# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/112 of 22 January 2020 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2019 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726

EU Regulation 2020/112 · adopted 22 January 2020

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/112 of 22 January 2020 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2019 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726

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## Introductory text

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/112
of 22 January 2020
operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2019 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006, and in particular Article 105(1), (2), (3) and (5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Fishing quotas for the year 2018 have been established by:
Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285,
Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1970,
Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2360, and
Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120.
(2)
Fishing quotas for the year 2019 have been established by:
Council Regulations (EU) 2018/1628,
Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025,
Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2058, and
Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124.
(3)
Pursuant to Article 105(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, when the Commission has established that a Member State has exceeded the fishing quotas which have been allocated to it, the Commission is to operate deductions from future fishing quotas of that Member State.
(4)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 has established deductions from fishing quotas for certain stocks in 2019 on account of overfishing in the previous years.
(5)
However, for certain Member States, no deductions could be operated by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 from quotas allocated for the overfished stocks because such quotas are not available for those Member States in the year 2019.
(6)
Article 105(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 provides that, if it is not possible to operate deductions on the overfished stock in the year following the overfishing because the Member State concerned has no available quota, deductions may be operated on other stocks in the same geographical area or with the same commercial value, following consultations with the Member States concerned. According to Commission Communication No 2012/C 72/07 containing Guidelines for deduction of quotas under article 105(1), (2) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 such deductions should be preferably operated in the following year or years from quotas allocated for stocks fished by the same fleet as the fleet that overfished the quota.
(7)
The Member States concerned have been consulted with regard to the proposed deductions from quotas allocated for stocks other than those which have been overfished.
(8)
In certain cases, exchanges of fishing opportunities concluded in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council enable deductions from the same stocks in the framework of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726.
(9)
Moreover, certain deductions required by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 appear to be larger than the adapted quota available in the year 2019 and, as a consequence, cannot be entirely operated in that year. According to Communication No 2012/C 72/07, the remaining amounts should be deducted from the adapted quotas available in subsequent years until the full overfished amount is paid back.
(10)
Further updates or corrections may still occur following the detection, for the current or previous exercise, of errors, omissions or misreporting in the catch figures declared by the Member States pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
(11)
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## 1 

The fishing quotas fixed in Regulations (EU) 2018/1628, (EU) 2018/2025, (EU) 2018/2058, and (EU) 2019/124 for the year 2019 referred to in Annex I to this Regulation shall be reduced by applying the deductions on the alternative stocks set out in that Annex.

## 2 

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.

## 3 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

## Signature

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 January 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula von der Leyen

## Annex I DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2019 FOR ALTERNATIVE STOCKS

OVERFISHED STOCKS
ALTERNATIVE STOCKS
Member State
Species code
Area code
Species name
Area name
Quantity that cannot be deducted from the 2019 fishing quota for the overfished stock (in kilograms)
Member State
Species code
Area code
Species name
Area name
Quantity to be deducted from the 2019 fishing quota for the alternative stocks (in kilograms)
ES
GHL
1N2AB.
Greenland halibut
Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
41 604
ES
HAD
1N2AB.
Haddock
Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
26 783
COD
1N2AB.
Cod
Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
3 418
RED
1N2AB.
Redfish
Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
6 786
RED
51214D
Redfish
Union and international waters of 5; international waters of 12 and 14
4 617
FR
GHL
1N2AB.
Greenland halibut
Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
15 380
FR
RED
1N2AB.
Redfish
Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
15 380
NL
WHG
56-14
Whiting
6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14
4 492
NL
WHG
2AC4.
Whiting
4; Union waters of 2a
4 492
UK
RHG
5B67-
Roughhead grenadier
Union and international waters of Vb, VI and VII
5 016
UK
RNG
5B67-
Roundnose grenadier
Union and international waters of 5b, 6 and 7
5 016

## Annex II 

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 is replaced by the following:
‘ANNEX
DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2019
Quotas available to a Member State pursuant to the relevant fishing opportunities Regulations after taking into account exchanges of fishing opportunities in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22), quota transfers from 2017 to 2018 in accordance with Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3) and with Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 or reallocation and deduction of fishing opportunities in accordance with Articles 37 and 105 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
As set out in Article 105(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. Deduction equal to the overfishing * 1,00 shall apply in all cases of overfishing equal to, or less than, 100 tonnes.
As set out in Article 105(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and provided that the extent of overfishing exceeds 10 %.
Letter “A” indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied due to consecutive overfishing in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. Letter “C” indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied as the stock is subject to a multiannual plan.
Remaining quantities from previous year(s).
Deductions to operate in 2019.
Deductions to operate in 2019 that could be actually applied considering the available quota on 22 October 2019.
OJ L 263, 16.10.2019, p. 3.
To be deducted from RJU/7DE. (Union waters of 7d and 7e).
Quantities below 1 tonne are not considered.
Additional multiplying factor not applicable because the overfishing does not exceed 10 % of the permitted landings.
The deduction cannot be reduced by this unused quantity as article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 is not applicable to the YFT/IOTC stock.
Despite not having initial quota for this overfished stock, France concluded exchanges of fishing opportunities in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 enabling partial deduction from the same stock.
To be deducted from RNG/5B67- (roundnose grenadier in Union and international waters of Vb, VI and VII).
Member State
Species code
Area code
Species name
Area name
Initial quota 2018 (in kilograms)
Permitted landings 2018 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms)
Total catches 2018 (quantity in kilograms)
Quota consumption related to permitted landings
Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms)
Multiplying factor
Additional Multiplying factor ,
Outstanding deductions from previous year(s) (quantity in kilograms)
Deductions from fishing quotas for 2019 and subsequent years (quantity in kilograms)
Deductions from 2019 fishing quotas for the overfished stocks (quantity in kilograms)
Deductions from 2019 fishing quotas for alternative stocks in accordance with Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 (quantity in kilograms)
To be deducted from fishing quotas for 2020 and subsequent year(s) (quantity in kilograms)
BE
RJE
7FG.
Small-eyed ray
Union waters of 7f and 7g
14 000
15 400
19 888
129,14 %
4 488
1,00
/
/
4 488
4 488
/
/
BE
RJU
07D.
Undulate ray
Union waters of 7d
2 000
969
1 394
143,86 %
425
N/A
N/A
2 617
2 617
2 617
/
/
DE
COD
3BC+24
Cod
Subdivisions 22-24
1 194 000
1 349 400
1 393 360
103,26 %
43 960
/
C
/
43 960
43 960
/
/
DK
COD
3BC+24
Cod
Subdivisions 22-24
2 444 000
2 594 270
2 617 780
100,91 %
23 510
/
C
/
23 510
23 510
/
/
ES
BET
ATLANT
Bigeye tuna
Atlantic Ocean
9 791 920
9 281 920
9 756 069
105,11 %
474 149
/
C
/
474 149
474 149
/
/
ES
GHL
1N2AB.
Greenland halibut
Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
/
0
27 736
N/A
27 736
1,00
A
/
41 604
/
41 604
/
ES
GHL
N3LMNO
Greenland halibut
NAFO 3LMNO
4 534 000
4 496 772
4 508 020
100,25 %
11 248
/
A + C
/
11 248
11 248
/
/
ES
NEP
*07U16
Norway lobster
Functional Unit 16 of ICES Subarea 7
825 000
155 000
158 375
102,18 %
3 375
/
/
/
3 375
3 375
/
/
ES
RJU
9-C.
Undulate ray
Union waters of 9
15 000
15 000
17 067
113,78 %
2 067
1,00
/
/
2 067
0
/
2 067
ES
YFT
IOTC
Yellowfin tuna
IOTC Area of Competence
45 682 000
45 354 940
44 964 373
99,14 %
- 390 567
N/A
N/A
2 138 460
2 138 460
2 138 460
/
/
EE
COD
N3M.
Cod
NAFO 3M
124 000
916 170
953 232
104,05 %
37 062
/
/
/
37 062
37 062
/
/
FR
GHL
1N2AB.
Greenland halibut
Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
/
0
18 084
N/A
18 084
1,00
/
/
18 084
2 704
15 380
/
IE
HER
07A/MM
Herring
7a
1 826 000
1 850 311
1 979 666
106,99 %
129 355
/
/
/
129 355
129 355
/
/
IE
MAC
2CX14-
Mackerel
6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14
69 141 000
66 541 055
66 965 925
100,64 %
424 870
/
/
/
424 870
424 870
/
/
NL
POK
2C3A4
Saithe
3a and 4; Union waters of 2a
110 000
210 994
265 115
125,65 %
54 121
1,00
/
/
54 121
54 121
/
/
NL
WHG
56-14
Whiting
6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14
/
0
4 492
N/A
4 492
1,00
/
/
4 492
/
4 492
/
PL
COD
3BC+24
Cod
Subdivisions 22-24
654 000
786 200
858 164
109,15 %
71 964
/
C
32 331
104 295
104 295
/
/
PT
ALF
3X14-
Alfonsinos
Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV
182 000
179 044
184 010
102,77 %
4 966
/
/
/
4 966
4 966
/
/
PT
BET
ATLANT
Bigeye tuna
Atlantic Ocean
3 717 470
4 152 470
4 405 184
106,09 %
252 714
/
C
/
252 714
252 714
/
/
PT
BFT
AE45WM
Bluefin tuna
Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean
470 190
437 190
450 343
103,01 %
13 153
/
C
/
13 153
13 153
/
/
PT
BUM
ATLANT
Blue marlin
Atlantic Ocean
50 440
45 428
74 337
163,64 %
28 909
1,00
A
/
43 364
43 364
/
/
PT
RJU
9-C.
Undulate ray
Union waters of 9
15 000
33 000
36 295
109,98 %
3 295
/
/
/
3 295
3 295
/
/
UK
COD
N1GL14
Cod
Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of 5, 12 and 14
382 000
497 520
512 187
102,95 %
14 667
/
/
/
14 667
10 500
/
4 167
UK
GHL
1N2AB.
Greenland halibut
Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
25 000
22 000
24 434
111,06 %
2 434
1,00
/
/
2 434
2 434
/
/
UK
HER
4AB.
Herring
Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N
79 381 000
84 694 795
84 739 599
100,05 %
44 804
/
/
/
44 804
44 804
/
/
UK
MAC
2CX14-
Mackerel
6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14
190 143 000
186 253 028
189 644 893
101,82 %
3 391 865
/
A
/
3 391 865
3 391 865
/
/
UK
POK
1N2AB.
Saithe
Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
182 000
459 700
463 509
100,83 %
3 809
/
/
/
3 809
3 809
/
/
UK
RHG
5B67-
Roughhead grenadier
Union and international waters of Vb, VI and VII
1 510
1 510
7 588
502,52 %
6 078
1,00
/
/
6 078
1 062
5 016
/
UK
WHG
56-14
Whiting
6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14
122 000
124 060
139 470
112,42 %
15 410
1,00
/
/
15 410
15 410
/
/
’

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