Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1708 of 23 September 2021 adding to the 2021 fishing quotas certain quantities withheld in the year 2020 pursuant to Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96

• Published date: 24 September 2021
• Date of Signature: 23 September 2021
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 339, 24 September 2021
• Subject Matter: Fisheries policy

24.9.2021 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 339/65

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/1708

of 23 September 2021

adding to the 2021 fishing quotas certain quantities withheld in the year 2020 pursuant to Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas (1), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, Member States may, before 31 October of the year of application of a fishing quota allocated to them, ask the Commission to withhold a maximum of 10 % of the quota and to transfer it to the following year.

(2) Council Regulations (EU) 2018/2025 (2), (EU) 2019/1838 (3), (EU) 2019/2236 (4) and (EU) 2020/123 (5) fix fishing quotas for certain stocks for 2020 and specify which stocks may be subject to the measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 847/96.

(3) Council Regulations (EU) 2020/1579 (6), (EU) 2021/90 (7), (EU) 2021/91 (8) and (EU) 2021/92 (9) fix fishing quotas for certain stocks for 2021.

(4) Certain Member States have requested, before 31 October 2020, pursuant to Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, that part of their quotas for 2020 for the stocks listed in the Annex to this Regulation be withheld and transferred to the following year. Subject to the limits indicated in that Regulation, the quantities withheld should be added to the quotas for 2021.

(5) For the purposes of this flexibility exercise, the eligibility of requested stock transfers and the state of exploitation of these stocks have been verified and taken into account. Therefore these stocks can be subject to the transfer of quota withheld from 2020 to 2021 in line with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96.

(6) In order to avoid excessive flexibility that would undermine the principle of rational and responsible exploitation of living marine biological resources, hinder the achievement of the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy and deteriorate the biological status of the stocks, the year-to-year flexibility provided for by Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (10) is excluded for the stocks listed in the Annex to this Regulation.

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The fishing quotas fixed for 2021 in Regulations (EU) 2020/1579, (EU) 2021/90, (EU) 2021/91 and (EU) 2021/92 are increased as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

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.

Done at Brussels, 23 September 2021.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

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(1) OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3.

(2) Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025 of 17 December 2018 fixing for 2019 and 2020 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (OJ L 325, 20.12.2018, p. 7).

(3) Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1838 of 30 October 2019 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/124 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters (OJ L 281, 31.10.2019, p. 1).

(4) Council Regulation (EU) 2019/2236 of 16 December 2019 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (OJ L 336, 30.12.2019, p. 14).

(5) 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 (OJ L 25, 30.1.2020, p. 1).

(6) Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1579 of 29 October 2020 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters (OJ L 362, 30.10.2020, p. 3).

(7) Council Regulation (EU) 2021/90 of 28 January 2021 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (OJ L 31, 29.1.2021, p. 1).

(8) Council Regulation (EU) 2021/91 of 28 January 2021 fixing, for the years 2021 and 2022, the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (OJ L 31, 29.1.2021, p. 20).

(9) Council Regulation (EU) 2021/92 of 28 January 2021 fixing for 2021 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 (OJ L 31, 29.1.2021 p. 31).

(10) Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22).

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ANNEX

Coun-try ID	Stock Id	Species	Zone name	Final Quota 2020 (1) (in tonnes)	Catches 2020 (in tonnes)	Special condition (2) catches 2020 (in tonnes)	% final quota	Transferred quantity (in tonnes)
BE	ANF/*8ABDE	Anglerfish	8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (special condition to ANF/07.)	360,128	82,820	0	23	36,013
BE	ANF/07.	Anglerfish	7	2 761,522	1 111,675	82,820	43,25	276,152
BE	HAD/*2AC4.	Haddock	4; Union waters of 2a (special condition to HAD/5BC6A.)	0,445	0	0	0	0,045
BE	HAD/07A.	Haddock	7a	56,447	3,619	0	6,41	5,645
BE	HAD/2AC4.	Haddock	4; Union waters of 2a	236,000	40,005	0	16,95	23,600
BE	HAD/6B1214	Haddock	Union and international waters of 6b, 12 and 14	28,501	0	0	0	2,850
BE	HAD/7X7A34	Haddock	7b-k, 8, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1	127,830	107,184	0	83,85	12,783
BE	HER/*04B.	Herring	4b (special condition to HER/4CXB7D)	4 803,427	10,906	0	0,23	480,343
BE	HER/*25B-F	Herring	2, 5b north of 62° N (Faroese waters) (special condition to HER/1/2-)	2,200	0	0	0	0,220
BE	HER/4CXB7D	Herring	4c, 7d except Blackwater stock	133,811	104,389	10,906	86,16	13,381
BE	HKE/*03A.	Hake	3a (special condition to HKE/2AC4-C)	6,310	0	0	0	0,631
BE	HKE/*57-14	Hake	6 and 7; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14 (special condition to HKE/8ABDE.)	4,544	0	0	0	0,454
BE	HKE/*8ABDE	Hake	8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (special condition to HKE/571214)	85,327	0	0	0	8,533
BE	HKE/2AC4-C	Hake	Union waters of 2a and 4	63,674	25,622	0	40,24	6,367
BE	HKE/571214	Hake	6 and 7; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14	646,932	41,880	0	6,47	64,693
BE	HKE/8ABDE.	Hake	8a, 8b, 8d and 8e	21,412	14,503	0	67,73	2,141
BE	JAX/2A-14	Horse mackerel and associated by-catches	Union waters of 2a, 4a; 6, 7a-c,7e-k, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14	4,076	0,055	0	1,35	0,408
BE	LEZ/2AC4-C	Megrims	Union waters of 2a and 4	9,992	0,859	0	8,60	0,999
BE	MAC/*02AN-	Mackerel	Norwegian waters of 2a (special condition to MAC/2A34.)	83,700	0	0	0	8,370
BE	MAC/*FRO1	Mackerel	Faroese waters (special condition to MAC/2A34.)	85,800	0	0	0	8,580
BE	MAC/2A34.	Mackerel	3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32	89,447	73,868	0	82,58	8,945
BE	MAC/2CX14-	Mackerel	6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14	56,163	48,879	0	87,03	5,616
BE	NEP/07.	Norway lobster	7	3,468	2,795	0	80,59	0,347
BE	NEP/2AC4-C	Norway lobster	Union waters of 2a and 4	1 517,321	674,836	0	44,48	151,732
BE	NEP/8ABDE.	Norway lobster	8a, 8b, 8d and 8e	1,155	0	0	0	0,116
BE	PLE/07A.	Plaice	7a	184,890	84,258	0	45,57	18,489
BE	PLE/2A3AX4	Plaice	4; Union waters of 2a; that part of 3a not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat	6 183,279	2 569,217	0	41,55	618,328
BE	POK/2C3A4	Saithe	3a and 4; Union waters of 2a	8,581	4,612	0	53,75	0,858
BE	SOL/07E.	Common sole	7e	69,421	58,017	0	83,57	6,942
BE	SOL/24-C.	Common sole	Union waters of 2a and 4	1 570,085	240,245	0	15,30	157,009
BE	SOL/7FG.	Common sole	7f and 7g	1 183,919	1 121,309	0	94,71	62,610
BE	SOL/8AB.	Common sole	8a and 8b	330,680	299,178	0	90,47	31,502
BE	WHG/2AC4.	Whiting	4; Union waters of 2a	235,871	211,374	0	89,61	23,587
BE	WHG/7X7A-C	Whiting	7b, 7c, 7d, 7e, 7f, 7g, 7h, 7j and 7k	212,388	127,086	0	59,84	21,239
DE	ANF/*8ABDE	Anglerfish	8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (special condition to ANF/07.)	40,180	0	0	0	4,018
DE	ANF/07.	Anglerfish	7	480,770	359,005	0	74,67	48,077
DE	BLI/5B67-	Blue ling	Union and international waters of 5b, 6 and 7	126,201	0	0	0	12,620
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