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19.10.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
279/61
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1007/2013
of 18 October 2013
adding to the 2013/14 fishing quotas of anchovy in the Bay of Biscay the quantities withheld by
France and Spain in the fishing season 2012/13 pursuant to Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 847/96
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
tunities in accordance with Article 20(5) of Council
Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002
on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of
fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Policy ( 4 ) and quota transfers in accordance with
Union,
Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 quotas for
anchovy in the Bay of Biscay available to France and
Spain at the end of fishing season 2012/13 amounted
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May
respectively to 4 876 tonnes and 16 460 tonnes.
1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year
management of TACs and quotas
( 1 ), and in particular
Article 4(2) thereof,
(6) At
the
end
of
fishing
season
2012/13,
France
and
Spain
reported catches of anchovy in the Bay of Biscay for a
respective total amount of 4 805,1 tonnes and 11 275,2
Whereas:
tonnes.
(1) According
to
Article
4(2)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
847/96, (7) Pursuant
to
Article
4(2)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
847/96,
Member States may ask the Commission, before 31
France and Spain have both requested that part of their
October of the year of application of a fishing quota
anchovy’s quota in the Bay of Biscay for their fishing
allocated to them, to withhold a maximum of 10 % of
season 2012/13 be withheld and transferred to the
that quota to be transferred to the following year. The
following fishing season. Within the limits indicated in
Commission is to add to the relevant quota the quantity
that Regulation, the quantities withheld should be added
withheld.
to the quota for fishing season 2013/14.
(2) TAC
and
Member
State
quotas
for
the
stock
of
anchovy
in the Bay of Biscay (ICES subarea VIII) are set for an
(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
annual management season running from 1 July to 30
accordance with the opinion of the Committee for
June of the following year.
Fisheries and Aquaculture,


(3) Council
Regulation
(EU)
No
694/2012
of
27
July
2012 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
establishing the fishing opportunities for anchovy in the
Bay of Biscay for the 2012/13 fishing season ( 2 ) fixes the
fishing quotas for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay (ICES
subarea VIII) for the period starting on the 1 July
Article 1
2012 and ending on the 30 June 2013.
1. The fishing quota for anchovy fixed for France in the Bay
of Biscay in Regulation (EU) No 713/2013 is increased by 70,9
tonnes.
(4) 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 ( 3 ) fixes the
fishing quotas for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay (ICES
2. The fishing quota for anchovy fixed for Spain in the Bay
subarea VIII) for the period starting on the 1 July
of Biscay in Regulation (EU) No 713/2013 is increased by
2013 and ending on the 30 June 2014.
1 646 tonnes.
(5) Pursuant
to
the
relevant
fishing
opportunities
Regulations
Article 2
and after taking into account exchanges of fishing oppor
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
( 1 ) OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3.
( 2 ) OJ L 203, 31.7.2012, p. 26.
( 3 ) OJ L 201, 26.7.2013, p. 8.
( 4 ) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.

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L 279/62
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Official Journal of the European Union
19.10.2013
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 October 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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