Regulation 6 Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124 fixing for 2019 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

(1)

Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124 fixing for 2019 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 is amended as follows.

(2)

Omit Article 1.

(3)

In Article 2(1)—

(a)

in point (a) for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”; and

(b)

in point (b) for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”.

(4)

In Article 3—

(a)

in point (c) for “State” substitute “any country or state”;

(b)

for point (e) substitute—

“(e)
‘catch quota’ means the maximum quantity of sea fish that may be caught by United Kingdom fishing vessels as determined by the Secretary of State;”; and

(c)

omit points (f) and (h).

(5)

In Article 4—

(a)

omit points (b) to (l); and

(b)

omit points (p) to (u).

(6)

In the heading to Title 2 for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”.

(7)

Omit Articles 5 and 6.

(8)

In Article 7 for paragraph 1 substitute—

“1.

Where a United Kingdom fishing vessel makes a catch that is—

(a)
not subject to the landing obligation established under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013; and

(b)
subject to catch quota,

that catch may only be retained on board or landed if the fishing vessel has been allocated a proportion of the relevant catch quota and that allocation has not been exhausted.”.

(9)

Omit Articles 8 and 9.

(10)

In Article 10—

(a)

in paragraph 1 for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(b)

in paragraph 2—

(i)

in the wording before point (a) for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”,

(ii)

in the final paragraph—

(aa)

for “Union” in the first two places it occurs, substitute “United Kingdom”,

(bb)

for “Member States may” substitute “a fisheries administration must”,

(cc)

omit “Union” in the final place it occurs,

(dd)

after “fishing vessels” in the final place it occurs, insert “in its fleet”,

(ee)

for “their” substitute “its”, and

(ff)

for “do” substitute “does”; and

(c)

in paragraph 3—

(i)

for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”, and

(ii)

omit the final sentence.

(11)

In Article 11—

(a)

in the heading for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(b)

for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(c)

for “each Member State” substitute “a fisheries administration”; and

(d)

omit the final sentence.

(12)

Omit Article 12.

(13)

In Article 13(2) for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”.

(14)

In Article 14(1) for “Union” in each place it occurs, substitute “United Kingdom”.

(15)

Omit Article 15.

(16)

Omit Chapter 2 of Title 2.

(17)

Omit Section 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 2.

(18)

In Article 18(7) for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”.

(19)

In Article 24—

(a)

for paragraphs 1 and 2 substitute—

“1.

No United Kingdom fishing vessels may fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Area of Competence.

2.

The maximum number of United Kingdom fishing vessels fishing for swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and albacore (Thunnas alalunga) in the IOTC Area of Competence is 4 and the corresponding capacity in gross tonnage is 1400.”;

(b)

omit paragraph 3;

(c)

in paragraph 4—

(i)

for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”, and

(ii)

for “their” substitute “its”; and

(d)

in paragraph 5—

(i)

for “Member States” substitute “A fisheries administration”, and

(ii)

for “their” substitute “its”.

(20)

In Article 25—

(a)

in paragraph 2—

(i)

omit “, all flying the flag of the same Member State”, and

(ii)

for “Member States” substitute “a fisheries administration”;

(b)

omit paragraph 3; and

(c)

in paragraph 4 for “the Union shall” substitute “a fisheries administration must”.

(21)

In Article 26(2)—

(a)

for “Member State whose flag they fly” substitute “United Kingdom”; and

(b)

for “local” substitute “United Kingdom”.

(22)

Omit Sections 5 to 11 of Title 2.

(23)

Omit Titles 3 and 4.

(24)

In the List of Annexes—

(a)

for the description of Annex 1 substitute “Non-target species”;

(b)

omit the entries for Annexes 1A to 1C;

(c)

omit the entries for Annexes 1F to 1J;

(d)

omit the entries for Annexes 1L – 3; and

(e)

omit the entries for Annexes 6, 7 and 8.

(25)

In Annex 1—

(a)

for the heading substitute—

“NON-TARGET SPECIES”;

(b)

for the first paragraph substitute—

“The table identifies the stocks of non-target species within safe biological limits referred to in Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) 1380/2013 for the purposes of the derogation from the obligation to count catches against the relevant quotas provided for in that Article.”; and

(c)

omit the second and third paragraphs.

(26)

Omit Annexes 1A to 1C.

(27)

Omit Annexes 1F to 1J.

(28)

Omit Annexes 1L to 3;

(29)

Omit Annexes 6, 7 and 8.