Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247

of 2 September 2020

operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2020 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 Union 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 2019 have been established by:
  • Council Regulation (EU) 2018/16282,
  • Council Regulation (EU) 2018/20253,
  • Council Regulation (EU) 2018/20584, and
  • Council Regulation(EU) 2019/1245.
(2)Fishing quotas for the year 2020 have been established by:

  • Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025,

  • Council Regulation (EU) 2019/18386,
  • Council Regulation (EU) 2019/22367, and
  • Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1238.
(3)

Pursuant 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 2019. It is therefore appropriate to operate deductions on the fishing quotas allocated to them in 2020 and, where relevant, in subsequent years, for the overfished stocks.

(6)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/17269 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/11210 have set out deductions from fishing quotas for certain Member States and species for 2019. However, for certain Member States, the deductions to be applied for some species were higher than the respective quotas available in 2019 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 2020 and, where appropriate, from subsequent quotas.
(7)
Deductions from fishing quotas, as provided for by this Regulation, should apply without prejudice to deductions applicable to 2020 quotas pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/201311.
(8)

Since quotas are expressed in tonnes, overfishing involving quantities of less than one tonne should not be considered,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.

The fishing quotas fixed in Regulations (EU) 2018/2025, (EU) 2019/1838, (EU) 2019/2236 and (EU) 2020/123 for the year 2020 shall be reduced as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

2.

Paragraph 1 shall apply without prejudice to deductions provided for in 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.

F1ANNEXDEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2020 FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED

Mem-ber State

Spe-cies code

Area code

Species name

Area name

Initial quota 2019 (in kilograms)

Permitted landings 2019 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms)12

Total catches 2019 (quantity in kilograms)

Quota con-sumption related to permitted landings

Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms)

Multi-plying factor13
Addi-tional Multi-plying factor14,15
Out-standing deductions from previous year(s)16(quantity in kilograms)
Deductions from fishing quotas for 202017 and subsequent years (quantity in kilograms)
Deductions from 2020 fishing quotas for the overfished stocks18(quantity in kilograms)

Deductions from 2020 fishing quotas for alternative stocks (quantity in kilograms)

To be deducted from fishing quotas for 2021 and subsequent year(s) (quantity in kilograms)

DE

HER

4AB.

Herring

Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N

39 404 000

25 460 900

27 182 070

106,76 %

1 721 170

/

/

/

1 721 170

1 721 170

/

/

DE

MAC

2CX14-

Mackerel

3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32

441 000

14 859 024

15 542 581

104,60 %

683 557

/

/

/

683 557

683 557

/

/

DK

MAC

2CX14-

Mackerel

6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14

/

2 688 463

2 693 920

100,20 %

5 457

/

/

/

5 457

5 457

/

/

DK

MAC

2A34.

Mackerel

3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32

14 480 000

13 330 744

14 022 305

105,19 %

691 561

/

/

/

691 561

691 561

/

/

DK

MAC

2A4A-N

Mackerel

Norwegian waters of 2a and 4a

10 242 000

10 252 106

11 197 228

109,22 %

945 122

/

/

/

945 122

945 122

/

/

DK

POK

1N2AB.

Saithe

Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

/

17 000

50 968

299,81 %

33 968

1,00

/

/

33 968

/

33 968

/

ES

BET

ATLANT

Bigeye tuna

Atlantic Ocean

9 415 300

8 941 151

9 090 055

101,67 %

148 904

/

C19

/

148 904

148 904

/

/

ES

COD

1/2B.

Cod

1 and 2b

11 562 000

8 455 844

8 463 118

100,09 %

7 274

/

/

/

7 274

7 274

/

/

ES

GHL

1N2AB.

Greenland halibut

Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

/

2 000

14 225

711,25 %

12 225

1,00

A

/

18 338

/

18 338

/

ES

OTH

1N2AB.

Other species

Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

/

31 800

35 695

112,25 %

3 895

1,00

/

/

3 895

/

3 895

/

ES

POK

1N2AB.

Saithe

Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

/

196 000

198 607

101,33 %

2 607

/

/

/

2 607

/

2 607

/

ES

RED

N3LN.

Redfish

NAFO 3LN

/

515 100

517 806

100,53 %

2 706

/

/

/

2 706

2 706

/

/

ES

RJU

9-C.

Undulate ray

Union waters of 9

15 000

15 000

15 511

103,41 %

51120

N/A

N/A

2 067

2 067

0

/

2 067

FR

BET

ATLANT

Bigeye tuna

Atlantic Ocean

4 167 700

4 167 700

4 687 551

112,47 %

519 851

1,20

C

/

883 747

883 747

/

/

FR

RJE

7FG.

Small-eyed ray

Union waters of 7f and 7g

79 000

90 399

91 485

101,20 %

1 086

/

/

/

1 086

1 086

/

/

FR

RJU

7DE.

Undulate ray

Union waters of 7d and 7e

103 000

168 000

177 718

105,78 %

9 718

/

/

/

9 718

9 718

/

/

FR

SWO

AS05N

Swordfish

Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N

/

/

3 500

N/A

3 500

/

/

/

3 500

/

3 500

/

GB

COD

N1GL14

Cod

Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of 5, 12 and 14

364 000

353 500

353 500

100 %

0

/

/

4 167

4 167

4 167

/

/

GB

HER

4AB.

Herring

Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N

55 583 000

62 320 196

62 607 628

100,46 %

287 432

/

/

/

287 432

287 432

/

/

GB

MAC

2CX14-

Mackerel

6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14

152 115 000

145 768 635

154 072 694

105,70 %

8 304 059

/

A19

/

8 304 059

8 304 059

/

/

GB

RJU

7DE.

Undulate ray

Union waters of 7d and 7e

58 000

61 200

63 133

103,16 %

1 933

/

/

/

1 933

1 933

/

/

EL

BFT

AE45WM

Bluefin tuna

Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean

285 110

304 110

312 690

102,82 %

8 580

/

C19

/

8 580

8 580

/

/

IE

ALB

AN05N

Northern albacore

Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N

2 854 300

3 115 420

3 213 170

103,14 %

97 750

/

C19

/

97 750

97 750

/

/

NL

HER

4CXB7D

Herring

4c, 7d except Blackwater stock

18 162 000

19 497 305

19 512 481

100,08 %

15 176

/

/

/

15 176

15 176

/

/

NL

MAC

2A34.

Mackerel

3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32

1 342 000

1 494 000

2 012 324

134,69 %

518 324

1,40

/

/

725 654

725 654

/

/

PT

ALB

AN05N

Northern albacore

Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N

1 994 200

1 794 200

2 463 161

137,28 %

668 961

1,40

C

/

1 271 026

635 51321

/

635 51321

PT

ALF

3X14-

Alfonsinos

Union and international waters of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14

164 000

149 034

156 756

105,18 %

7 722

/

A19

/

7 722

7 722

/

/

PT

BUM

ATLANT

Blue marlin

Atlantic Ocean

50 440

7 076

18 016

254,61 %

10 940

1,00

A

/

16 410

16 410

/

/

PT

RJU

9-C.

Undulate ray

Union waters of 9

15 000

21 705

24 589

113,29 %

2 884

1,00

/

/

2 884

2 884

/

/

PT

SWO

AN05N

Swordfish

Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N

1 010 390

2 410 390

2 414 333

100,16 %

3 943

/

/

/

3 943

3 943

/

/

SE

MAC

2A34.

Mackerel

3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32

4 034 000

2 945 203

3 075 839

104,44 %

130 636

/

/

/

130 636

130 636

/

/

12

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 from 2018 to 2019 in accordance with Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 ( OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3 ) and with Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 or reallocation and deduction of fishing opportunities in accordance with Articles 37 and 105 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

13

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.

14

As set out in Article 105(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and provided that the extent of overfishing exceeds 10 %.

15

Letter ‘ A ’ indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied due to consecutive overfishing in the years 2017, 2018 and 2019. Letter ‘ C ’ indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied as the stock is subject to a multiannual plan.

16

Remaining quantities from previous year(s).

17

Deductions to operate in 2020.

18

Deductions to operate in 2020 that could be actually applied considering the available quota on 10 September 2020 .

19

Additional multiplying factor not applicable because the overfishing does not exceed 10 % of the permitted landings.

20

Quantities below 1 tonne are not considered.

21

At Portugal’s request, the deduction of 1 271 026 kilos due in 2020 is equally spread over two years (2020 and 2021).