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Official Journal of the European Union
26.7.2013
REGULATIONS
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 713/2013
of 23 July 2013
establishing the fishing opportunities for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay for the 2013/14 fishing
season
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
the stock, it is appropriate to fix a TAC for anchovy in
the Bay of Biscay accordingly. The advice issued by the
Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Fisheries (STECF) in July 2013 estimated the spawning
Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,
stock biomass to be approximately 56 055 tonnes. In
view of the most recent assessment available of the
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
impact of management decisions for the stock, the
TAC for the fishing season running from 1 July 2013
to 30 June 2014 should be established at 17 100 tonnes.
Whereas:
(1)
It is incumbent upon the Council to establish the total
(5) In
accordance
with
Article
2
of
Council
Regulation
(EC)
allowable catches (TAC) by fishery or group of fisheries.
No 847/96 ( 3 ), it is necessary to establish to what extent
Fishing opportunities should be distributed among
the stock of anchovy in the Bay of Biscay is subject to
Member States in such a way as to ensure the relative
the measures laid down in that Regulation.
stability of each Member State's fishing activities for all
stocks or groups of stocks and having due regard to the
objectives of the common fisheries policy established by
(6)
In view of the start of the 2013/14 fishing season and
Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 (
for the purpose of the annual reporting of catches, this

1 ).
Regulation should enter into force as soon as possible
after its publication and should apply from 1 July 2013,
(2) For
the
purposes
of
suitable
stock
management
and
simplification, it is appropriate that the TAC and
Member State quotas for the stock of anchovy in the
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Bay of Biscay (ICES subarea VIII) be set for an annual
management season running from 1 July to 30 June of
the following year, rather than for a calendar year
Article 1
management period. Nevertheless, the fishery should
remain subject to the general provisions of Council Regu
Fishing opportunities for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay
lation (EU) No 39/2013 ( 2 ) concerning the conditions for
1. The
total
allowable
catch
(TAC)
and
its
allocation
between
the use of quotas.
Member States for the fishing season running from 1 July 2013
until 30 June 2014 for the stock of anchovy in ICES Subarea
(3)
The Bay of Biscay anchovy TAC for the 2013/14 fishing
VIII, as defined in Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the
season should be established on the basis of scientific
European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ), shall be as
advice available, taking into account biological and
follows (in tonnes live weight):
socioeconomic aspects and ensuring fair treatment
between fishing sectors.
Species: Anchovy
ICES Zone: VIII
Engraulis encrasicolus
(ANE/08.)
(4) In
order
to
provide
for
a
multiannual
management
of
the
stock of anchovy in the Bay of Biscay, on 29 July 2009,
Spain 15
390
the Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation
establishing a long-term plan for the stock of anchovy in
France 1
710
the Bay of Biscay and the fisheries exploiting that stock.
EU 17
100
Considering that the impact assessment on which the
proposal is based provided for the most recent
TAC 17
100
Analytical TAC
assessment of the impact of management decisions for
( 1 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on
( 3 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing
the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources
additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and
under the Common Fisheries Policy (OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59).
quotas (OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3).
( 2 ) Council Regulation (EU) No 39/2013 of 21 January 2013 fixing for
( 4 ) Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of
2013 the fishing opportunities available to EU vessels for certain fish
the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch
stocks and groups of fish stocks which are not subject to inter
statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (OJ
national negotiations or agreements (OJ L 23, 25.1.2013, p. 1).
L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 70).

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2. The
allocation
of
the
fishing
opportunities
as
set
out
in Commission data relating to landings of quantities of anchovy
paragraph 1 and the use thereof shall be subject to the
caught in ICES Subarea VIII, they shall use the stock code
conditions set out in Articles 8 and 10 of Regulation (EU)
"ANE/08.".
No 39/2013.
3. The
stock
referred
to
in
paragraph
1
shall
be
considered
subject to an analytical TAC for the purposes of Regulation (EC)
Article 3
No 847/96. Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of that Regulation
shall apply.
Entry into force
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Data transmission
When, pursuant to Articles 33 and 34 of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1224/2009
( 1 ), Member States submit to the
It shall apply from 1 July 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 July 2013.
For the Council
The President
L. LINKEVIIUS
( 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, amending Regulations
(EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No
768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No
388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No
1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and
repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and
(EC) No 1966/2006 (OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1).

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