COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1345

19.7.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 186/6 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1345 of 18 July 2017 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2017 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 2016 have been established by: | — | Council Regulation (EU) No 1367/2014 (2), ---|--- — | Council Regulation (EU) 2015/2072 (3), ---|--- — | Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 (4), and ---|--- — | Council Regulation (EU) 2016/73 (5). ---|--- (2) | Fishing quotas for the year 2017 have been established by: | — | Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1903 (6), ---|--- — | Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 (7), ---|--- — | Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2372 (8), and ---|--- — | Council Regulation (EU) 2017/127 (9). ---|--- (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) | Article 105(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 provides that such deductions have 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 2016. It is therefore appropriate to operate deductions on the fishing quotas allocated to them in 2017 and, where relevant, in subsequent years, for the overfished stocks. ---|--- (6) | Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2016/2226 (10) and (EU) 2017/162 (11) have provided for deductions from fishing quotas for certain countries and species for 2016. However, for certain Member States, the deductions to be applied for some species were higher than the respective quotas available in 2016 and could therefore not be operated entirely in that year. To ensure that in such cases the full amount for the respective stocks be deducted, the remaining quantities should be taken into account when establishing deductions for 2017 and, where appropriate, from subsequent quotas. ---|--- (7) | In the framework of Article 3(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (12), by letter dated 16 November 2016, Belgium requested Commission's permission to land additional quantities of turbot and brill in Union waters of IIa and IV (T/B/2AC4-C) within the limits of 10 % of the quota. The additional quantities granted in 2016 under that procedure should be considered as exceeding permitted landings for the purpose of the deductions envisaged in Article 105 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. ---|--- (8) | Deductions from fishing quotas, as provided for by this Regulation, should apply without prejudice to deductions applicable to 2017 quotas pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013 (13). ---|--- (9) | Since quotas are expressed in tonnes, overfishing involving quantities of less than 1 tonne should not be considered, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1\. The fishing quotas fixed in Regulations (EU) 2016/1903, (EU) 2016/2285, (EU) 2016/2372 and (EU) 2017/127 for the year 2017 shall be reduced as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. 2\. Paragraph 1 shall apply without prejudice to deductions provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013. 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, 18 July 2017. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER * * * (1) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1. (2) Council Regulation (EU) No 1367/2014 of 15 December 2014 fixing for 2015 and 2016 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep- sea fish stocks (OJ L 366, 20.12.2014, p. 1). (3) Council Regulation (EU) 2015/2072 of 17 November 2015 fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulations (EU) No 1221/2014 and (EU) 2015/104 (OJ L 302, 19.11.2015, p. 1). (4) Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 of 22 January 2016 fixing for 2016 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, and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/104 (OJ L 22, 28.1.2016, p. 1). (5) Council Regulation (EU) 2016/73 of 18 January 2016 fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks in the Black Sea (OJ L 16, 23.1.2016, p. 1). (6) Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1903 of 28 October 2016 fixing for 2017 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2016/72 (OJ L 295, 29.10.2016, p. 1). (7) Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 of 12 December 2016 fixing for 2017 and 2018 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks and amending Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 32). (8) Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2372 of 19 December 2016 fixing for 2017 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Black Sea (OJ L 352, 23.12.2016, p. 26). (9) Council Regulation (EU) 2017/127 of 20 January 2017 fixing for 2017 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 24, 28.1.2017, p. 1). (10) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2226 of 9 December 2016 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2016 on account of overfishing in the previous years (OJ L 336, 10.12.2016, p. 28). (11) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/162 of 31 January 2017 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2016 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2226 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2016 on account of overfishing in the previous years (OJ L 27, 1.2.2017, p. 101). (12) Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas (OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3). (13) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013 of 5 March 2013 providing for deductions from certain fishing quotas allocated to Spain in 2013 and subsequent years on account of overfishing of a certain mackerel quota in 2009 (OJ L 62, 6.3.2013, p. 1). * * * ANNEX DEDUCTIONS FROM QUOTAS FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED Member State | Species code | Area code | Species name | Area name | Initial quota 2016 (in kilograms) | Permitted landings 2016 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms) (1) | Total catches 2016 (quantity in kilograms) | Quota consumption related to permitted landings | Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms) | Multiplying factor (2) | Additional Multiplying factor (3) (4) | Outstanding deductions from previous years (5) (quantity in kilograms) | Deductions to apply in 2017 (quantity in kilograms) ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--- (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) BE | SRX | 07D. | Skates and rays | Union waters of VIId | 87 000 | 86 919 | 91 566 | 105,35 % | 4 647 | / | / | / | 4 647 BE | SOL | 7FG. | Common sole | VIIf and VIIg | 487 000 | 549 565 | 563 401 | 102,52 % | 13 836 | / | / | / | 13 836 BE | SOL | 8AB. | Common sole | VIIIa and VIIIb | 42 000 | 281 638 | 287 659 | 102,14 % | 6 021 | / | C (6) | / | 6 021 BE | T/B | 2AC4-C | Turbot and brill | Union waters of IIa and IV | 329 000 | 481 000 | 514 275 | 106,92 % | 33 275 (7) | / | / | / | 33 275 DE | DGS | 2AC4-C | Picked dogfish | Union waters of IIa and IV | 0 | 0 | 2 118 | N/A | 2 118 | / | / | / | 2 118 DE | MAC | 2CX14- | Mackerel | VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV | 22 751 000 | 21 211 759 | 22 211 517 | 104,71 % | 999 758 | / | / | / | 999 758 DK | DGS | 2AC4-C | Picked dogfish | Union waters of IIa and IV | 0 | 0 | 1 350 | N/A | 1 350 | / | / | / | 1 350 DK | HER | 1/2- | Herring | Union, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of I and II | 7 069 000 | 10 331 363 | 10 384 320 | 100,51 % | 52 957 | / | / | / | 52 957 DK | JAX | 4BC7D | Horse mackerel and associated | Union waters of IVb, IVc and VIId | 5 519 000 | 264 664 | 265 760 | 100,42 % | 1 096 | / | / | / | 1 096 DK | MAC | 2A34. | Mackerel | IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and Subdivisions 22-32 | 19 461 000 | 13 354 035 | 14 677 440 | 109,91 % | 1 323 405 | / | / | / | 1 323 405 DK | MAC | 2A4A-N | Mackerel | Norwegian waters of IIa and IVa | 14 043 000 | 14 886 020 | 16 351 930 | 109,85 % | 1 465 910 | / | / | / | 1 465 910 DK | NOP | 04-N. | Norway pout | Norwegian waters of IV | 0 | 0 | 22 880 | N/A | 22 880 | / | / | / | 22 880 DK | OTH | *2AC4C | Other species | Union waters of IIa and IV | 6 018 300 | 3 994 920 | 4 508 050 | 112,84 % | 513 130 | 1,2 | / | / | 615 756 DK | POK | 1N2AB. | Saithe | Norwegian waters of I and II | / | 0 | 3 920 | N/A | 3 920 | / | / | / | 3 920 DK | SAN | 234_1 | Sandeel | Union waters of sandeel management area 1 | 12 263 000 | 12 517 900 | 12 525 750 | 100,06 % | 7 850 | / | / | / | 7 850 DK | SAN | 04-N. | Sandeel | Norwegian waters of IV | 0 | 0 | 19 860 | N/A | 19 860 | / | / | / | 19 860 ES | ALB | AN05N | Northern albacore | Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N | 14 917 370 | 14 754 370 | 16 645 500 | 112,82 % | 1 891 130 | 1,2 | / | / | 2 269 356 ES | ALF | 3X14- | Alfonsinos | Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV | 67 000 | 86 159 | 79 185 | 91,90 % | – 6 974 | / | / | 817 | 0 ES | BSF | 8910- | Black scabbard-fish | Union and international waters of VIII, IX and X | 12 000 | 24 004 | 16 419 | 68,41 % | – 7 585 | / | / | 2 703 | 0 ES | BUM | ATLANT | Blue marlin | Atlantic Ocean | 0 | 0 | 13 396 | N/A | 13 396 | / | A | / | 20 094 ES | COD | 1/2B. | Cod | I and IIb | 13 192 000 | 9 730 876 | 9 731 972 | 100,01 % | 1 096 | / | / | / | 1 096 ES | GHL | 1N2AB. | Greenland halibut | Norwegian waters of I and II | / | 9 000 | 27 600 | 306,67 % | 18 600 | 1,0 | A | / | 27 900 ES | GHL | N3LMNO | Greenland halibut | NAFO 3LMNO | 4 067 000 | 4 070 000 | 4 072 999 | 100,07 % | 2 999 | / | C (6) | / | 2 999 ES | SRX | 67AKXD | Skates and rays | Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k | 876 000 | 459 287 | 469 586 | 102,24 % | 10 299 | / | / | / | 10 299 ES | SRX | 89-C. | Skates and rays | Union waters of VIII and IX | 1 057 000 | 925 232 | 956 878 | 103,42 % | 31 646 | / | A | 131 767 | 179 236 ES | WHM | ATLANT | White marlin | Atlantic Ocean | 2 460 | 2 460 | 9 859 | 400,77 % | 7 399 | 1,0 | A | 138 994 | 150 092 FR | LIN | 04-C. | Ling | Union waters of IV | 162 000 | 262 351 | 304 077 | 115,91 % | 41 726 | 1,0 | / | / | 41 726 FR | POK | 1/2/INT | Saithe | International waters of I and II | 0 | 0 | 2 352 | N/A | 2 352 | / | / | / | 2 352 FR | RED | 51214S | Redfish (shallow pelagic) | Union and international waters of V; international waters of XII and XIV | 0 | 0 | 29 827 | N/A | 29 827 | / | / | / | 29 827 FR | SBR | 678- | Red seabream | Union and international waters of VI, VII and VIII | 6 000 | 28 817 | 31 334 | 108,72 % | 2 517 | / | / | / | 2 517 FR | SRX | 07D. | Skates and rays | Union waters of VIId | 663 000 | 630 718 | 699 850 | 110,96 % | 69 132 | 1,0 | A | / | 103 698 FR | SRX | 67AKXD | Skates and rays | Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k | 3 255 000 | 3 641 000 | 39 254 | 101,08 % | 39 254 | / | / | / | 39 254 FR | WHG | 08. | Whiting | VIII | 1 524 000 | 2 406 000 | 2 441 333 | 101,47 % | 35 333 | / | / | / | 35 333 IE | PLE | 7FG. | Plaice | VIIf and VIIg | 200 000 | 66 332 | 67 431 | 101,66 % | 1 099 | / | / | / | 1 099 IE | POK | 1N2AB. | Saithe | Norwegian waters of I and II | / | 0 | 5 969 | N/A | 5 969 | / | / | / | 5 969 IE | SRX | 67AKXD | Skates and rays | Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k | 1 048 000 | 949 860 | 980 960 | 103,27 % | 31 056 | / | A (6) | / | 31 056 NL | DGS | 2AC4-C | Picked dogfish | Union waters of IIa and IV | 0 | 0 | 1 260 | N/A | 1 260 | / | / | / | 1 260 NL | HAD | 7X7A34 | Haddock | VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 | / | 559 | 26 220 | N/A | 25 661 | / | / | / | 25 661 NL | HER | *25B-F | Herring | II, Vb north of 62° N (Faroes waters) | 736 000 | 477 184 | 476 491 | 99,86 % | – 693 | / | / | 23 551 | 22 858 NL | OTH | *2A-14 | Associate by-catches to horse mackerel (boarfish, whiting and mackerel) | Union waters of IIa, IVa, VI, VIIa-c, VIIe-k, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV | 1 663 800 | 1 777 300 | 2 032 689 | 114,37 % | 255 389 | 1,2 | / | / | 306 467 NL | POK | 2A34. | Saithe | IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and Subdivisions 22-32 | 68 000 | 110 846 | 110 889 | 100,04 % | 43 (8) | / | / | 1 057 | 1 057 NL | T/B | 2AC4-C | Turbot and brill | Union waters of IIa and IV | 2 493 000 | 2 551 261 | 2 737 636 | 107,31 % | 186 375 | / | / | / | 186 375 PT | BUM | ATLANT | Blue marlin | Atlantic ocean | 49 550 | 49 550 | 50 611 | 102,14 % | 1 061 | / | / | / | 1 061 PT | GHL | 1N2AB | Greenland Halibut | Norwegian waters of I and II | / | 18 487 | 18 487 | N/A | 18 487 | / | / | / | 18 487 PT | MAC | 8C3411 | Mackerel | VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 | 6 971 000 | 6 313 658 | 6 823 967 | 108,08 % | 510 309 | / | / | / | 510 309 PT | SRX | 89-C. | Skates and rays | Union waters of VIII and IX | 1 051 000 | 1 051 000 | 1 068 676 | 101,68 % | 17 676 | / | / | / | 17 676 PT | SWO | AN05N | Swordfish | Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N | 1 161 950 | 1 541 950 | 1 561 142 | 101,24 % | 19 192 | / | / | / | 19 192 UK | DGS | 15X14 | Picked dogfish | Union and international waters of I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV | 0 | 0 | 12 585 | N/A | 12 585 | / | / | / | 12 585 UK | DGS | 2AC4-C | Picked dogfish | Union waters of IIa and IV | 0 | 0 | 17 776 | N/A | 17 776 | / | / | / | 17 776 UK | HER | 4AB. | Herring | Union and Norwegian waters of IV north of 53° 30′ N | 70 348 000 | 70 710 390 | 73 419 998 | 103,83 % | 2 709 608 | / | / | | 2 709 608 UK | MAC | 2CX14- | Mackerel | VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV | 208 557 000 | 195 937 403 | 209 143 232 | 106,74 % | 13 205 829 | / | A (6) | / | 13 205 829 UK | SAN | 234_1 | Sandeel | Union waters of sandeel management area 1 | 268 000 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0 | / | / | 1 466 168 | 1 466 168 UK | SRX | 67AKXD | Skates and rays | Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k | 2 076 000 | 2 006 000 | 2 008 431 | 100,12 % | 2 431 | / | / | / | 2 431 UK | T/B | 2AC4-C | Turbot and brill | Union waters of IIa and IV | 693 000 | 522 000 | 544 680 | 104,34 % | 22 680 | / | / | / | 22 680 * * * (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 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22), quota transfers from 2015 to 2016 in accordance with Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3), with Article 5a of Council Regulation (EU) No 1221/2014 (OJ L 330, 15.11.2014, p. 16), with Article 18a of Council Regulation (EU) 2015/104 (OJ L 22, 28.1.2015, p. 1), 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 2014, 2015 and 2016. 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 that could not be deducted in 2016 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2226 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2017/162 because there was no or not sufficient quota available. (6) Additional multiplying factor not applicable because the overfishing does not exceed 10 % of the permitted landings. (7) At Belgium`s request, additional landings up to 10 % of the T/B quota were permitted by the Commission according to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96. (8) Quantities below one tonne are not considered. * * *