{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-458/annex/division-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-458/annex/division-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/458",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2016/458 of 30 March 2016 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/72 as regards certain fishing opportunities",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-458",
  "path": "annex/division/6",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) 2016/72 is replaced by the following:",
  "text": "‘ANNEX VIII\nQUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS OF FISHING AUTHORISATIONS FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS FISHING IN UNION WATERS\nTo issue those fishing authorisations, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the ship owner applying for the fishing authorisation and a processing undertaking situated in the Department of French Guiana, and that it includes an obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking's plant. Such a contract must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guianese economy. A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the fishing authorisation application. Where such an endorsement is refused, the French authorities shall give notification of this refusal and state their reasons for it to the party concerned and to the Commission.’.\nFlag State\nFishery\nNumber of fishing authorisations\nMaximum number of vessels present at any time\nNorway\nHerring, north of 62° 00′ N\nTo be established\nTo be established\nFaroe Islands\nMackerel, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), IIa, IVa (north of 59° N)\nHorse mackerel, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIIe, VIIf, VIIh\n14\n14\nHerring, north of 62° 00′ N\n20\nTo be established\nHerring, IIIa\n4\n4\nIndustrial fishing for Norway pout, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N) (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting)\n14\n14\nLing and tusk\n20\n10\nBlue whiting, II, IVa, V, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIb, VII (west of 12° 00′ W)\n20\n20\nBlue ling\n16\n16\nVenezuela\nSnappers (French Guiana waters)\n45\n45",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "To issue those fishing authorisations, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the ship owner applying for the fishing authorisation and a processing undertaking situated in the Department of French Guiana, and that it includes an obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking's plant. Such a contract must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guianese economy. A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the fishing authorisation application. Where such an endorsement is refused, the French authorities shall give notification of this refusal and state their reasons for it to the party concerned and to the Commission.’."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/458/annex/division/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:56.212642+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."
}