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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1322/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/1322",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 1322/2008 of 28 November 2008 fixing the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1322",
  "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) the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) zones are as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91;\n(b) ‘Baltic Sea’ means ICES subdivisions 22-32;\n(c) ‘total allowable catch (TAC)’ means the quantity that can be taken from each stock each year;\n(d) ‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Community, a Member State or a third country;\n(e) ‘day absent from port’ means any continuous period of 24 hours or part thereof during which the vessel is absent from port.",
  "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/2008/1322/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:45.189445+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."
}