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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
   3. Article 3
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX I DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2021 TO BE APPLIED ON ALTERNATIVE STOCKS
5. ANNEX II
6. ANNEX DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2021 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 2020 have been established by:

Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025,

Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1838,

Council Regulation (EU) 2019/2236, and

Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123.

(2) Fishing quotas for the year 2021 have been established by:

Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1579,

Council Regulation (EU) 2021/90,

Council Regulation (EU) 2021/91, and

Council Regulation (EU) 2021/92.

(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 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 (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

ANNEX

ANNEX I DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2021 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 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 1606 DK HER 1/2- Herring Union, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2 1606 DK DGS 15X14 Picked dogfish Union and international waters of 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14 4718 DK MAC 2CX14- Mackerel 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14 4718 DK POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 80933 DK HER 1/2- Herring Union, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2 80933 ES GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 33603 ES COD 1/2B. Cod 1 and 2b 33603 ES OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 22078 ES COD 1N2AB. Cod Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 22078 EE COD 1N2AB. Cod Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 16377 EE RNG 5B67- Roundnose grenadier 6 and 7; United Kingdom and international waters of 5b 34000 FR GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 8988 FR REB 1N2AB. Redfish Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 8988 FR NEP 08C. Norway lobster 8c 5342 FR POL 08C. Pollack 8c 5342 FR WHM ATLANT White marlin Atlantic Ocean 2450 FR BUM ATLANT Blue marlin Atlantic Ocean 2450 NL WHB 8C3411 Blue whiting 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 12235 NL WHB 1X14 Blue whiting Union and international waters of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14 12235

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) 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 Addit-ional Multi-plying factor, Out-standing deductions from previous year(s) (quantity in kilo grams) Deductions from fishing quotas for 2021 and subsequent years (quantity in kilo grams) Deductions from 2021 fishing quotas for the overfished stocks (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 39404000 18997930 20355612 107,15 % 1357682 / / / 1357682 1357682 / / DE MAC 2CX14- Mackerel 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14 23416000 21146443 22858079 108,09 % 1711636 / / / 1711636 1711636 / / DK COD 1N2AB. Cod Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / / 1606 N/A 1606 1,00 / / 1606 / 1606 / DK DGS 15X14 Picked dogfish Union and international waters of 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14 / / 4718 N/A 4718 1,00 / / 4718 / 4718 / DK HER 03A. Herring 3a 10309000 7482731 7697049 102,86 % 214318 / / / 214318 214318 / / DK HER 4AB. Herring Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N 59468000 75652933 81089507 107,19 % 5436574 / / / 5436574 5436574 / / DK MAC 2A34. Mackerel 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32 19998000 17987493 18625387 103,55 % 637894 / / / 637894 637894 / / DK MAC 2A4A-N Mackerel Norwegian waters of 2a and 4a 14453000 13507878 13531201 100,17 % 23323 / / / 23323 23323 / / DK POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / 7800 88733 1137,60 % 80933 1,00 / / 80933 / 80933 / DK PRA N1GRN. Northern prawn Greenland waters of NAFO 1 1400000 2800000 2818891 100,67 % 18891 / / / 18891 18891 / / DK SAN 234_2R Sandeel Union waters of sandeels management area 2r 59106000 56042763 57756024 103,06 % 1713261 / / / 1713261 1713261 / / ES COD 1/2B. Cod 1 and 2b 11688000 9576615 9581250 100,05 % 4635 / / / 4635 4635 / / ES GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / / 22402 N/A 22402 1,00 A / 33603 / 33603 / ES OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / / 22078 N/A 22078 1,00 / / 22078 / 22078 / ES RJU 9-C. Undulate ray Union waters of 9 15000 15000 21072 140,48 % 6072 1,00 / 2067 8139 8139 / / EE COD 1N2AB. Cod Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / 300000 316377 105,46 % 16377 / / / 16377 / 34000 / FR GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / / 8988 N/A 8988 1,00 / / 8988 / 8988 / FR NEP 08C. Norway lobster 8c 0 0 5342 N/A 5342 1,00 / / 5342 / 5342 / FR WHM ATLANT White marlin Atlantic Ocean / / 1225 N/A 1225 1,00 C / 2450 / 2450 / IE ALB AN05N Northern albacore Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N 2891010 2743260 2938449 107,12% 195189 / C / 195189 195189 / / LV HER 3D-R30 Herring Union waters of Subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32 4253000 6135144 6138817 100,06 % 3673 / C / 3673 3673 / / LV SPR 3BCD-C Sprat Union waters of subdivisions 22-32 29073000 28618753 28635182 100,06 % 16429 / C / 16429 16429 / / NL HER 4AB. Herring Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N 51717000 50896907 51002687 100,21 % 105780 / / / 105780 105780 / / NL WHB 8C3411 Blue whiting 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 / / 12235 N/A 12235 1,00 / / 12235 / 12235 / PL HER 1/2- Herring Union, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2 593000 1226015 1329820 108,47 % 103805 / / / 103805 103805 / / PL MAC 2CX14- Mackerel 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14 1649000 4724236 5185187 109,76 % 460951 / / / 460951 460951 / / PT ALB AN05N Northern albacore Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N 2273970 1638457 1595315 97,37 % -43142 N/A N/A 635513 635513 635513 / / PT ALF 3X14- Alfonsinos Union and international waters of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14 164000 155,278 158,601 102,14 % 3323 / A / 3323 3323 / / PT BET ATLANT Bigeye tuna Atlantic Ocean 3058330 3058330 3069582 100,37 % 11252 / C / 11252 11252 / / PT HKE 8C3411 Hake 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 2614000 1996154 2135737 106,99 % 139583 / C / 139583 139583 / / PT SWO AS05N Swordfish Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N 299030 299030 309761 103,59 % 10731 / / / 10731 10731 / /

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