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Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 of 27 January 2020 fixing for 2020 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

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 1.Subject matter

    2. Article 2.Scope

    3. Article 3.Definitions

    4. Article 4.Fishing zones

  3. TITLE II FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNITED KINGDOM FISHING VESSELS

    1. CHAPTER I General provisions

      1. Article 5.TACs and allocations

      2. Article 6.TACs to be determined by Member States

      3. Article 7.Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

      4. Article 8.Quota-exchange mechanism for TACs for unavoidable by-catches with regard to the landing obligation

      5. Article 9.Fishing effort limits in ICES division 7e

      6. Article 10.Measures on European seabass fisheries

      7. Article 11.Measures on European eel fisheries in United Kingdom waters

      8. Article 12.Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities

      9. Article 12a.Closed fishing seasons for sandeels

      10. Article 13.Remedial measures for cod and whiting in the Celtic Sea

      11. Article 14.Remedial measures for cod in the North Sea

      12. Article 15.Remedial measures for cod in Kattegat

      13. Article 16.Prohibited species

      14. Article 17.Data transmission

    2. CHAPTER II Fishing authorisations in third-country waters

      1. Article 18.Fishing authorisations

    3. CHAPTER III Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations

      1. Section 1 General provisions

        1. 19.Quota transfers and exchanges

      2. Section 2 ICCAT Convention Area

        1. Article 20.Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations

        2. Article 21.Recreational fisheries

        3. Article 22.Sharks

      3. Section 3 CCAMLR Convention Area

        1. Article 23.Exploratory fisheries notifications

        2. Article 24.Limits on exploratory fisheries for toothfish

        3. Article 25.Krill fishery during the 2020-2021 fishing season

      4. Section 4 IOTC Area of Competence

        1. Article 26.Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Area of Competence

        2. Article 27.Drifting FADs and supply vessels

        3. Article 28.Sharks

        4. Article 28a.Mobulid rays

      5. Section 5 SPRFMO Convention Area

        1. Article 29.Pelagic fisheries

        2. Article 30.Mobulid rays

        3. Article 31.Bottom fisheries

        4. Article 32.Exploratory fisheries

      6. Section 6 IATTC Convention Area

        1. Article 33.Purse-seine fisheries

        2. Article 34.Drifting FADs

        3. Article 35.Catch limits for bigeye tuna in longline fisheries

        4. Article 36.Prohibition of fishing for oceanic whitetip sharks

        5. Article 37.Prohibition of fishing for Mobulid rays

      7. Section 7 SEAFO Convention Area

        1. Article 38.Prohibition of fishing for deep-water sharks

      8. Section 8 WCPFC Convention Area

        1. Article 39.Conditions for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore fisheries

        2. Article 40.Management of fishing with FADs

        3. Article 41.Limitations to the number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish

        4. Article 42.Catch limits for swordfish in longline fisheries south of 20° S

        5. Article 43.Silky sharks and oceanic whitetip sharks

        6. Article 44.Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC

      9. Section 9 Bering Sea

        1. Article 45.Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea

      10. Section 10 SIOFA Agreement Area

        1. Article 46.Limits to bottom fishing

  4. TITLE III FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN UNION WATERS

    1. Article 47.Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands

    2. Article 48.Fishing vessels flying the flag of Venezuela

    3. Article 49.Fishing authorisations

    4. Article 50.Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

    5. Article 51.Closed fishing seasons

    6. Article 52.Prohibited species

  5. TITLE IV FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 53.Committee procedure

    2. Article 54.Transitional provision

    3. Article 55.Entry into force

  6. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      TACs APPLICABLE TO UNION FISHING VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA

    2. ANNEX II

      FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN CHANNEL SOLE STOCKS IN ICES DIVISION 7e

      1. CHAPTER I General provisions

        1. 1. SCOPE

          1. 1.1. This Annex shall apply to Union fishing vessels of 10...

          2. 1.2. Vessels fishing with static nets with mesh size equal to...

        2. 2. DEFINITIONS

        3. 3. LIMITATION IN ACTIVITY

      2. CHAPTER II Authorisations

        1. 4. AUTHORISED VESSELS

          1. 4.1 A Member State shall not authorise fishing with regulated gear...

          2. 4.2 However, a vessel with a track record of using a...

          3. 4.3 A vessel flying the flag of a Member State having...

      3. CHAPTER III Number of days present within the area allocated to Union fishing vessels

        1. 5. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS

        2. 6. KILOWATT DAY SYSTEM

          1. 6.1. During the current management period, a Member State may manage...

          2. 6.2. This overall amount of kilowatt days shall be the sum...

          3. 6.3. A Member State wishing to benefit from the system referred...

          4. 6.4. On the basis of that request, the Commission shall assess...

        3. 7. ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR PERMANENT CESSATION OF FISHING ACTIVITIES...

          1. 7.1. An additional number of days at sea on which a...

          2. 7.2. The effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of...

          3. 7.3. Points 7.1 and 7.2 shall not apply where a vessel...

          4. 7.4. A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred...

          5. 7.5. During the current management period, a Member State may re-allocate...

          6. 7.6. When the Commission allocates additional days at sea due to...

        4. 8. ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR ENHANCED SCIENTIFIC OBSERVER COVERAGE

          1. 8.1. Three additional days on which a vessel may be present...

          2. 8.2. Scientific observers shall be independent from the owner, the master...

          3. 8.3. A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred...

          4. 8.4. If an enhanced scientific observer coverage programme submitted by a...

      4. CHAPTER IV Management

        1. 9. GENERAL OBLIGATION

        2. 10. MANAGEMENT PERIODS

          1. 10.1. A Member State may divide the days present within the...

          2. 10.2. The number of days or hours for which a vessel...

          3. 10.3. Where a Member State authorises vessels flying its flag to...

      5. CHAPTER V Exchanges of fishing effort allocations

        1. 11. TRANSFER OF DAYS BETWEEN FISHING VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF...

          1. 11.1. A Member State may permit any fishing vessel flying its...

          2. 11.2. The total number of days present within the area transferred...

          3. 11.3. The transfer of days in accordance with point 11.1 shall...

          4. 11.4. On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide information...

        2. 12. TRANSFER OF DAYS BETWEEN FISHING VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF...

      6. CHAPTER VI Reporting obligations

        1. 13. FISHING EFFORT REPORT

        2. 14. COLLECTION OF RELEVANT DATA

        3. 15. COMMUNICATION OF RELEVANT DATA

    3. ANNEX III

      MANAGEMENT AREAS FOR SANDEEL IN ICES DIVISIONS 2a, 3a AND ICES SUBAREA 4

      1. Appendix

        Sandeel management areas

    4. ANNEX IV

      SEASONAL CLOSURES TO PROTECT SPAWNING COD

      1. The areas set out in the table below shall be...

    5. ANNEX V

      FISHING AUTHORISATIONS

      1. PART A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FISHING AUTHORISATIONS FOR UNION FISHING VESSELS FISHING IN THIRD-COUNTRY WATERS

      2. PART B MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FISHING AUTHORISATIONS FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS FISHING IN UNION WATERS

    6. ANNEX VI

      ICCAT CONVENTION AREA

    7. ANNEX VII

      CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA

      1. Exploratory fishing for toothfish in the CCAMLR Convention Area in...

      2. Table A Authorised Member States, subareas and maximum number of vessels

      3. Table B TACs and by-catch limits

      4. Appendix

        1. PART A

          1. Research blocks 48.6 coordinates

          2. List of small-scale research units (SSRUs)

        2. PART B

          1. NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A FISHERY FOR EUPHAUSIA...

          2. GUIDELINES FOR ESTIMATING THE GREEN WEIGHT OF KRILL CAUGHT

    8. ANNEX VIII

      IOTC AREA OF COMPETENCE

      1. 1. Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for...

      2. 2. Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for...

      3. 3. The vessels referred to in point 1 shall also be...

      4. 4. The vessels referred to in point 2 shall also be...

    9. ANNEX IX

      WCPFC CONVENTION AREA

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