{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1579/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1579/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/1579",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1579 of 29 October 2020 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1579",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2020/123",
  "text": "In Annex IA, 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.\nUnion quota may be fished from 1 November 2020 to 31 December 2020.’\n‘Species:\nNorway pout and associated by-catchesTrisopterus esmarkii\nZone:\n3a; Union waters of 2a and 4(NOP/2A3A4.)\nPeriod\n1 November 2019 – 31 October 2020\n1 November 2020 – 31 December 2020\nAnalytical TAC\nDenmark\n72 433\n29 972\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply\nGermany\n14\n6\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply\nThe Netherlands\n53\n22\nUnion\n72 500\n30 000\nNorway\n14 500\npm\nFaroe Islands\n5 000\npm\nTAC\nNot relevant\nNot relevant",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "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": "f2",
      "text": "Union quota may only be fished from 1 November 2019 to 31 October 2020."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Union quota may be fished from 1 November 2020 to 31 December 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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/1579/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:22.602406+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."
}