This Regulation fixes fishing opportunities for 2012 for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Black Sea.
Article 2 -
Scope
This Regulation shall apply to EU vessels operating in the Black Sea.
Article 3 -
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:
(a)
‘GFCM’ means General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean;
(b)
‘Black Sea’ means the GFCM geographical sub-area as defined in resolution GFCM/33/2009/2;
(c)
‘EU vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;
(d)
‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means the quantity that can be taken from each stock each year;
(e)
‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country.
CHAPTER II - FISHING OPPORTUNITIES
Article 4 -
TACs and allocations
The TACs, the allocation of such TACs among Member States, and conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate, are set out in the Annex.
Article 5 -
Special provisions on allocations
The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States as set out in this Regulation shall be without prejudice to:
(a)
exchanges made pursuant to Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;
(b)
reallocations made pursuant to Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;
(c)
additional landings allowed pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;
(d)
quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;
(e)
deductions made pursuant to Articles 37, 105 and 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
Article 6 -
Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
Fish from stocks for which TACs are established shall be retained on board or landed only if:
(a)
the catches have been taken by vessels of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted; or
(b)
the catches consist of a share in a Union quota which has not been allocated by quota among Member States, and that Union quota has not been exhausted.
CHAPTER III - FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 7 -
Data transmission
When, pursuant to Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Member States send the Commission data relating to landings of quantities of stocks caught, they shall use the stock codes set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 8 -
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2012.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
