in kilograms) Multiplying factor Additional multiplying factor Outstanding deduction from previous years (qty in kilograms) Deductions 2016 (qty in kilograms) Deductions already applied in 2016 on the same stock (qty in kilograms) Remaining quantity to be deducted on alternative stock (qty in kilograms) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) DK DGS 03A-C. Spurdog/dogfish Union waters of IIIa 0 3840 N/A 3840 1,00 / / 3840 0 3840 Deduction to be made on the following stock DK NEP 3A/BCD Norway lobster IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32 / / / / / / / / / 3840 DK DGS 2AC4-C Spurdog/dogfish Union waters of IIa and IV 0 1540 N/A 1540 1,00 / / 1540 0 1540 Deduction to be made on the following stock DK NEP 2AC4-C Norway lobster Union waters of IIa and IV / / / / / / / / / 1540 DK NOP 04-N. Norway pout Norwegian waters of IV 0 28270 N/A 28270 1,00 / / 28270 0 28270 Deduction to be made on the following stock DK NOP 2A3A4. Norway pout IIIa; Union waters of IIa and IV / / / / / / / / / 28270 ES BUM ATLANT Blue marlin Atlantic Ocean 20360 134082 658,56 113722 2,0 A 172878 514044 0 514044 Deduction to be made on the following stock ES SWO AN05N Swordfish Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N / / / / / / / / / 514044 ES GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of I and II 0 24239 N/A 24239 1,00 A / 36359 0 36359 Deduction to be made on the following stock ES POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of I and II / / / / / / / / / 36359 FR GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of I and II 2000 7957 397,85 5957 1,00 / / 5957 0 5957 Deduction to be made on the following stock FR OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of I and II / / / / / / / / / 5957 NL ANE 08. Anchovy VIII 0 12493 N/A 12493 1,00 / / 12493 0 12493 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 / / / / / / / / / 12493 NL HKE 3A/BCD Hake IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32 0 1575 N/A 1575 1,00 A+C / 2363 0 2363 Deduction to be made on the following stock NL HKE 2AC4-C Hake Union waters of IIa and IV / / / / / / / / / 2363 NL WHG 56-14 Whiting VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV 0 11475 N/A 11475 1,00 / / 11475 0 11475 Deduction to be made on the following stock NL HKE 8ABDE. Hake VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe / / / / / / / / / 11475 PT GHL 1N2AB. Greenland Halibut Norwegian waters of I and II 0 6098 N/A 6098 1,00 / / 6098 0 6098 Deduction to be made on the following stock PT RED 1N2AB. Redfish Norwegian waters of I and II / / / / / / / / / 6098 PT POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of I and II 9700 9690 99,90 – 10 / / 145616 145606 53 145553 Deduction to be made on the following stock PT RED 1N2AB. Redfish Norwegian waters of I and II / / / / / / / / / 145553

ANNEX II

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2226 is replaced by the following:

ANNEX Deductions from quotas for stocks which have been overfished

Member State Species code Area code Species name Area name Initial quota 2015 (quantity in kilograms) Permitted landings 2015 (Total adapted qty in kilograms) Total catches 2015 (qty in kilograms) Quota consumption related to permitted landings (%) Overfishing related to permitted landing (qty in kilograms) Multiplying factor Additional multiplying factor Outstanding deductions from previous years (qty in kilograms) Deductions to apply in 2016 (qty in kilograms) Deductions already applied in 2016 (qty in kilograms) To be deducted in 2017 and following year(s) (qty in kilograms) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) BE SOL 24-C. Common sole Union waters of IIa and IV 991000 929510 939590 101,08 10080 / / / 10080 10080 / BE SRX 07D. Skates and rays Union waters of VIId 72000 70511 69495 98,56 – 1016 / / 1097 81 81 / BE SRX 2AC4-C Skates and rays Union waters of IIa and IV 211000 245500 256147 104,34 10647 / / / 10647 10647 / BE SRX 67AKXD Skates and rays Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k 725000 915262 918243 100,33 2981 / / / 2981 2981 / DE T/B 2AC4-C Turbot/Brill Union waters of IIa and IV 186000 349000 350186 100,34 1186 / / / 1186 1186 / DK COD 03AN. Cod Skagerrak 3336000 3223407 3349360 103,91 125923 / (C) / 125923 125923 / DK DGS 03A-C. Spurdog/dogfish Union waters of IIIa 0 0 3840 N/A 3840 1,00 / / 3840 3840 / DK DGS 2AC4-C Spurdog/dogfish Union waters of IIa and IV 0 0 1540 N/A 1540 1,00 / / 1540 1540 / DK HER 03A-BC Herring IIIa 5692000 5770000 6056070 104,96 286070 / / / 286070 286070 / DK NOP 04-N. Norway pout Norwegian waters of IV 0 0 28270 N/A 28270 1,00 / / 28270 28270 / DK SAN 234_1 Sandeel Union waters of sandeel management area 1 125459000 115924000 130977950 112,99 15053950 1,2 / / 18064740 18064740 / DK SAN 234_6 Sandeel Union waters of sandeel management area 6 206000 219000 228860 104,50 9860 / / / 9860 9860 / ES ALF 3X14- Alfonsinos Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV 67000 80045 62544 78,13 – 9496 / / 16159 6663 5846 817 ES ANE 08. Anchovy VIII 22500000 22923784 24068471 104,99 1144687 / / / 1144687 1144687 / ES BSF 8910- Black scabbard-fish Union and international waters of VIII, IX and X 12000 30050 110 0,37 – 26936 / / 29639 2703 0 2703 ES BUM ATLANT Blue marlin Atlantic Ocean 10360 20360 134082 658,56 113722 2,0 A 172878 514044 514044 / ES COD 1/2B Cod I and IIb 13283000 12182091 12391441 101,72 209350 / / / 209350 209350 / ES GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of I and II / 0 24239 N/A 24239 1,00 A / 36359 36359 / ES RED N3LN. Redfish NAFO 3LN / 171440 173836 101,40 2396 / / / 2396 2396 / ES SOL 8AB. Common sole VIIIa and VIIIb 9000 6968 7397 106,13 (429) / (A+C) 2759 2759 2759 / ES SRX 67AKXD Skates and rays Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k 43800 412000 445713 108,18 33713 / / / 33713 33713 / ES SRX 89-C. Skates and rays Union waters of VIII and IX 1057000 650485 771246 118,56 120761 1,2 / 118622 263535 131768 131767 ES USK 567EI. Tusk Union and international waters of V, VI and VII 46000 135008 62646 46,40 – 72362 / / 58762 0 / / ES WHM ATLANT White marlin Atlantic Ocean 24310 24310 68613 282,24 44303 1,00 A 72539 138994 0 138994 FR GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of I and II / 2000 7957 397,85 5957 1,00 / / 5957 5957 / FR HAD 7X7A34 Haddock VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 5561000 5760984 5775607 100,25 14623 / / / 14623 14623 / FR PLE 7HJK. Plaice VIIh, VIIj and VIIk 17000 57007 59833 104,95 2826 / / / 2826 2826 / FR SRX 07D. Skates and rays Union waters of VIId 602000 591586 689868 116,61 98282 1,00 / / 98282 98282 / FR SRX 89-C. Skates and rays Union waters of VIII and IX 1298000 1507000 1578469 104,74 71469 / / / 71469 71469 / IE COD 07A. Cod VIIa 120000 134776 138122 102,48 3346 / / / 3346 3346 / IE SRX 67AKXD Skates and rays Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k 1048000 946554 1044694 110,37 98140 1,00 / / 98140 98140 / NL ANE 08. Anchovy VIII / 0 12493 N/A 12493 1,00 / / 12493 12493 / NL COD 2A3AX4 Cod IV; Union waters of IIa; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and Kattegat 2800000 1340520 1348815 100,62 8295 / (C) / 8295 8295 / NL HER *25B-F Herring II, Vb north of 62° N (Faroes waters) 1104000 1841160 2230998 121,17 389838 1,4 / / 545773 522222 23551 NL HKE 3A/BCD Hake IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32 / 0 1575 N/A 1575 1,00 A+C / 2363 2363 / NL MAC *3A4BC Mackerel IIIa and IVbc 490000 1084500 1090087 100,52 5587 / / / 5587 5587 / NL POK 2A34. Saithe IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and Subdivisions 22-32 68000 56600 63411 112,03 6811 1,00 / / 6811 5754 1057 NL SRX 2AC4-C Skates and rays Union waters of IIa and IV 180000 245300 252765 103,04 7465 / / / 7465 7465 / NL T/B 2AC4-C Turbot and brill Union waters of IIa and IV 2579000 2783000 2793239 100,37 10239 / / / 10239 10239 / NL WHB 1X14 Blue whiting Union and international waters of I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId, VIIIe, XII and XIV 36711000 55297456 55584332 100,52 286876 / / / 286876 286876 / NL WHG 2AC4. Whiting IV; Union waters of IIa 699000 527900 547717 103,75 19817 / / / 19817 19817 / NL WHG 56-14 Whiting VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV / 0 11475 N/A 11475 1,00 / / 11475 11475 / PT GHL 1N2AB Greenland Halibut Norwegian waters of I and II / 0 6098 N/A 6098 1,00 / / 6098 6098 / PT POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of I and II / 9700 9690 99,90 – 10 / / 145616 145606 53 145553 UK COD 2A3AX4 Cod IV; Union waters of IIa; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and Kattegat 11369000 14828600 14846189 100,12 17589 / (C) / 17589 17589 / UK HER 4AB. Herring Union and Norwegian waters of IV north of 53° 30′ N 62292000 66892860 68024970 101,69 1132100 / / / 1132110 1132110 / UK MAC 2CX14- Mackerel VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV 245363000 237093794 242496391 102,28 5402597 / (A) / 5402597 5402597 / UK MAC *3A4BC Mackerel IIIa and IVbc 490000 620500 626677 101,00 6177 / / / 6177 6177 / UK SAN 234_1 Sandeel Union waters of sandeel management area 1 2742000 1219400 2000034 164,02 780634 2,00 / / 1561268 95100 1466168

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