Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/66 of 13 January 2025 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2024 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2407
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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 2023 have been established by Council Regulations (EU) 2022/2090, (EU) 2023/194 and (EU) 2023/195.
(2) Fishing quotas for the year 2024 have been established by Council Regulations (EU) 2023/194, (EU) 2023/2638, (EU) 2024/257 and (EU) 2024/259.
(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) 2024/2407 has established deductions from fishing quotas available for certain fish stocks in 2024 on account of overfishing in the previous years.
(5) For certain Member States, namely Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal, certain deductions could not be operated by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2407 from fishing quotas allocated for the overfished stocks because quotas for these stocks are not available for those Member States in the year 2024.
(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 fish stock, deductions may be operated on other stocks in the same geographical area or with the same commercial value, following consultations with the Member State concerned.
(7) According to point 4 of the Communication from the Commission on guidelines for the deduction of quotas under Article 105(1), (2) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (the Guidelines), such deductions should be preferably operated from quotas allocated for stocks fished by the same fleet as the fleet that overfished the quota.
(8) The Member States concerned have been consulted as regards certain deductions from fishing quotas allocated for stocks other than those which have been overfished. It is therefore appropriate to operate deductions from those alternative fishing quotas allocated to those Member States in 2024.
(9) 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 full or partial deductions from the same stocks in the framework of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2407.
(10) Moreover, certain deductions provided for by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2407 exceed the adapted quotas available in the year 2024 and, as a consequence, cannot be entirely operated in that year. In those cases, according to point 2 of the Guidelines, the deductions have been operated to the full extent of the available quota and the remaining amounts should be deducted from the adapted quota available in subsequent years until the full overfished amount is paid back.
(11) In 2023, Germany overfished its quota for other species in Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 (OTH/1N2AB.) by 1,320 tonnes. Additionally, a deduction of 19,997 tonnes remains following the overfishing, by Germany, of its quota for OTH/1N2AB. in 2022, in accordance with point 2 of the Guidelines. By electronic mail dated 1 July 2024, Germany requested to spread the due deduction, namely 21,317 tonnes, over three years. Considering that, in accordance with point 3(b) of the Guidelines, a slower payback may be exceptionally possible where the stock concerned is caught in a mixed fishery and a significant loss of quota would prevent the exploitation of the associated species in that mixed fishery catch, this request can be accepted. Therefore, the annual deductions applicable to the German quota for OTH/1N2AB. amount to 7,106 tonnes in 2024 and 2025 and to 7,105 tonnes in 2026, without prejudice to any further quota adaptation.
(12) Following changes in the stock area definition set up in Regulation (EU) 2024/257, the deduction applicable to Denmark for the overfishing of haddock in Union waters of 3a (HAD/*03A-C) in the year 2023 should now be applied on the 2024 quota for haddock in area 3a (HAD/*03A.).
(13) Point 1 of the Guidelines states that, where applicable, the timeline for deductions in case of overfishing of a quota for stocks managed by regional fisheries management organisations is to be adapted to the timeline for deductions set in the regional fisheries management organisations concerned for these stocks. Recommendation 22-03 by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) for the conservation of North Atlantic swordfish provides that any excess of the annual adjusted quota in the year 2023 is to be deducted from the quota/catch limit for 2025. On this basis, deductions – including those resulting from applicable multiplying factors – on account of the overfishing in 2023 for the stock of swordfish in the Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N (SWO/AN05N), managed by ICCAT, should be applied in 2025. Consequently, the deduction established by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2407 on account of the overfishing in 2023, by Portugal, of its quota for SWO/AN05N should be operated on its quota for 2025. Furthermore, the deduction to operate on account of the overfishing, in 2023, by France of the quota allocated to Other Member States – including France – exclusively for the by-catches of swordfish in the Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N (SWO/AN05N_AMS) should be operated on the quota allocated to France for 2025.
(14) Similarly, Recommendation 19-05 by ICCAT establishing a rebuilding programme for blue marlin provides that any excess of the annual landings limits fixed for the year 2023 is to be deducted from the landings limits during 2025. Therefore, the deduction set by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2407 on account of the overfishing in 2023, by Spain, of its quota for the stock of blue marlin in the Atlantic Ocean (BUM/ATLANT) should be applied on its quota for 2025.
(15) In Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2407, a typographic error occurred as regards the amount of the deduction applicable on account of the overfishing, by Poland, of the quota for mackerel in Union waters of 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d; United Kingdom waters of 2a; Union and United Kingdom waters of 4; Norwegian waters of 2a and 4a (MAC/2A34-N). The amount to be deducted should read 636,225 instead of 636,275 tonnes.
(16) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2407 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(17) 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 2024 in Regulations (EU) 2023/194, (EU) 2023/2638, (EU) 2024/257 and (EU) 2024/259, 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) 2024/2407 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, 13 January 2025. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen
ANNEX
ANNEX I DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2024 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 2024 fishing quota for the overfished stock (in tonnes) Member State Species code Area code Species name Area name Quantity to be deducted from the 2024 fishing quota for the alternative stocks (in tonnes) DNK POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 4,288 DNK HER 1/2- Herring United Kingdom, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2 4,288 ESP HAD 1N2AB. Haddock Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 125,133 ESP HER 1/2- Herring United Kingdom, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2 12,131 RED N3O. Redfishes NAFO 3O area 129,887 ESP OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 117,194 ESP RED N3O. Redfishes NAFO 3O area 100,947 ESP POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 14,306 ESP HER 1/2- Herring United Kingdom, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2 14,306 ESP SOL 7HJK. Common sole 7h, 7j and 7 k 18,682 ESP SRX 67AKXD Skates and rays United Kingdom and Union waters of 6a, 6b, 7a-c and 7e-k 18,682 NLD POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 13,060 NLD HER 1/2- Herring United Kingdom, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2 13,060 POL MAC 2A34-N. Mackerel Union waters of 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d; United Kingdom waters of 2a; Union and United Kingdom waters of 4; Norwegian waters of 2a and 4a 636,225 POL HER 3D-R30 Herring Union waters of subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32 636,225 PRT GHL 1N2AB. Greenland Halibut Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 64,738 PRT RED N3O. Redfishes NAFO 3O area 59,529 PRT OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 18,012 PRT RED N3O. Redfishes NAFO 3O area 25,391
ANNEX II
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2407 is replaced by the following: DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2024 FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED Member State Species code Area code Species name Area name Initial quota 2023 (in tonnes) Permitted landings 2023 (Total adapted quantity in tonnes) Total catches 2023 (quantity in tonnes) Quota consumption related to permitted landings 2023 Over-fishing related to permitted landings 2023 (quantity in tonnes) Multi-plying factor Addi-tional Multi-plying factor Out-standing deductions from previous year(s) (quantity in tonnes) Deductions from fishing quotas for 2024 and subsequent years (quantity in tonnes) Deductions from 2024 fishing quotas for the overfished stocks (quantity in tonnes) Deductions from 2024 fishing quotas for alternative stocks (quantity in tonnes) To be deducted from fishing quotas for 2025 and subsequent year(s) (quantity in tonnes) DE OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 89,000 89,000 90,320 101,48 % 1,320 / / 19,997 21,317 7,106 / 14,211 DK HAD *03A-C Haddock Union waters of 3a (special condition to HAD/2AC4.) 249,500 271,800 325,598 119,79 % 53,798 1,00 C / 80,697 80,697 / / DK HAD 03A. Haddock 3a 2892,000 2682,402 2732,065 101,85 % 49,663 / C / 49,663 49,663 / / DK POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / / 4,288 N/A 4,288 1,00 / / 4,288 / 4,288 / DK WHB 1X14 Blue whiting United Kingdom, Union and international waters of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14 61646,000 77238,647 82097,607 106,29 % 4858,960 / / / 4858,960 4858,960 / / ES ALB MED Mediterranean albacore Mediterranean Sea 103,030 133,030 135,312 101,72 % 2,282 / / / 2,282 2,282 / / ES BUM ATLANT Blue marlin Atlantic Ocean 22,770 49,770 55,108 110,72 % 5,338 1,00 / / N/A N/A / 5,338 ES COD 1N2AB. Cod Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 2321,000 2562,590 2562,586 100,00 % –0,004 / / 60,063 60,063 60,063 / / ES GHL N3LMNO Greenland halibut NAFO 3LMNO 4162,000 4607,124 4666,576 101,29 % 59,452 / / / 59,452 59,452 / / ES HAD 1N2AB. Haddock Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / 2,636 86,058 3264,72 % 83,422 1,00 A / 125,133 / Equivalent of 125,133 / ES OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / / 78,129 N/A 78,129 1,00 A / 117,194 / Equivalent of 117,194 / ES POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / / 14,306 N/A 14,306 1,00 / / 14,306 / 14,306 / ES RJU 8-C. Undulate ray Union waters of 8 10,000 10,000 12,138 121,38 % 2,138 1,00 / / 2,138 0,032 / 2,106 ES RJU 9-C. Undulate ray Union waters of 9 15,000 20,000 24,008 120,04 % 4,008 1,00 / 1,348 5,356 5,356 / / ES SOL 7HJK. Common sole 7h, 7j and 7k / 2,500 15,458 618,32 % 12,958 1,00 C / 19,437 0,755 18,682 / ES SOL 8AB. Common sole 8a and 8b 6,000 7,000 19,988 285,54 % 12,988 1,00 C / 19,482 0 / 19,482 FR GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / 16,600 20,889 125,84 % 4,289 1,00 / / 4,289 4,289 / / FR HAD 1N2AB. Haddock Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 150,000 171,060 179,080 104,69 % 8,020 / / / 8,020 8,020 / / FR OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 36,000 36,000 44,547 123,74 % 8,547 1,00 / / 8,547 8,547 / / FR RJE 7FG. Small-eyed ray 7f and 7g 24,000 10,701 23,296 217,70 % 12,595 1,00 / / 12,595 12,595 / / FR SWO AN05N_AMS Swordfish Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N 129,840 129,840 161,053 124,03 % 31,213 1,00 / / N/A N/A / 31,213 IT ARA GF19-21 Blue and red shrimp GSAs 19-20-21 (Ionian Sea) 250,000 250,000 259,823 103,93 % 9,823 / / / 9,823 9,823 / / NL POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / 21,593 34,653 160,48 % 13,060 1,00 / / 13,060 / 13,060 / PL MAC 2A34-N Mackerel Union waters of 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d; United Kingdom waters of 2a; Union and United Kingdom waters of 4; Norwegian waters of 2a and 4a / / 254,490 N/A 254,490 2,00 A / 636,225 / 636,225 / PT BET ATLANT Bigeye tuna Atlantic Ocean N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 184,048 184,048 184,048 / / PT GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / / 64,738 N/A 64,738 1,00 / / 64,738 / Equivalent of 64,738 / PT JAX 08C. Horse mackerel 8c 188,000 100,000 101,605 101,60 % 1,605 / / / 1,605 0 / 1,605 PT OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / / 18,012 N/A 18,012 1,00 / / 18,012 / Equivalent of 18,012 / PT SWO AN05N Swordfish Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 50,792 50,792 50,792 / / PT SWO AN05N Swordfish Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N 1155,830 1930,090 1966,680 101,90 % 36,590 / / / N/A N/A / 36,590 PT SRX 89-C. Skates and rays Union waters of 8 and 9 1696,000 1551,000 1573,265 101,44 % 22,265 / / / 22,265 22,265 / /
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