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Official Journal of the European Union
6.7.2013
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 645/2013
of 4 July 2013
prohibiting fishing activities for traps registered in Spain fishing for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic
Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and in the Mediterranean Sea
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
States are deemed to have been exhausted for one or
more gears or fleets, the Commission shall inform the
Member State(s) concerned thereof and shall prohibit
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
fishing activities for the respective area, gear, stock,
Union,
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
for ensuring compliance with the rules on the common fisheries
(5) The
information
in
the
Commission's
possession
policy, ( 1 ) and in particular Article 36, paragraph 2 thereof,
indicates that the fishing opportunities for bluefin tuna
in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and the
Mediterranean Sea allocated to traps registered in Spain
Whereas:
have been exhausted.
(1) Council
Regulation
(EU)
No
40/2013
of
21
January
2013 fixing for 2013 the fishing opportunities
(6) On
the
10,
12
and
19
June,
Spain
informed
the
available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain
Commission of the fact that it had imposed a stop on
non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of
the fishing activities of its 4 traps active in the 2013
fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations
bluefin tuna fishery with effect from 11 June for two
or agreements (
traps, with effect from 12 June for one trap and with

2 ) fixes the amount of bluefin tuna which
may be fished in 2013 in the Atlantic Ocean, east of
effect from 20 June for the remaining trap resulting in
longitude 45° W, and the Mediterranean Sea by European
the prohibition of all the activities as of 20 June 2013 at
Union fishing vessels and traps.
00:00.
(2) Council
Regulation
(EC)
No
302/2009
of
6
April
2009 (7) Without
prejudice
to
the
actions
by
Spain
mentioned
concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna
above, it is necessary that the Commission confirms
in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, amending
the prohibition of fishing for bluefin tuna in the
Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 and repealing Regulation
Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W and the Medi
(EC) No 1559/2007, ( 3 ) requires Member States to
terranean Sea by traps registered in Spain with effect
inform the Commission of the individual quota
from 20 June 2013 at 00:00 at the latest.
allocated to their vessels over 24 metres. For catching
vessels less than 24 metres and for traps, Member
States need to inform the Commission at least of the
quota allocated to producer organisations or groups of
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
vessels fishing with similar gear.
Article 1
(3) The
Common
Fisheries
Policy
is
designed
to
ensure
the
long-term viability of the fisheries sector through
Fishing for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude
sustainable exploitation of living aquatic resources
45° W, and the Mediterranean Sea by traps registered in Spain
based on the precautionary approach.
shall be prohibited as from 20 June 2013 at 00:00 at the latest.
(4) In
accordance
with
Article
36,
paragraph
2
of
Council
Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, where the Commission
Bluefin tuna caught by those traps as from that date shall not
finds that, on the basis of information provided by
be retained on board, placed in cages for fattening or farming,
Member States and of other information in its
transhipped, transferred, harvested or landed.
possession, fishing opportunities available to the
European Union, a Member State or group of Member
Article 2
( 1 ) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p.1
( 2 ) OJ L 23, 25.1.2013, p.1
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
( 3 ) OJ L 96, 15.4.2009, p.1
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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EN
6.7.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
187/3
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 July 2013.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Maria DAMANAKI
Member of the Commission

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