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Official Journal of the European Union
9.10.2012
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 920/2012
of 4 October 2012
prohibiting fishing activities for longliners flying the flag of or registered in Cyprus, fishing for
bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and in the Mediterranean Sea
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
fishing opportunities available to the European Union, a
Member State or group of Member States are deemed to
have been exhausted for one or more gears or fleets, the
Commission shall inform the Member States concerned
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
thereof and shall prohibit fishing activities for the
Union,
respective area, gear, stock, group of stocks or fleet
involved in those specific fishing activities.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of
20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system
(5) The
information
in
the
Commission’s
possession
for ensuring compliance with the rules on the common fisheries
indicates that the fishing opportunities for bluefin tuna
policy ( 1 ), and in particular Article 36, paragraph 2 thereof,
in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and the
Mediterranean Sea allocated to longliners flying the flag
of or registered in Cyprus have been exhausted.
Whereas:
(6) On
22
August
2012
Cyprus
informed
the
Commission
(1) Council
Regulation
(EU)
No
44/2012
of
17
January
of the fact that it had imposed a stop on the fishing
2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities
activities of its longline vessels active in the 2012
available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain
bluefin tuna fishery. On the 5 September Cyprus
non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of
informed the Commission that this closure had taken
fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations
effect as of 09:39 on the 22 August 2012.
or agreements ( 2 ) fixes the amount of bluefin tuna which
may be fished in 2012 in the Atlantic Ocean, east of
longitude 45° W, and the Mediterranean Sea by European
Union fishing vessels.
(7) Without
prejudice
to
the
action
by
Cyprus
mentioned
above, it is necessary that the Commission confirms
the prohibition of fishing for bluefin tuna in the
Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W and the Medi
(2) Council
Regulation
(EC)
No
302/2009
of
6
April
2009
terranean Sea as from 22 August 2012 at 09:39 for
concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna
longliners flying the flag of or registered in Cyprus,
in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, amending
Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 and repealing Regulation
(EC) No 1559/2007 ( 3 ), requires Member States to
inform the Commission of the individual quota
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
allocated to their vessels over 24 m and, for catching
vessels less than 24 m, at least of the quota allocated
to producer organisations or groups of vessels fishing
with similar gear.
Article 1
Fishing for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude
45° W, and the Mediterranean by longliners flying the flag of or
(3)
The common fisheries policy is designed to ensure the
registered in Cyprus shall be prohibited as from 22 August
long-term viability of the fisheries sector through
2012 at 09:39 at the latest.
sustainable exploitation of living aquatic resources
based on the precautionary approach.
It shall also be prohibited to retain on board, place in cages for
fattening or farming, tranship, transfer or land such stock
(4) In
accordance
with
Article
36,
paragraph
2
of
Council caught by those vessels as from that date.
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, where the Commission
finds that, on the basis of information provided by
Member States and of other information in its possession
Article 2
( 1 ) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 25, 27.1.2012, p. 55.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
( 3 ) OJ L 96, 15.4.2009, p. 1.
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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9.10.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
274/19
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 October 2012.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Maria DAMANAKI
Member of the Commission

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