{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1579/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1579/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2007/1579",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 1579/2007 of 20 December 2007 fixing the fishing opportunities and the conditions relating thereto for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Black Sea for 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1579",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In addition to the definitions laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, for the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:\n(a) ‘GFCM’ shall mean General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean;\n(b) ‘Black Sea’ shall mean the GFCM geographical sub-area as defined in Resolution GFCM/31/2007/2;\n(c) ‘total allowable catch (TAC)’ shall mean the quantity that can be taken from each stock each year;\n(d) ‘quota’ shall mean a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Community, a Member State or a third country.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/1579/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:30.101391+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}