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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2006 of 8 December 2020 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2020 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247

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Contents
  1. Preamble
    1. Article 1
    2. Article 2
    3. Article 3
  3. ANNEX
  4. ANNEX I DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2020 TO BE APPLIED ON ALTERNATIVE STOCKS
  5. ANNEX II
  6. ANNEX DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2020 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 2019 have been established by Council Regulations (EU) 2018/1628, (EU) 2018/2025, (EU) 2018/2058 and (EU) 2019/124.

(2) Fishing quotas for the year 2020 have been established by Council Regulations (EU) 2018/2025, (EU) 2019/1838, (EU) 2019/2236 and (EU) 2020/123.

(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) 2020/1247 has established deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2020 on account of overfishing in the previous years.

(5) For certain Member States, namely Denmark, Spain and France, certain deductions could not be operated by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 from quotas allocated for the overfished stocks because quotas for these stocks are not available for those Member States in the year 2020.

(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 (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 as regards certain deductions from quotas allocated for stocks other than those which have been overfished.

(8) Moreover, certain deductions provided for by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 exceed the adapted quota available in the year 2020 and, as a consequence, cannot be entirely operated in that year. According to the Guidelines, the remaining amounts should be deducted from the adapted quotas available in subsequent years until the full overfished amount is paid back.

(9) Furthermore, the Spanish fisheries authorities discovered that the 2019 catch figures used for the calculation of the overfishing for bigeye tuna in the Atlantic Ocean (BET/ATLANT) were incorrect and that its quota was actually exceeded by a lower amount than that taken into account for the deductions established by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247. The catch figures, quota consumption rate, overfished quantities, and deduction from the 2020 Spanish quota for bigeye tuna in the Atlantic Ocean provided for by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 should therefore be adjusted.

(10) In 2019, Portugal overfished its quota for albacore in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N (ALB/AN05N). On 14 July 2020, Portugal requested to spread the deduction due over two years. According to point 3(c) of the Guidelines, spreading a deduction over two or more years may be accepted where this is provided for under specific international rules (such as those of regional fisheries management organisations) relating to paybacks for the stock concerned. In view of the information provided by Portugal and considering that paragraph 7 of ICCAT Supplemental Recommendation 16-06, concerning the North Atlantic albacore Multi-annual conservation and management programme, establishes that any excess of a Contracting Party’s annual quota/catch limit for the year 2019 shall be deducted from the respective quota/catch limit during or before the adjustment year 2021, an equal spreading over two years of the deduction, including relevant applicable multiplying factors, should be accepted. Deduction from the 2020 quota provided for by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 should therefore be adjusted.

(11) 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.

(12) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The fishing quotas fixed for the year 2020 in Regulations (EU) 2018/2025, (EU) 2019/1838, (EU) 2019/2236, and (EU) 2020/123, 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

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 is amended in accordance with 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, 8 December 2020. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen

ANNEX

Anx. i. OVERFISHED STOCKS ALTERNATIVE STOCKS Member State Species code Area code Species name Area name Quantity that cannot be deducted from the 2020 fishing quota for the overfished stock (in kilograms) Member State Species code Area code Species name Area name Quantity to be deducted from the 2020 fishing quota for the alternative stocks (in kilograms) DK POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 33968 DK HER 1/2- Herring Union, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2 33968 ES GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 18338 ES REB 1N2AB. Redfish Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 18338 ES OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 3895 ES REB 1N2AB. Redfish Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 3895 ES POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 2607 ES REB 1N2AB. Redfish Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 2607 FR SWO AS05N Swordfish Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N 3500 FR ALB AS05N Southern albacore Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N 3500

ANNEX I DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2020 TO BE APPLIED ON ALTERNATIVE STOCKS

OVERFISHED STOCKS ALTERNATIVE STOCKS Member State Species code Area code Species name Area name Quantity that cannot be deducted from the 2020 fishing quota for the overfished stock (in kilograms) Member State Species code Area code Species name Area name Quantity to be deducted from the 2020 fishing quota for the alternative stocks (in kilograms) DK POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 33968 DK HER 1/2- Herring Union, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2 33968 ES GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 18338 ES REB 1N2AB. Redfish Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 18338 ES OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 3895 ES REB 1N2AB. Redfish Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 3895 ES POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 2607 ES REB 1N2AB. Redfish Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 2607 FR SWO AS05N Swordfish Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N 3500 FR ALB AS05N Southern albacore Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N 3500

Anx. ii. The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 is replaced by the following:

ANNEX II

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 is replaced by the following:

Anx. annex. Mem-ber State Spe-cies code Area code Species name Area name Initial quota 2019 (in kilograms) Permitted landings 2019 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms) Total catches 2019 (quantity in kilograms) Quota con-sumption related to permitted landings Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms) Multi-plying factor Addi-tional Multi-plying factor, Out-standing deductions from previous year(s)(quantity in kilograms) Deductions from fishing quotas for 2020 and subsequent years (quantity in kilograms) Deductions from 2020 fishing quotas for the overfished stocks(quantity in kilograms) Deductions from 2020 fishing quotas for alternative stocks (quantity in kilograms) To be deducted from fishing quotas for 2021 and subsequent year(s) (quantity in kilograms) DE HER 4AB. Herring Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N 39404000 25460900 27182070 106,76 % 1721170 / / / 1721170 1721170 / / DE MAC 2CX14- Mackerel 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32 441000 14859024 15542581 104,60 % 683557 / / / 683557 683557 / / DK MAC 2CX14- Mackerel 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14 / 2688463 2693920 100,20 % 5457 / / / 5457 5457 / / DK MAC 2A34. Mackerel 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32 14480000 13330744 14022305 105,19 % 691561 / / / 691561 691561 / / DK MAC 2A4A-N Mackerel Norwegian waters of 2a and 4a 10242000 10252106 11197228 109,22 % 945122 / / / 945122 945122 / / DK POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / 17000 50968 299,81 % 33968 1,00 / / 33968 / 33968 / ES BET ATLANT Bigeye tuna Atlantic Ocean 9415300 8941151 9090055 101,67 % 148904 / C / 148904 148904 / / ES COD 1/2B. Cod 1 and 2b 11562000 8455844 8463118 100,09 % 7274 / / / 7274 7274 / / ES GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / 2000 14225 711,25 % 12225 1,00 A / 18338 / 18338 / ES OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / 31800 35695 112,25 % 3895 1,00 / / 3895 / 3895 / ES POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / 196000 198607 101,33 % 2607 / / / 2607 / 2607 / ES RED N3LN. Redfish NAFO 3LN / 515100 517806 100,53 % 2706 / / / 2706 2706 / / ES RJU 9-C. Undulate ray Union waters of 9 15000 15000 15511 103,41 % 511 N/A N/A 2067 2067 0 / 2067 FR BET ATLANT Bigeye tuna Atlantic Ocean 4167700 4167700 4687551 112,47 % 519851 1,20 C / 883747 883747 / / FR RJE 7FG. Small-eyed ray Union waters of 7f and 7g 79000 90399 91485 101,20 % 1086 / / / 1086 1086 / / FR RJU 7DE. Undulate ray Union waters of 7d and 7e 103000 168000 177718 105,78 % 9718 / / / 9718 9718 / / FR SWO AS05N Swordfish Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N / / 3500 N/A 3500 / / / 3500 / 3500 / GB COD N1GL14 Cod Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of 5, 12 and 14 364000 353500 353500 100 % 0 / / 4167 4167 4167 / / GB HER 4AB. Herring Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N 55583000 62320196 62607628 100,46 % 287432 / / / 287432 287432 / / GB MAC 2CX14- Mackerel 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14 152115000 145768635 154072694 105,70 % 8304059 / A / 8304059 8304059 / / GB RJU 7DE. Undulate ray Union waters of 7d and 7e 58000 61200 63133 103,16 % 1933 / / / 1933 1933 / / EL BFT AE45WM Bluefin tuna Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean 285110 304110 312690 102,82 % 8580 / C / 8580 8580 / / IE ALB AN05N Northern albacore Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N 2854300 3115420 3213170 103,14 % 97750 / C / 97750 97750 / / NL HER 4CXB7D Herring 4c, 7d except Blackwater stock 18162000 19497305 19512481 100,08 % 15176 / / / 15176 15176 / / NL MAC 2A34. Mackerel 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32 1342000 1494000 2012324 134,69 % 518324 1,40 / / 725654 725654 / / PT ALB AN05N Northern albacore Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N 1994200 1794200 2463161 137,28 % 668961 1,40 C / 1271026 635 513 / 635 513 PT ALF 3X14- Alfonsinos Union and international waters of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14 164000 149034 156756 105,18 % 7722 / A / 7722 7722 / / PT BUM ATLANT Blue marlin Atlantic Ocean 50440 7076 18016 254,61 % 10940 1,00 A / 16410 16410 / / PT RJU 9-C. Undulate ray Union waters of 9 15000 21705 24589 113,29 % 2884 1,00 / / 2884 2884 / / PT SWO AN05N Swordfish Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N 1010390 2410390 2414333 100,16 % 3943 / / / 3943 3943 / / SE MAC 2A34. Mackerel 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32 4034000 2945203 3075839 104,44 % 130636 / / / 130636 130636 / /

ANNEX DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2020 FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED

Mem-ber State Spe-cies code Area code Species name Area name Initial quota 2019 (in kilograms) Permitted landings 2019 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms) Total catches 2019 (quantity in kilograms) Quota con-sumption related to permitted landings Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms) Multi-plying factor Addi-tional Multi-plying factor, Out-standing deductions from previous year(s)(quantity in kilograms) Deductions from fishing quotas for 2020 and subsequent years (quantity in kilograms) Deductions from 2020 fishing quotas for the overfished stocks(quantity in kilograms) Deductions from 2020 fishing quotas for alternative stocks (quantity in kilograms) To be deducted from fishing quotas for 2021 and subsequent year(s) (quantity in kilograms) DE HER 4AB. Herring Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N 39404000 25460900 27182070 106,76 % 1721170 / / / 1721170 1721170 / / DE MAC 2CX14- Mackerel 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32 441000 14859024 15542581 104,60 % 683557 / / / 683557 683557 / / DK MAC 2CX14- Mackerel 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14 / 2688463 2693920 100,20 % 5457 / / / 5457 5457 / / DK MAC 2A34. Mackerel 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32 14480000 13330744 14022305 105,19 % 691561 / / / 691561 691561 / / DK MAC 2A4A-N Mackerel Norwegian waters of 2a and 4a 10242000 10252106 11197228 109,22 % 945122 / / / 945122 945122 / / DK POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / 17000 50968 299,81 % 33968 1,00 / / 33968 / 33968 / ES BET ATLANT Bigeye tuna Atlantic Ocean 9415300 8941151 9090055 101,67 % 148904 / C / 148904 148904 / / ES COD 1/2B. Cod 1 and 2b 11562000 8455844 8463118 100,09 % 7274 / / / 7274 7274 / / ES GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / 2000 14225 711,25 % 12225 1,00 A / 18338 / 18338 / ES OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / 31800 35695 112,25 % 3895 1,00 / / 3895 / 3895 / ES POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / 196000 198607 101,33 % 2607 / / / 2607 / 2607 / ES RED N3LN. Redfish NAFO 3LN / 515100 517806 100,53 % 2706 / / / 2706 2706 / / ES RJU 9-C. Undulate ray Union waters of 9 15000 15000 15511 103,41 % 511 N/A N/A 2067 2067 0 / 2067 FR BET ATLANT Bigeye tuna Atlantic Ocean 4167700 4167700 4687551 112,47 % 519851 1,20 C / 883747 883747 / / FR RJE 7FG. Small-eyed ray Union waters of 7f and 7g 79000 90399 91485 101,20 % 1086 / / / 1086 1086 / / FR RJU 7DE. Undulate ray Union waters of 7d and 7e 103000 168000 177718 105,78 % 9718 / / / 9718 9718 / / FR SWO AS05N Swordfish Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N / / 3500 N/A 3500 / / / 3500 / 3500 / GB COD N1GL14 Cod Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of 5, 12 and 14 364000 353500 353500 100 % 0 / / 4167 4167 4167 / / GB HER 4AB. Herring Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N 55583000 62320196 62607628 100,46 % 287432 / / / 287432 287432 / / GB MAC 2CX14- Mackerel 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14 152115000 145768635 154072694 105,70 % 8304059 / A / 8304059 8304059 / / GB RJU 7DE. Undulate ray Union waters of 7d and 7e 58000 61200 63133 103,16 % 1933 / / / 1933 1933 / / EL BFT AE45WM Bluefin tuna Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean 285110 304110 312690 102,82 % 8580 / C / 8580 8580 / / IE ALB AN05N Northern albacore Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N 2854300 3115420 3213170 103,14 % 97750 / C / 97750 97750 / / NL HER 4CXB7D Herring 4c, 7d except Blackwater stock 18162000 19497305 19512481 100,08 % 15176 / / / 15176 15176 / / NL MAC 2A34. Mackerel 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32 1342000 1494000 2012324 134,69 % 518324 1,40 / / 725654 725654 / / PT ALB AN05N Northern albacore Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N 1994200 1794200 2463161 137,28 % 668961 1,40 C / 1271026 635 513 / 635 513 PT ALF 3X14- Alfonsinos Union and international waters of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14 164000 149034 156756 105,18 % 7722 / A / 7722 7722 / / PT BUM ATLANT Blue marlin Atlantic Ocean 50440 7076 18016 254,61 % 10940 1,00 A / 16410 16410 / / PT RJU 9-C. Undulate ray Union waters of 9 15000 21705 24589 113,29 % 2884 1,00 / / 2884 2884 / / PT SWO AN05N Swordfish Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N 1010390 2410390 2414333 100,16 % 3943 / / / 3943 3943 / / SE MAC 2A34. Mackerel 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32 4034000 2945203 3075839 104,44 % 130636 / / / 130636 130636 / /

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