{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-900/annex-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-900/annex-II.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/900",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2020/900 of 25 June 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1838 as regards certain fishing opportunities for 2020 in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities in 2020 in Union and non-Union waters",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-900",
  "path": "annex/II",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Annexes IA, ID, IH and V to Regulation (EU) 2020/123 are amended as follows:\n(1) Annex IA is amended as follows:\n(a) the fishing opportunities table for herring in Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N, is replaced by the following:\nCatches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm.\nCatches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway’s share of the TAC. Within the limit of this quota, no more than the quantity given below may be taken in Union waters of 4a and 4b (HER/*4AB-C). An additional quantity of maximum 10 000 tonnes will be granted if such an increase is called for by Norway.\n50 000\n‘Species:\nHerring\nZone:\nUnion and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N\nClupea harengus\n(HER/4AB.)\nDenmark\n59 468\nAnalytical TAC\nArticle 7(2) of this Regulation applies\nGermany\n39 404\nFrance\n20 670\nThe Netherlands\n51 717\nSweden\n3 913\nUnited Kingdom\n55 583\nUnion\n230 755\nFaroe Islands\n250\nNorway\n111 652\nTAC\n385 008\nSpecial condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken by the Union in Norwegian waters south of 62° N. An additional quantity of maximum 10 000 tonnes will be granted if such an increase is called for by the European Union.\nNorwegian waters south of 62° N (HER/*04N-)\n50 000’\n(b) the fishing opportunities table for anchovy in ICES subareas 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 is replaced by the following:\nThe quota may only be fished from 1 July 2020 to 30 September 2020.’\n‘Species:\nAnchovy\nZone:\n9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1\nEngraulis encrasicolus\n(ANE/9/3411)\nSpain\n1 922\nPrecautionary TAC\nPortugal\n1 922\nUnion\n4 018\nTAC\n4 018\n(c) the fishing opportunities table for Northern prawn in ICES division 3a is replaced by the following:\n‘\nSpecies:\nNorthern prawn\nZone:\n3a\nPandalus borealis\n(PRA/03A.)\nDenmark\n2 123\nAnalytical TAC\nSweden\n1 143\nUnion\n3 266\nTAC\n6 115\n’\n(d) the following fishing opportunities table for sprat and associated by-catches in Union waters of ICES division 3a is inserted:\nUp to 5 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of whiting and haddock (OTH/*03A.2). By-catches of whiting and haddock 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.\nThis quota may only be fished from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.’\n‘Species:\nSprat and associated by-catches\nZone:\n3a\nSprattus sprattus\n(SPR/03A.2)\nDenmark\n25 482\nAnalytical TAC\nGermany\n53\nSweden\n9 642\nUnion\n35 177\nTAC\n38 029\n(e) the fishing opportunities table for sprat and associated by-catches in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subarea 4 is replaced by the following:\nThe quota may only be fished from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.\nUp to 2 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of whiting (OTH/*2AC4C). By-catches of 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.\nIncluding sandeels.\nMay contain up to 4 % of by-catch of herring.’\n‘Species:\nSprat and associated by-catches\nZone:\nUnion waters of 2a and 4\nSprattus sprattus\n(SPR/2AC4-C)\nBelgium\n1 821\nAnalytical TAC\nDenmark\n144 154\nGermany\n1 821\nFrance\n1 821\nThe Netherlands\n1 821\nSweden\n1 330\nUnited Kingdom\n6 010\nUnion\n158 778\nNorway\n10 000\nFaroe Islands\n1 000\nTAC\n169 778\n(2) In Annex ID, the fishing opportunities table for swordfish in the Mediterranean is replaced by the following:\nThis quota may only be fished from 1 April to 31 December.’\n‘Species\nSwordfish\nXiphias gladius\nZone:\nMediterranean Sea\n(SWO/MED)\nCroatia\n14,60\nAnalytical TAC\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.\nCyprus\n53,85\nSpain\n1 663,34\nFrance\n115,93\nGreece\n1 101,1\nItaly\n3 409,98\nMalta\n404,55\nUnion\n6 763,35\nTAC\n9 583,07\n(3) In Annex IH, the fishing opportunities table for jack mackerel in the SPRFMO convention area is replaced by the following:\n‘\nSpecies:\nJack mackerel\nTrachurus murphyi\nZone:\nSPRFMO Convention Area\n(CJM/SPRFMO)\nGermany\n10 446,8\nAnalytical TAC\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply\nThe Netherlands\n11 323,26\nLithuania\n7 269,16\nPoland\n12 498,78\nUnion\n41 538\nTAC\nNot relevant\n’\n(4) In Annex V, in the table part B on ‘Maximum number of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in union waters’, footnote 1 is replaced by the following:\n(1) ‘To issue those fishing authorisations, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the vessel 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. A fishing vessel flying the flag of Venezuela authorised to carry out fishing activities in 2020 may continue fishing until 1 April 2021 pending the renewal of its fishing authorisation and provided that:\nthe vessel operator has signed a new supply contract for 2021,\nthe authorisation renewal procedures are underway for this vessel,\nthe vessel operator has complied with its reporting and contractual landing obligations in 2020.\nThis extension expires on the date of entry into force of the Commission’s decision issuing a fishing authorisation for 2021 for the vessel, or upon notification from the Commission that the authorisation is refused.’.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Catches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway’s share of the TAC. Within the limit of this quota, no more than the quantity given below may be taken in Union waters of 4a and 4b (HER/*4AB-C). An additional quantity of maximum 10 000 tonnes will be granted if such an increase is called for by Norway. 50 000"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The quota may only be fished from 1 July 2020 to 30 September 2020.’"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Up to 5 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of whiting and haddock (OTH/*03A.2). By-catches of whiting and haddock 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": "f5",
      "text": "This quota may only be fished from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.’"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "The quota may only be fished from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Up to 2 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of whiting (OTH/*2AC4C). By-catches of 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": "f8",
      "text": "Including sandeels."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "May contain up to 4 % of by-catch of herring.’"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "This quota may only be fished from 1 April to 31 December.’"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/900/annex/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:33.625600+00:00"
  },
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}