http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/700/introductionCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 700/2011 of 20 July 2011 adding to the 2011 fishing quotas certain quantities withheld in the year 2010 pursuant to Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 700/2011Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 700/2011 of 20 July 2011 adding to the 2011 fishing quotas certain quantities withheld in the year 2010 pursuant to Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/962020-12-11King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32011R0700texttext/xmlen2011-07-20 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 700/2011 of 20 July 2011 adding to the 2011 fishing quotas certain quantities withheld in the year 2010 pursuant to Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas, and in particular Article 4(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

According to Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, Member States may ask the Commission, before 31 October, in the year of application of a fishing quota, to withhold a maximum of 10 % of that quota to be transferred to the following year. The Commission shall add to the relevant quota the quantity withheld.

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1359/2008 of 28 November 2008 fixing for 2009 and 2010 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks, Council Regulation (EC) No 1226/2009 of 20 November 2009 fixing the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2010, Council Regulation (EC) No 1287/2009 of 27 November 2009 fixing the fishing opportunities and the conditions relating thereto for certain fish stocks applicable in the Black Sea for 2010 and Council Regulation (EU) No 53/2010 of 14 January 2010 fixing for 2010 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required, fix quotas for certain stocks for 2010 and specify which stocks may be subject to the measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 847/96.

(3)

Council Regulation (EU) No 1225/2010 of 13 December 2010 fixing for 2011 and 2012 the fishing opportunities for EU vessels for fish stocks of certain deep-sea fish species, Council Regulation (EU) No 1124/2010 of 29 November 2010 fixing for 2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea, Council Regulation (EU) No 1256/2010 of 17 December 2010 fixing the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks applicable in the Black Sea for 2011 and Council Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 of 18 January 2011 fixing for 2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in certain non EU waters, fix quotas for certain stocks for 2011.

(4)

Certain Member States have requested, before 31 October of 2010, pursuant to Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, that part of their quotas for 2010 be withheld and transferred to the following year. Within the limits indicated in that Regulation, the quantities withheld should be added to the quota for 2011.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3. OJ L 352, 31.12.2008, p. 1. OJ L 330, 16.12.2009, p. 1. OJ L 347, 24.12.2009, p. 1. OJ L 21, 26.1.2010, p. 1. OJ L 336, 21.12.2010, p 1. OJ L 318, 4.12.2010, p. 1. OJ L 343, 29.12.2010, p. 2. OJ L 24, 27.1.2011, p. 1.