Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1801

of 7 October 2015

operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2015 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 Community 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 1966/20061, and in particular Article 105(1), (2) and (3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)Fishing quotas for the year 2014 have been established by:
  • Council Regulation (EU) No 1262/20122,
  • Council Regulation (EU) No 1180/20133,
  • Council Regulation (EU) No 24/20144, and
  • Council Regulation (EU) No 43/20145.
(2)Fishing quotas for the year 2015 have been established by:
  • Council Regulation (EU) No 1221/20146,
  • Council Regulation (EU) No 1367/20147,
  • Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1048, and
  • Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1069.
(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 2014. It is therefore appropriate to operate deductions on the fishing quotas allocated to them in 2015 and, where appropriate, in subsequent years, for the overfished stocks.

(6)

Spain has overfished in 2012 its quota for the stock of Norway lobster in area IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (NEP/93411). The deduction of 75,45 tonnes that resulted from this overfishing was applicable in 2013 and was spread at Spain's request over three years starting in 2013. The remaining annual deduction applicable to the Spanish quota for the NEP/93411 stock amounts to 19 tonnes in 2015, without prejudice to any further quota adaptation.

(7)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 871/201410 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1360/201411 have provided for deductions from fishing quotas for certain countries and species for 2014. However, for certain Member States the deductions to be applied for some species were higher than the respective quotas available in 2014 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 2015 and, where appropriate, from subsequent quotas.
(8)
Deductions from fishing quotas, as provided for by this Regulation, should apply without prejudice to deductions applicable to 2015 quotas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EU) No 165/201112 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/201313.
(9)

Since quotas are expressed in tonnes or entire pieces, quantities below 1 tonne or one piece should not been considered,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.

The fishing quotas fixed in Regulations (EU) No 1221/2014, (EU) No 1367/2014, (EU) 2015/104 and (EU) 2015/106 for the year 2015 shall be reduced as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

2.

Paragraph 1 shall apply without prejudice to deductions provided for in Regulation (EU) No 165/2011 and 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.

F1ANNEX DEDUCTIONS FROM QUOTAS FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED

Member State

Species code

Area code

Species name

Area name

Initial quota 2014 (in kilograms)

Permitted landings 2014 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms)14

Total catches 2014 (quantity in kilograms)

Quota consumption related to permitted landings

Over-fishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms)

Multi-plying factor15
Additional Multi-plying factor1617
Remaining deduction from 201418 (quantity in kilograms)
Out-standing balance19 (quantity in kilograms)
Deductions to apply in 2015 (qty in kilograms)20
Deductions already applied in 2015(qty in kilograms)21

To be deducted in 2016 and following year(s) (qty in kilograms)

BE

PLE

7HJK.

Plaice

VIIh, VIIj and VIIk

8 000

1 120

3 701

330,45 %

2 581

/

/

/

/

2 581

2 581

/

BE

SOL

8AB.

Common sole

VIIIa and VIIIb

47 000

327 900

328 823

100,28 %

923

/

C

/

/

1 385

1 385

/

BE

SRX

07D.

Skates and rays

Union waters of VIId

72 000

60 000

69 586

115,98 %

9 586

/

/

/

/

9 586

8 489

1 097

BE

SRX

67AKXD

Skates and rays

Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k

725 000

765 000

770 738

100,75 %

5 738

/

/

/

/

5 738

5 738

/

DK

COD

03AN.

Cod

Skagerrak

3 177 000

3 299 380

3 408 570

103,31 %

109 190

/

C

/

/

163 785

163 785

/

DK

HER

03A.

Herring

IIIa

19 357 000

15 529 000

15 641 340

100,72 %

112 340

/

/

/

/

112 340

112 340

/

DK

HER

2A47DX

Herring

IV, VIId and Union waters of IIa

12 526 000

12 959 000

13 430 160

103,64 %

471 160

/

/

/

/

471 160

471 160

/

DK

HER

4AB.

Herring

Union and Norwegian waters of IV north of 53° 30′ N

80 026 000

99 702 000

99 711 800

100,10 %

9 800

/

/

/

/

9 800

9 800

/

DK

PRA

03A.

Northern prawn

IIIa

2 308 000

2 308 000

2 317 330

100,40 %

9 330

/

/

/

/

9 330

9 330

/

DK

SAN

234_2

Sandeel

Union waters of sandeel management area 2

4 717 000

4 868 000

8 381 430

172,17 %

3 513 430

2

/

/

/

7 026 860

7 026 860

/

DK

SPR

2AC4-C

Sprat and associated bycatches

Union waters of IIa and IV

122 383 000

126 007 000

127 165 410

100,92 %

1 158 410

/

/

/

/

1 158 410

1 158 410

/

ES

ALF

3X14-

Alfonsinos

EU and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV

67 000

67 000

79 683

118,93 %

12 683

/

A

3 000

/

22 025

5 866

16 159

ES

BSF

56712-

Black scabbard-fish

EU and international waters of V, VI, VII and XII

226 000

312 500

327 697

104,86 %

15 197

/

A

/

/

22 796

22 796

/

ES

BSF

8910-

Black scabbard-fish

EU and international waters of VIII, IX and X

12 000

6 130

15 769

257,24 %

9 639

/

A

27 130

/

41 589

11 950

29 639

ES

BUM

ATLANT

Blue marlin

Atlantic Ocean

27 200

27 200

124 452

457,54 %

97 252

/

A

27 000

/

172 878

0

172 878

ES

DWS

56789-

Deep-sea sharks

EU and international waters of V, VI, VII, VIII and IX

0

0

3 039

N/A

3 039

/

A

/

/

4 559

4 559

/

ES

GFB

567-

Greater forkbeard

EU and international waters of V, VI and VII

588 000

828 030

842 467

101,74 %

14 437

/

/

/

/

14 437

14 437

/

ES

GFB

89-

Greater forkbeard

EU and international waters of VIII and IX

242 000

216 750

237 282

109,47 %

20 532

/

A

17 750

/

48 548

48 548

/

ES

GHL

1N2AB.

Greenland halibut

Norwegian waters of I and II

/

0

22 685

N/A

22 685

/

/

/

/

22 685

22 685

/

ES

HAD

5BC6A.

Haddock

Union and international waters of Vb and VIa

/

2 840

18 933

666,65 %

16 093

/

A

12 540

/

36 680

36 680

/

ES

HAD

7X7A34

Haddock

VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

/

0

3 075

N/A

3 075

/

A

/

/

4 613

4 613

/

ES

NEP

9/3411

Norway lobster

IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

55 000

33 690

24 403

72,43 %

5 91822

/

/

19 00023

/

13 082

13 08224

/

ES

OTH

1N2AB.

Other species

Norwegian waters of I and II

/

0

26 744

N/A

26 744

/

/

/

/

26 744

26 744

/

ES

POK

56-14

Saithe

VI; Union and international waters of Vb, XII and XIV

/

4 810

8 703

180,94 %

3 893

/

/

/

/

3 893

3 893

/

ES

RNG

5B67-

Roundnose grenadier

EU and international waters of Vb, VI, VII

70 000

111 160

125 401

112,81 %

14 241

/

/

/

/

14 241

14 241

/

ES

SBR

678-

Red seabream

EU and international waters of VI, VII and VIII

143 000

133 060

136 418

102,52 %

3 358

/

/

/

/

3 358

3 358

/

ES

SOL

8AB.

Common sole

VIIIa and VIIIb

9 000

8 100

9 894

122,15 %

1 794

/

A+C

2 100

/

4 791

2 032

2 759

ES

SRX

89-C.

Skates and rays

Union waters of VIII and IX

1 057 000

857 000

1 089 241

127,10 %

232 241

1,4

/

/

/

325 137

206 515

118 622

ES

USK

567EI.

Tusk

Union and international waters of V, VI and VII

26 000

15 770

15 762

99,95 %

– 8

/

/

58 770

/

58 762

0

58 762

ES

WHM

ATLANT

White marlin

Atlantic Ocean

30 500

25 670

98 039

381,92 %

72 369

/

/

170

/

72 539

0

72 539

FR

SRX

07D.

Skates and rays

Union waters of VIId

602 000

627 000

698 414

111,39 %

71 414

/

/

/

/

71 414

71 414

/

FR

SRX

2AC4-C

Skates and rays

Union waters of IIa and IV

33 000

36 000

48 212

133,92 %

12 212

/

/

/

/

12 212

12 212

/

IE

PLE

7HJK.

Plaice

VIIh, VIIj and VIIk

59 000

61 000

78 270

128,31 %

17 270

/

A

/

/

25 905

25 905

/

IE

SOL

07A.

Common sole

VIIa

41 000

42 000

43 107

102,64 %

1 107

/

/

/

/

1 107

1 107

/

IE

SRX

67AKXD

Skates and rays

Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k

1 048 000

1 030 000

1 079 446

104,80 %

49 446

/

/

/

/

49 446

49 446

/

LT

GHL

N3LMNO

Greenland halibut

NAFO 3LMNO

22 000

0

0

N/A

0

/

/

46 000

/

46 000

46 000

/

LV

HER

03D.RG

Herring

subdivision 28.1

16 534 000

19 334 630

20 084 200

103,88 %

749 570

/

/

/

/

749 570

749 570

/

NL

HKE

3A/BCD

Hake

IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32

/

0

1 655

N/A

1 655

/

C

/

/

2 482

2 482

/

NL

RED

1N2AB.

Redfish

Norwegian waters of I and II

/

0

2 798

N/A

2 798

/

/

/

/

2 798

2 798

/

PT

ANF

8C3411

Anglerfish

VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

436 000

664 000

676 302

101,85 %

12 302

/

/

/

/

12 302

12 302

/

PT

BFT

AE45WM

Bluefin tuna

Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean

235 500

235 500

243 092

103,22 %

7 592

/

C

/

/

11 388

11 388

/

PT

HAD

1N2AB

Haddock

Norwegian waters of I and II

/

0

26 816

N/A

26 816

/

/

/

344 950

371 766

371 766

/

PT

POK

1N2AB.

Saithe

Norwegian waters of I and II

/

18 000

11 850

65,83 %

6 150

/

/

/

185 000

178 850

33 234

145 616

PT

SRX

89-C.

Skates and rays

Union waters of VIII and IX

1 051 000

1 051 000

1 059 237

100,78 %

8 237

/

/

/

/

8 237

8 237

/

SE

COD

03AN.

Cod

Skagerrak

371 000

560 000

562 836

100,51 %

2 836

/

C

/

/

4 254

4 254

/

UK

DGS

15X14

Spurdog/dogfish

Union and international waters of I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV

0

0

1 027

N/A

1 027

/

A

/

/

1 541

1 541

/

UK

GHL

514GRN

Greenland halibut

Greenland waters of V and XIV

189 000

0

0

N/A

0

/

/

1 000

/

1 000

1 000

/

UK

HAD

5BC6A.

Haddock

Union and international waters of Vb and VIa

3 106 000

3 236 600

3 277 296

101,26 %

40 696

/

/

/

/

40 696

40 696

/

UK

MAC

2CX14-

Mackerel

VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV

179 471 000

275 119 000

279 250 206

101,50 %

4 131 206

/

/

/

/

4 131 206

4 131 206

/

UK

NOP

2A3A4.

Norway pout

IIIa; Union waters of IIa and IV

/

0

14 000

N/A

14 000

/

/

/

/

14 000

14 000

/

UK

PLE

7DE.

Plaice

VIId and VIIe

1 548 000

1 500 000

1 606 749

107,12 %

106 749

1,1

/

/

/

117 424

117 424

/

UK

SOL

7FG.

Common sole

VIIf and VIIg

282 000

255 250

252 487

98,92 %

(– 2 763)25

/

/

1 950

/

1 950

1 950

/

UK

SRX

07D.

Skates and rays

Union waters of VIId

120 000

95 000

102 679

108,08 %

7 679

/

/

/

/

7 679

7 679

/

UK

WHB

24-N

Blue whiting

Norwegian waters of II and IV

0

0

22 204

N/A

22 204

/

/

/

/

22 204

22 204

/

14

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 in accordance with Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 ( OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3 ) or reallocation and deduction of fishing opportunities in accordance with Articles 37 and 105 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

15

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.

16

As set out in Article 105(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

17

Letter A indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1.5 has been applied due to consecutive overfishing in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014. Letter C indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1.5 has been applied as the stock is subject to a multiannual plan.

18

Remaining quantities that could not be deducted in 2014 pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 871/2014 because there was no or not sufficient quota available.

19

Remaining quantities related to overfishing in years preceding the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and that cannot be deducted from another stock.

20

Deductions to operate in 2015 as established by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1801.

21

Deductions to operate in 2015 that could be actually applied considering the available quota on the day of entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2015/1801.

22

A quantity of 3 369 kilograms is no longer available following Spain's transfer request made pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and applicable following Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1170 ( OJ L 189, 17.7.2015, p. 2 ).

23

At Spain's request, the pay-back due in 2013 was spread over three years.

24

The remaining quantity of 3 369 kilograms is deducted by the time of entry into force of this Regulation.

25

This quantity is no longer available following United Kingdom's transfer request made pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and applicable following Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1170 ( OJ L 189, 17.7.2015, p. 2 ).