{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-718/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/718",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 718/2008 of 24 July 2008 amending Regulations (EC) No 2015/2006 and (EC) No 40/2008, as regards fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-718",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008",
  "text": "Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 is hereby amended as follows:\n1.. Point (a) of Article 30(1) shall be replaced by the following:\n(a) ‘Deep Sea fisheries restricted area “Lophelia reef off Capo Santa Maria di Leuca”\n39° 27,72′ N, 18° 10,74′ E\n39° 27,80′ N, 18° 26,68′ E\n39° 11,16′ N, 18° 32,58′ E\n39° 11,16′ N, 18° 04,28′ E’.\n2.. The following Articles shall be inserted after Article 82:\n‘Maximum number of vessels fishing bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic\nArticle 82a 1. The maximum number of Community bait boats and trolling boats authorised to fish bluefin tuna of a minimum size of 8 kg or 75 cm in the Eastern Atlantic, and the allocation among the Member States of that maximum number shall be fixed as follows:\nSpain\n63\nFrance\n44\nEC\n107\n2. The maximum number of Community pelagic trawlers authorised to fish bluefin tuna of a minimum size of 8 kg or 75 cm as a bycatch in the Eastern Atlantic, and the allocation of that maximum number among the Member States, shall be fixed as follows:\nFrance\n107\nEC\n107\nCatch limits for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic\nArticle 82b 1. Within the catch limits laid down in Annex ID, the catch limit for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm applicable to authorised Community vessels referred to in Article 82a, and the allocation of that catch limit among the Member States, shall be fixed as follows (in tonnes):\nIncluding a maximum of 80 tonnes of by-catches for trolling boats.\nSpain\n1 117,07\nFrance\n504\nEC\n1 621,07\n2. Within the catch limits laid down in paragraph 1, the catch limit for bluefin tuna weighing no less than 6,4 kg or measuring no less than 70 cm applicable to bait boats of an overall length of less than 17 metres among the Community vessels referred to in Article 82a, and the allocation of that catch limit among the Member States, shall be fixed as follows (in tonnes):\nThis quantity may be altered by the Commission, up to an amount of 200 tonnes.\nFrance\n45\nEC\n45\nCatch limits for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic applicable to the Community coastal fishery\nArticle 82c Within the catch limits laid down in Annex ID, the catch limit for bluefin tuna between and 8 kg and 30 kg allocated to the Community coastal fishery for fresh fish in the Eastern Atlantic, and the allocation of that catch limit among the Member States, shall be fixed as follows (in tonnes):\nSpain\n263,21\nFrance\n61,01\nEC\n324,22\n’\n3.. Annexes IA, IB, III and XIV to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 shall be amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Including a maximum of 80 tonnes of by-catches for trolling boats."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "This quantity may be altered by the Commission, up to an amount of 200 tonnes."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/718/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:08.465990+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."
}