Council Regulation (EU) No 44/2012
of 17 January 2012
fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements (revoked)

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Regulation revoked (1.1.2024) by Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28), ss. 1(1), 22(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with s. 1(3)(4)); S.I. 2023/1363, reg. 2

TITLE I SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1 Subject matter
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Article 2 Scope
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Article 3 Definitions
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Article 4 Fishing zones
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TITLE II FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EU VESSELS

CHAPTER I General provisions

Article 5 TACs and allocations
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Article 6 Additional allocation for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries
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Article 7 Flexibility in the management of certain stocks
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Article 8 Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
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Article 9 Fishing effort limits
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Article 10 Catch and effort limits for deep-sea fisheries
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Article 11 Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities
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Article 12 Closed fishing season
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Article 13 Prohibitions
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Article 14 Data transmission
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CHAPTER II Fishing authorisations in third-country waters

Article 15 Fishing authorisations
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CHAPTER III Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations

Section 1 ICCAT Convention Area

Article 16 Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna
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Article 17 Additional conditions to the bluefin tuna quota allocated in Annex ID
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Article 18 Recreational and sport fisheries
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Article 19 Sharks
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Section 2 CCAMLR Convention Area

Article 20 Prohibitions and catch limitations
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Article 21 Exploratory fisheries
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Article 22 Krill fishery during the 2012/2013 fishing season
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Section 3 IOTC Convention Area

Article 23 Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Convention Area
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Article 24 Sharks
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Section 4 SPRFMO Convention Area

Article 25 Pelagic fisheries — capacity limitation
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Article 26 Pelagic fisheries — TACs
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Article 27 Bottom fisheries
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Section 5 IATTC Convention Area

Article 28 Purse-seine fisheries
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Section 6 SEAFO Convention Area

Article 29 Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks
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Section 7 WCPFC Convention Area

Article 30 Fishing effort limitations for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore
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Article 31 Closed area for FAD fishing
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Article 32 Closed areas for purse-seine fisheries
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Article 33 Limitations to the number of EU vessels authorised to fish swordfish
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Section 8 Bering Sea

Article 34 Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea
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TITLE III FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN EU WATERS

Article 35 TACs
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Article 36 Fishing authorisations
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Article 37 Prohibitions
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TITLE IV FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 38 Committee procedure
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Article 39 Entry into force and application
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