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28.1.2014 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
23/31
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 72/2014
of 27 January 2014
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 770/2013 as regards deductions from the 2013
Portuguese quota for redfish in NAFO area 3LN
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Portuguese quota for redfish in NAFO area 3LN
(RED/N3LN) was overfished by a lower amount than
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
that taken into account for the purpose of Implementing
Union,
Regulation (EU) No 770/2013.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of
(4) The
deduction
from
the
2013
Portuguese
quota
for
20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system
redfish in NAFO area 3LN should therefore be
for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries
corrected as regards figures concerning the overfishing
policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No
of the quota concerned.
2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No
2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No
(5) Considering
that
this
Implementing
Regulation
is
509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No
amending deductions already operated on the redfish in
1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations
NAFO area 3LN quota for 2013, its provisions should
(EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No
apply retroactively from the date of entry into force of
1966/2006 ( 1 ), and in particular Article 105(1), (2) and (3)
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 770/2013.
thereof,
(6) Implementing
Regulation
(EU)
No
770/2013
should
Whereas:
therefore be amended accordingly,
(1) Following
the
publication
of
Commission
Implementing HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Regulation (EU) No 770/2013
( 2 ), the Portuguese
fisheries industry discovered a mistake in the published
2012 catch figures for redfish in NAFO (Northwest
Article 1
Atlantic Fisheries Organization) area 3LN.
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 770/2013 is
amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) The
Portuguese
fisheries
authorities
noticed
that
the
catch
reports on which these 2012 catch figures are based
Article 2
were not correctly transmitted to the Commission. This
was confirmed by an independent audit.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(3) On the basis of the corrected data transmitted by
Portugal on 14 November 2013, it appears that the
However, it shall apply from 15 August 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 January 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
( 2 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 770/2013 of
8 August 2013 operating deductions from fishing quotas available
for certain stocks in 2013 on account of overfishing in the previous
years (OJ L 215, 10.8.2013, p. 1).

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L 23/32
ANNEX
In the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 770/2013, on page 12, the line hereunder
‘PRT RED N3NL Redfish NAFO
3LN
0 982,5 1
204,691 122,61 222,191 1,4
/
/
/ 311,067’
EN

is replaced by the following
‘PT RED N3NL Redfish NAFO
3LN
0 982,5 1
112,457 113,23 129,957 1,2
/
/
/ 155,948’
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