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COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1262/2012
of 20 December 2012
fixing for 2013 and 2014 the fishing opportunities for EU vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
meetings with the Advisory Committee for Fisheries and
Aquaculture and the Regional Advisory Councils
concerned.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,
(5)
Fishing opportunities should be in accordance with inter
national agreements and principles, such as the 1995
United Nations agreement concerning the conservation
and management of straddling stocks and highly
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
migratory fish stocks ( 2 ), and the detailed management
principles laid down in the 2008 Inter-national
Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in
the High Seas of the Food and Agriculture Organisation
Whereas:
of the United Nations, according to which, in particular,
a regulator should be more cautious when information is
uncertain, unreliable or inadequate. The absence of
adequate scientific information should not be used as a
reason for postponing or failing to take conservation and
(1) Article
43(3)
of
the
Treaty
provides
that
the
Council,
on
management measures.
a proposal from the Commission, is to adopt measures
on the fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities.
(6) The
latest
scientific
advice
from
the
International
Council
for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and from the STECF
(2) Council
Regulation
(EC)
No
2371/2002
of
20
December
indicates that most deep-sea stocks are harvested unsus
2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of
tainably and that fishing opportunities for those stocks,
fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy ( 1 )
in order to assure their sustainability, should be reduced
requires that measures governing access to waters and
until the evolution of the stock sizes show a positive
resources and the sustainable pursuit of fishing activities
trend. The ICES has further advised that no directed
be established taking into account available scientific,
fishery should be allowed for orange roughy in all
technical and economic advice and in particular reports
areas and for certain stocks of blue ling and red
drawn up by the Scientific, Technical and Economic
seabream.
Committee for Fisheries (STECF), as well as in the light
of any advice received from Regional Advisory Councils.
(7) Concerning
deep
sea
sharks,
the
main
commercial
species
are considered depleted and, therefore, no directed
(3) It
is
incumbent
upon
the
Council
to
adopt
measures
on
fishing should take place.
the fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities by
fishery or group of fisheries, including certain conditions
functionally linked thereto, as appropriate. Fishing oppor
tunities should be distributed among Member States in
(8) The
fishing
opportunities
for
deep-sea
species
as
defined
such a way as to assure each Member State relative
in Article 2(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002
stability of fishing activities for each stock or fishery
of 16 December 2002 establishing specific access
and having due regard to the objectives of the
requirements and associated conditions applicable to
Common Fisheries Policy established by Regulation (EC)
fishing for deep-sea stocks ( 3 ) are decided on a bi-
No 2371/2002.
annual basis. Nevertheless, an exception is made for the
stocks of greater silver smelt and the main fishery of blue
ling for which the fishing opportunities depend on the
outcome of the annual negotiations with Norway. The
(4) The
total
allowable
catches
(TACs)
should
be
established
fishing opportunities for those stocks should be estab
on the basis of available scientific advice, taking into
lished in another relevant annual regulation fixing fishing
account biological and socioeconomic aspects whilst
opportunities.
ensuring fair treatment between fishing sectors, as well
as in the light of the opinions expressed during the
( 2 ) Agreement on the implementation of the provisions of the United
consultation of stakeholders, in particular at the
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982
relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish
stocks and highly migratory fish stocks (OJ L 189, 3.7.1998, p. 16).
( 1 ) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
( 3 ) OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 6.

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(9)
In the interest of simplification, blue ling TACs auton
(a) ‘EU vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a
omously decided by the Union should be regulated in the
Member State and registered in the Union;
same legal instrument. Therefore, TACs for blue ling in
international waters of II, III and IV should be included,
together with the TACs for blue ling in international
(b) ‘EU waters’ means the waters under the sovereignty or juris
waters of XII, in the Regulation fixing the fishing oppor
diction of the Member States with the exception of waters
tunities available to EU vessels for certain fish stocks and
adjacent to the territories mentioned in Annex II to the
groups of fish stocks which are not subject to inter
Treaty;
national negotiations or agreements.
(c) ‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means the quantity that can be
taken and landed from each fish stock each year;
(10) In
accordance
with
Council
Regulation
(EC)
No
847/96
of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for
year-to-year management of TACs and quotas ( 1 ) the
stocks that are subject to various measures referred to
(d) ‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the
therein should be identified. Precautionary TACs should
Union, a Member State or a third country;
apply for stocks for which no scientifically-based
evaluation of fishing opportunities is available specifically
for the year in which the TACs are to be set; analytical
(e) ‘international waters’ means waters falling outside the sover
TACs should apply otherwise. In view of ICES and STECF
eignty or jurisdiction of any State.
advice for deep-sea stocks, those for which a science-
based evaluation of the relevant fishing opportunities is
not available should be subject to precautionary TACs in
2. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following zone
this Regulation.
definitions shall apply:
(a) ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea)
(11) In
light
of
the
scientific
advice,
the
biological
distribution
zones are the geographical areas specified in Annex III to
of some stocks of roundnose grenadier does not
Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament
necessarily correspond to the TAC areas in this Regu
and of the Council ( 2 );
lation. In order to facilitate the sustainable exploitation
of these stocks, it is appropriate to allow for increased
flexibility between TAC area Vb, VI, VII, on one hand,
(b) CECAF (Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries)
and TAC area VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV, on the other.
zones are the geographical areas specified in Annex II to
Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 of the European Parliament
and of the Council ( 3 ).
(12) In
order
to
avoid
the
interruption
of
fishing
activities
and
to ensure the livelihood of the fishermen of the Union,
Article 3
this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2013. For
reasons of urgency, this Regulation should enter into
TACs and allocations
force immediately after its publication,
The TACs for deep-sea species caught by EU vessels in EU
waters or in certain non-EU waters, the allocation of such
TACs among Member States and the conditions functionally
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
linked thereto, where appropriate, are set out in the Annex to
this Regulation.
Article 1
Article 4
Subject matter
Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities
This Regulation fixes for the years 2013 and 2014 the annual
1. The
allocation
of
fishing
opportunities
among
Member
fishing opportunities available to EU vessels for fish stocks of
States as set out in this Regulation shall be without prejudice to:
certain deep-sea species in EU waters and in certain non-EU
waters where catch limits are required.
(a) exchanges made pursuant to Article 20(5) of Regulation
(EC) No 2371/2002;
Article 2
( 2 ) Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of
Definitions
the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch
statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (OJ
1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following defi
L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 70).
nitions shall apply:
( 3 ) Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch
statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those
( 1 ) OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3.
of the North Atlantic (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 1).

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(b) deductions and reallocations made pursuant to Article 37 of
(3) and Article 4 of that Regulation shall apply to stocks subject
Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 ( 1 ) or pursuant to
to analytical TAC, except where otherwise specified in the
Article 10(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 ( 2 );
Annex to this Regulation.
Article 5
(c) additional landings allowed pursuant to Article 3 of Regu
lation (EC) No 847/96;
Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
Fish from stocks for which TACs are established shall be
retained on board or landed only if the catches have been
(d) quantities withheld pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC)
taken by vessels flying the flag of a Member State having a
No 847/96;
quota and that quota is not exhausted.
Article 6
(e) deductions made pursuant to Articles 105, 106 and 107 of
Entry into force
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2. Article
3
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
847/96
shall
apply
to
stocks subject to precautionary TAC whereas Article 3(2) and
It shall apply from 1 January 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 2012.
For the Council
The President
S. ALETRARIS
( 1 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009
establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance
with the rules of the common fisheries policy (OJ L 343,
22.12.2009, p. 1).
( 2 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 of 29 September 2008
concerning authorisations for fishing activities of Community
fishing vessels outside Community waters and the access of third
country vessels to Community waters (OJ L 286, 29.10.2008,
p. 33).

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ANNEX
The references to fishing zones are references to ICES zones, unless otherwise specified.
PART 1
Definition of species and species groups
1. In the list set out in Part 2 of this Annex, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin
names of the species. However, deep-sea sharks are placed at the beginning of that list. For the purposes of this
Regulation, the following comparative table of common names and Latin names is provided:
Common name Alpha-3
code Scientific
name
Black scabbardfish BSF Aphanopus
carbo
Alfonsinos ALF Beryx spp.
Roundnose grenadier RNG Coryphaenoides
rupestris
Orange roughy ORY Hoplostethus
atlanticus
Red seabream SBR Pagellus
bogaraveo
Greater Forkbeard GFB Phycis
blennoides
2. For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘deep-sea sharks’ means the following list of species:
Common name Alpha-3
code Scientific
name
Deep-water catsharks API Apristurus spp.
Frilled shark HXC Chlamydoselachus
anguineus
Gulper shark GUP Centrophorus
granulosus
Leafscale gulper shark GUQ Centrophorus
squamosus
Portuguese dogfish CYO Centroscymnus
coelolepis
Longnose velvet dogfish CYP Centroscymnus
crepidater
Black dogfish CFB Centroscyllium
fabricii
Birdbeak dogfish DCA Deania
calcea
Kitefin shark SCK Dalatias
licha
Greater lanternshark ETR Etmopterus
princeps
Velvet belly ETX Etmopterus
spinax
Blackmouth catshark (Blackmouth
SHO Galeus
melastomus
dogfish)
Mouse catshark GAM Galeus
murinus
Bluntnose six-gill shark SBL Hexanchus
griseus
Sailfin roughshark (Sharpback shark) OXN Oxynotus
paradoxus
Knifetooth dogfish SYR Scymnodon
ringens
Greenland shark GSK Somniosus
microcephalus

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PART 2
Annual fishing opportunities applicable for EU vessels in areas where TACs exist by species and by area (in
tonnes live weight)
Species: Deep-sea
sharks Zone: EU and international waters of V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (DWS/
56789-)
Year 2013 2014
Germany
0
0
Estonia
0
0
Ireland
0
0
Spain
0
0
France
0
0
Lithuania
0
0
Poland
0
0
Portugal
0
0
United Kingdom
0
0
Union
0
0
TAC
0
0
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Species: Deep-sea
sharks Zone: EU
and
international
waters
of
X
(DWS/10-)
Year 2013 2014
Portugal
0
0
Union
0
0
TAC
0
0
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Species: Deep-sea
sharks, Deania hystricosa and Deania Zone: International
waters
of
XII
(DWS/12INT-)
profundorum
Year 2013 2014
Ireland
0
0
Spain
0
0
France
0
0
United Kingdom
0
0
Union
0
0
TAC
0
0
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

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Species: Black
scabbardfish
Zone: EU and international waters of I, II, III and IV (BSF/1234-)
Aphanopus carbo
Year 2013 2014
Germany
3
3
France
3
3
United Kingdom
3
3
Union
9
9
TAC
9
9
Precautionary TAC
Species: Black
scabbardfish
Zone: EU
and
international
waters
of
V,
VI,
VII
and
XII
(BSF/56712-)
Aphanopus carbo
Year 2013 2014
Germany 35 46
Estonia 17 22
Ireland 87 113
Spain 174 226
France 2
440 3
172
Latvia 113 147
Lithuania
1
1
Poland
1
1
United Kingdom 174 226
Others ( 1 )
9 12
Union 3
051 3
966
TAC 3
051 3
966
Analytical TAC
______________
( 1 ) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
Species: Black
scabbardfish
Zone: EU and international waters of VIII, IX and X (BSF/8910-)
Aphanopus carbo
Year 2013 2014
Spain 12 12
France 29 29
Portugal 3
659 3
659
Union 3
700 3
700
TAC 3
700 3
700
Analytical TAC

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Species: Black
scabbardfish
Zone: EU
and
international
waters
of
CECAF
34.1.2.
(BSF/C3412-)
Aphanopus carbo
Year 2013 2014
Portugal 3
674 3
490
Union 3
674 3
490
TAC 3
674 3
490
Precautionary TAC
Species: Alfonsinos
Zone: EU and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII
Beryx spp.
and XIV (ALF/3X14-)
Year 2013 2014
Ireland 10
9
Spain 70 67
France 19 18
Portugal 203 193
United Kingdom 10
9
Union 312 296
TAC 312 296
Analytical TAC
Species: Roundnose
grenadier
Zone: EU and international waters of I, II and IV (RNG/124-)
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Year 2013 2014
Denmark
1
1
Germany
1
1
France 10 10
United Kingdom
1
1
Union 13 13
TAC 13 13
Precautionary TAC
Species: Roundnose
grenadier
Zone: EU
and
international
waters
of
III
(RNG/03-)
( 1 )
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Year 2013 2014
Denmark 643 515
Germany
4
3
Sweden 33 26
Union 680 544
TAC 680 544
Precautionary TAC
______________
( 1 ) No directed fishery for roundnose grenadier shall be conducted in ICES zone IIIa pending consultations between the European Union
and Norway.

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Species: Roundnose
grenadier
Zone: EU
and
international
waters
of
Vb,
VI,
VII
(RNG/5B67-)
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Year 2013
( 1 ) 2014
( 1 )
Germany
8
8
Estonia 63 63
Ireland 279 279
Spain 70 70
France 3
539 3
539
Lithuania 81 81
Poland 41 41
United Kingdom 208 208
Others ( 2 )
8
8
Union 4
297 4
297
TAC 4
297 4
297
Analytical TAC
______________
( 1 ) A maximum of 10 % of each quota may be fished in EU and international waters of VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV (RNG/*8X14-).
( 2 ) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
Species: Roundnose
grenadier
Zone: EU and international waters of VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV
Coryphaenoides rupestris
(RNG/8X14-)
Year 2013
( 1 ) 2014
( 1 )
Germany 23 21
Ireland
5
4
Spain 2
573 2
317
France 119 107
Latvia 41 37
Lithuania
5
4
Poland 805 724
United Kingdom 10
9
Union 3
581 3
223
TAC 3
581 3
223
Analytical TAC
______________
( 1 ) A maximum of 10 % of each quota may be fished in EU and international waters of Vb, VI, VII (RNG/*5B67-).

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Species: Orange
roughy
Zone: EU
and
international
waters
of
VI
(ORY/06-)
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Year 2013 2014
Ireland
0
0
Spain
0
0
France
0
0
United Kingdom
0
0
Union
0
0
TAC
0
0
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Species: Orange
roughy
Zone: EU
and
international
waters
of
VII
(ORY/07-)
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Year 2013 2014
Ireland
0
0
Spain
0
0
France
0
0
United Kingdom
0
0
Others
0
0
Union
0
0
TAC
0
0
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Species: Orange
roughy
Zone: EU
and
international
waters
of
I,
II,
III,
IV,
V,
VIII,
IX,
X,
XII
and
Hoplostethus atlanticus
XIV (ORY/1CX14)
Year 2013 2014
Ireland
0
0
Spain
0
0
France
0
0
Portugal
0
0
United Kingdom
0
0
Union
0
0
TAC
0
0
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

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Species: Red
seabream
Zone: EU
and
international
waters
of
VI,
VII
and
VIII
(SBR/678-)
Pagellus bogaraveo
Year 2013 2014
Ireland
6
5
Spain 156 143
France
8
7
United Kingdom 20 18
Others ( 1 )
6
5
Union 196 178
TAC 196 178
Analytical TAC
______________
( 1 ) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
Species: Red
seabream
Zone: EU
and
international
waters
of
IX
(SBR/09-)
Pagellus bogaraveo
Year 2013
( 1 ) 2014
( 1 )
Spain 614 614
Portugal 166 166
Union 780 780
TAC 780 780
Analytical TAC
______________
( 1 ) A maximum of 8 % of each quota may be fished in EU and international waters of VI, VII and VIII (SBR/*678-).
Species: Red
seabream
Zone: EU
and
international
waters
of
X
(SBR/10-)
Pagellus bogaraveo
Year 2013 2014
Spain
9
8
Portugal 1
004 904
United Kingdom
9
8
Union 1
022 920
TAC 1
022 920
Analytical TAC

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Species: Greater
Forkbeard
Zone: EU and international waters of I, II, III and IV (GFB/1234-)
Phycis blennoides
Year 2013 2014
Germany
9
9
France
9
9
United Kingdom 13 13
Union 31 31
TAC 31 31
Analytical TAC
Species: Greater
Forkbeard
Zone: EU and international waters of V, VI and VII (GFB/567-)
Phycis blennoides
Year 2013
( 1 ) 2014
( 1 )
Germany 10 10
Ireland 260 260
Spain 588 588
France 356 356
United Kingdom 814 814
Union 2
028 2
028
TAC 2
028 2
028
Analytical TAC
______________
( 1 ) A maximum of 8 % of each quota may be fished in EU and international waters of VIII and IX (GFB/*89-).
Species: Greater
Forkbeard
Zone: EU and international waters of VIII and IX (GFB/89-)
Phycis blennoides
Year 2013
( 1 ) 2014
( 1 )
Spain 242 242
France 15 15
Portugal 10 10
Union 267 267
TAC 267 267
Analytical TAC
______________
( 1 ) A maximum of 8 % of each quota may be fished in EU and international waters of V, VI, VII (GFB/*567-).

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Species: Greater
Forkbeard
Zone: EU and international waters of X and XII (GFB/1012-)
Phycis blennoides
Year 2013 2014
France
9
9
Portugal 36 36
United Kingdom
9
9
Union 54 54
TAC 54 54
Analytical TAC

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