Council Regulation (EU) No 40/2013
of 21 January 2013
fixing for 2013 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 GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

Article 14 Fishing authorisations
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CHAPTER III Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations

Article 15 Quota transfers and exchanges
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Section 1 ICCAT Convention Area

Article 16 Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna
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Article 17 Recreational and sport fisheries
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Article 18 Sharks
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Section 2 CCAMLR Convention Area

Article 19 Prohibitions and catch limitations
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Article 20 Exploratory fisheries
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Article 21 Krill fishery during the 2013/2014 fishing season
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Section 3 IOTC Convention Area

Article 22 Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Convention Area
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Article 23 Sharks
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Section 4 SPRFMO Convention Area

Article 24 Pelagic fisheries - capacity limitation
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Article 25 Pelagic fisheries - TACs
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Article 26 Bottom fisheries
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Section 5 IATTC Convention Area

Article 27 Purse-seine fisheries
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Section 6 SEAFO Convention Area

Article 28 Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks
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Section 7 WCPFC Convention Area

Article 29 Conditions for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore fisheries
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Article 30 Closed area for FAD fishing
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Article 30a Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC
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Article 31 Limitations to the number of EU vessels authorised to fish swordfish
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Section 8 Bering Sea

Article 32 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 33 TACs
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Article 34 Fishing authorisations
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Article 35 Prohibitions
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TITLE IV FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 36 Entry into force and application
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ANNEX I TACs APPLICABLE TO EU VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA
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ANNEX IA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ANNEX IB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ANNEX IC NORTH WEST ATLANTIC
NAFO CONVENTION AREA
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ANNEX ID HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH – ALL AREAS
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ANNEX IE ANTARCTIC
CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA
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ANNEX IF SOUTH-EAST ATLANTIC OCEAN — SEAFO CONVENTION AREA
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ANNEX IG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ANNEX IH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ANNEX IJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ANNEX IIA Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the management of certain cod, plaice and sole stocks in the Skagerrak, that part of ICES division IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, ICES subarea IV, EU waters of ICES division IIa and ICES division VIId

1. Scope
1.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. Regulated gears and geographical areas
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3. Authorisations
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4. Maximum allowable fishing effort
4.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5. Management
5.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6. Fishing effort report
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7. Communication of relevant data
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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