{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1323/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1323/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/1323",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1323 of 21 September 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities for 2020 in Union and non-Union waters",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1323",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2020/123",
  "text": "Regulation (EU) 2020/123 is amended as follows:\n(1) Annex IA is amended as follows:\n(a) the fishing opportunities table for anchovy in ICES subareas 9 and 10 and Union waters of CECAF division 34.1.1 is replaced by the following:\nThe quota may only be fished from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.’\n‘Species:\nAnchovy\nZone:\n9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1\nEngraulis encrasicolus\n(ANE/9/3411)\nSpain\n7 494\nPrecautionary TAC\nPortugal\n8 175\nUnion\n15 669\nTAC\n15 669\n(b) in the fishing opportunities table for blue whiting in Union and international waters of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14, footnote 1 is replaced by the following:\n(1) ‘Special condition: within a total access quantity of 37 500 tonnes for the Union, Member States may fish up to the following percentage of their quotas in Faroese waters (WHB/*05-F.): 11,4 %.’;\n(c) in the fishing opportunities table for blue whiting in Union waters of 2, 4a, 5, 6 north of 56° 30′ N and 7 west of 12° W, footnote 2 is replaced by the following:\n(2) ‘Special condition: the catch in 4a shall be no more than the following amount (WHB/*04A-C): 40 000\nThis catch limit in 4a amounts to the following percentage of Norway’s access quota: 21 %’;\n(d) the fishing opportunities table for Norway pout and associated by-catches in ICES division 3a and Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subarea 4 is replaced by the following:\nUp to 5 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of haddock and whiting (OT2/*2A3A4). By-catches of haddock and whiting counted against the quota pursuant to this provision and by-catches of species counted against the quota pursuant to Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall, together, not exceed 9 % of the quota.\nQuota may be fished in Union waters of ICES zones 2a, 3a and 4 only.\nUnion quota may only be fished from 1 November 2019 to 31 October 2020.\nA sorting grid shall be used.\nA sorting grid shall be used. Includes a maximum of 15 % of unavoidable by-catches (NOP/*2A3A4), to be counted against this quota.’\n‘Species:\nNorway pout and associated by-catches\nZone:\n3a; Union waters of 2a and 4\nTrisopterus esmarkii\n(NOP/2A3A4.)\nYear\n2020\nDenmark\n72 433\nAnalytical TAC\nGermany\n14\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply\nThe Netherlands\n53\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply\nUnion\n72 500\nNorway\n14 500\nFaroe Islands\n5 000\nTAC\nNot relevant\n(2) In Annex IB, the fishing opportunities table for capelin in Greenland waters of 5 and 14 is replaced by the following:\nDenmark, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom may access the “All Member States” quota only once they have exhausted their own quota. However, Member States with more than 10 % of the Union quota shall not access the “All Member States” quota at all.\nFor a fishing period from 20 June 2020 to 15 April 2021.’\n‘Species:\nCapelin\nZone:\nGreenland waters of 5 and 14\nMallotus villosus\n(CAP/514GRN)\nDenmark\n2 595\nAnalytical TAC\nGermany\n113\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply\nSweden\n186\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply\nUnited Kingdom\n24\nAll Member States\n134\nUnion\n3 053\nNorway\n10 000\nTAC\nNot relevant",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The quota may only be fished from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.’"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Up to 5 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of haddock and whiting (OT2/*2A3A4). By-catches of haddock and whiting counted against the quota pursuant to this provision and by-catches of species counted against the quota pursuant to Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall, together, not exceed 9 % of the quota."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Union quota may only be fished from 1 November 2019 to 31 October 2020."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Quota may be fished in Union waters of ICES zones 2a, 3a and 4 only."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "A sorting grid shall be used."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "A sorting grid shall be used. Includes a maximum of 15 % of unavoidable by-catches (NOP/*2A3A4), to be counted against this quota.’"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Denmark, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom may access the “All Member States” quota only once they have exhausted their own quota. However, Member States with more than 10 % of the Union quota shall not access the “All Member States” quota at all."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "For a fishing period from 20 June 2020 to 15 April 2021.’"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/1323/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:25.348732+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."
}