COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/1926

12.10.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 265/67 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/1926 of 11 October 2022 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2022 on account of overfishing in the previous years 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 (1), and in particular Article 105(1), (2) and (3) thereof, Whereas: (1) | Fishing quotas for the year 2021 have been established by Council Regulations (EU) 2020/1579 (2), (EU) 2021/90 (3), (EU) 2021/91 (4) and (EU) 2021/92 (5). ---|--- (2) | Fishing quotas for the year 2022 have been established by Council Regulations (EU) 2021/91, (EU) 2021/1888 (6), (EU) 2022/109 (7) and (EU) 2022/110 (8). ---|--- (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) | Article 105(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 provides that such deductions are to be operated in the following year or years by applying the respective multiplying factors as set out therein. ---|--- (5) | Certain Member States have exceeded their fishing quotas for the year 2021. Deductions should therefore be operated on the fishing quotas allocated to them in 2022 and, where relevant, in subsequent years, for the overfished stocks. ---|--- (6) | Further updates or corrections may still occur following the detection, for the current or previous deduction 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. ---|--- (7) | Since quotas are expressed in tonnes, overfishing involving quantities of less than 1 tonne should not be considered, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The fishing quotas fixed for the year 2022 in Regulations (EU) 2021/91, (EU) 2021/1888, (EU) 2022/109 and (EU) 2022/110 shall be reduced as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 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, 11 October 2022. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN * * * (1) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1. (2) Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1579 of 29 October 2020 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters (OJ L 362, 30.10.2020, p. 3). (3) Council Regulation (EU) 2021/90 of 28 January 2021 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (OJ L 31, 29.1.2021, p. 1). (4) Council Regulation (EU) 2021/91 of 28 January 2021 fixing, for the years 2021 and 2022, the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (OJ L 31, 29.1.2021, p. 20). (5) Council Regulation (EU) 2021/92 of 28 January 2021 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non- Union waters (OJ L 31, 29.1.2021, p. 31). (6) Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1888 of 27 October 2021 fixing for 2022 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/92 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters (OJ L 384, 29.10.2021, p. 1). (7) Council Regulation (EU) 2022/109 of 27 January 2022 fixing for 2022 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Union waters and for Union fishing vessels in certain non-Union waters (OJ L 21, 31.1.2022, p. 1). (8) Council Regulation (EU) 2022/110 of 27 January 2022 fixing for 2022 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (OJ L 21, 31.1.2022, p. 165). * * * ANNEX DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2022 FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED Mem-ber State | Species code | Area code | Species name | Area name | Initial quota 2021 (in kilograms) | Permitted landings 2021 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms) (1) | Total catches 2021 (quantity in kilograms) | Quota con-sumption related to permitted landings (in %) | Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms) | Multi-plying factor (2) | Addit-ional Multi-plying factor (3) , (4) | Out-standing deductions from previous year(s) (5) (quantity in kilograms) | Deductions to apply in 2022 (quantity in kilograms) ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--- CYP | SWO | MED | Swordfish | Mediterranean Sea | 52 230 | 52 230 | 55 703 | 106,65 | 3 473 | / | C (6) | / | 3 473 DEU | HER | 4AB. | Herring | United Kingdom, Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53°30′ N | 33 852 000 | 17 152 318 | 18 844 967 | 109,87 | 1 692 649 | / | A (6) | / | 1 692 649 DNK | COD | 03AN. | Cod | Skagerrak | 1 515 000 | 1 556 000 | 1 598 949 | 102,76 | 42 949 | / | C (6) | / | 42 949 DNK | HER | 4AB. | Herring | United Kingdom, Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53°30′ N | 49 993 000 | 49 711 223 | 51 805 988 | 104,21 | 2 094 765 | / | / | / | 2 094 765 ESP | COD | 1/2B. | Cod | 1 and 2b | 11 331 000 | 8 580 172 | 8 604 667 | 100,29 | 24 495 | / | A (6) | / | 24 495 ESP | GHL | 1N2AB. | Greenland halibut | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | / | 6 000 | 43 778 | 729,63 | 37 778 | 1,00 | A | / | 56 667 ESP | HAD | 1N2AB. | Haddock | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | / | 0 | 19 059 | N/A | 19 059 | 1,00 | / | / | 19 059 ESP | OTH | 1N2AB. | Other species | Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 | / | 0 | 27 571 | N/A | 27 571 | 1,00 | A | / | 41 357 EST | GHL | N3LMNO | Greenland halibut | NAFO 3LMNO | 331 000 | 502 500 | 515 085 | 102,50 | 12 585 | / | / | / | 12 585 FRA | RED | 51214S | Redfishes | Union and international waters of 5; international waters of 12 and 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 516 | N/A | 3 516 | 1,00 | / | / | 3 516 GRC | BFT | AE45WM | Bluefin tuna | Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean | 314 030 | 314 030 | 322 640 | 102,74 | 8 610 | / | C (6) | / | 8 610 IRL | HER | 6AS7BC | Herring | 6aS, 7b, 7c | 1 236 000 | 1 513 457 | 1 605 894 | 106,11 | 92 437 | / | / | / | 92 437 IRL | RJC | 07D. | Thornback ray | 7d | / | 0 | 1 741 | N/A | 1 741 | 1,00 | / | / | 1 741 LTU | HER | 4AB. | Herring | United Kingdom, Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53°30′ N | / | 452 600 | 466 192 | 103,00 | 13 592 | / | / | / | 13 592 LVA | SPR | 3BCD-C | Sprat | Union waters of subdivisions 22-32 | 30 845 000 | 28 709 205 | 29 084 587 | 101,31 | 375 382 | / | C (6) | / | 375 382 NLD | HER | 4AB. | Herring | United Kingdom, Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53°30′ N | 46 381 000 | 45 488 813 | 46 533 481 | 102,30 | 1 044 668 | / | / | / | 1 044 668 POL | MAC | 2A34. | Mackerel | United Kingdom and Union waters of 2a, 3 and 4 | / | 0 | 63 850 | N/A | 63 850 | 1,00 | / | / | 63 850 PRT | ALF | 3X14- | Alfonsinos | Union and international waters of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14 | 145 000 | 136 677 | 139 363 | 101,97 | 2 686 | / | / | / | 2 686 PRT | ANE | 9/3411 | Anchovy | 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 | 7 829 000 | 8 752 733 | 10 863 270 | 124,11 | 2 110 537 | 1,40 | / | / | 2 954 752 PRT | ANF | 8C3411 | Anglerfishes | 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 | 584 000 | 648 238 | 657 235 | 101,39 | 8 997 | / | C (6) | / | 8 997 PRT | BFT | AE45WM | Bluefin tuna | Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean | 572 970 | 572 970 | 583 215 | 101,79 | 10 245 | / | C (6) | / | 10 245 PRT | HKE | 8C3411 | Hake | 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 | 2 483 000 | 2 093 417 | 2 207 568 | 105,45 | 114 151 | / | C (6) | / | 114 151 SWE | HER | 03A. | Herring | 3a | 9 498 000 | 13 085 112 | 13 223 209 | 101,06 | 138 097 | / | / | / | 138 097 * * * (1) Quotas available to a Member State pursuant to the relevant fishing opportunities Regulations after taking into account exchanges of fishing opportunities in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22), quota transfers from 2020 to 2021 in accordance with Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas (OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3) and with Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 or reallocation and deduction of fishing opportunities in accordance with Articles 37 and 105 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. (2) As set out in Article 105(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. Deduction equal to the overfishing * 1,00 shall apply in all cases of overfishing equal to, or less than, 100 tonnes. (3) As set out in Article 105(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and provided that the extent of overfishing exceeds 10 %. (4) Letter ‘A’ indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied due to consecutive overfishing in the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. Letter ‘C’ indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied as the stock is subject to a multiannual plan. (5) Remaining quantities from previous year(s). (6) Additional multiplying factor not applicable because the overfishing does not exceed 10 % of the permitted landings. * * *