Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1926 of 11 October 2022 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2022 on account of overfishing in the previous years

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1926 of 11 October 2022 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2022 on account of overfishing in the previous years THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union 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. , and in particular Article 105(1), (2) and (3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Fishing quotas for the year 2021 have been established by Council Regulations (EU) 2020/1579 Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1579 of 29 October 2020 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters (OJ L 362, 30.10.2020, p. 3). , (EU) 2021/90 Council Regulation (EU) 2021/90 of 28 January 2021 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (OJ L 31, 29.1.2021, p. 1). , (EU) 2021/91 Council Regulation (EU) 2021/91 of 28 January 2021 fixing, for the years 2021 and 2022, the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (OJ L 31, 29.1.2021, p. 20). and (EU) 2021/92 Council Regulation (EU) 2021/92 of 28 January 2021 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters (OJ L 31, 29.1.2021, p. 31). . (2) Fishing quotas for the year 2022 have been established by Council Regulations (EU) 2021/91, (EU) 2021/1888 Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1888 of 27 October 2021 fixing for 2022 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/92 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters (OJ L 384, 29.10.2021, p. 1). , (EU) 2022/109 Council Regulation (EU) 2022/109 of 27 January 2022 fixing for 2022 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Union waters and for Union fishing vessels in certain non-Union waters (OJ L 21, 31.1.2022, p. 1). and (EU) 2022/110 Council Regulation (EU) 2022/110 of 27 January 2022 fixing for 2022 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (OJ L 21, 31.1.2022, p. 165). . (3) Pursuant to Article 105(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, when the Commission has established that a Member State has exceeded the fishing quotas which have been allocated to it, the Commission is to operate deductions from future fishing quotas of that Member State.

(4) Article 105(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 provides that such deductions are to be operated in the following year or years by applying the respective multiplying factors as set out therein. (5) Certain Member States have exceeded their fishing quotas for the year 2021. Deductions should therefore be operated on the fishing quotas allocated to them in 2022 and, where relevant, in subsequent years, for the overfished stocks. (6) Further updates or corrections may still occur following the detection, for the current or previous deduction exercise, of errors, omissions or misreporting in the catch figures declared by the Member States pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. (7) Since quotas are expressed in tonnes, overfishing involving quantities of less than 1 tonne should not be considered, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The fishing quotas fixed for the year 2022 in Regulations (EU) 2021/91, (EU) 2021/1888, (EU) 2022/109 and (EU) 2022/110 shall be reduced as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 October 2022. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen

Annex

ANNEX DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2022 FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED Quotas available to a Member State pursuant to the relevant fishing opportunities Regulations after taking into account exchanges of fishing opportunities in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22), quota transfers from 2020 to 2021 in accordance with Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas (OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3) and with Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 or reallocation and deduction of fishing opportunities in accordance with Articles 37 and 105 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. As set out in Article 105(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. Deduction equal to the overfishing 1,00 shall apply in all cases of overfishing equal to, or less than, 100 tonnes. As set out in Article 105(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and provided that the extent of overfishing exceeds 10 %. Letter A indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied due to consecutive overfishing in the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. Letter C indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied as the stock is subject to a multiannual plan. Remaining quantities from previous year(s).

Additional multiplying factor not applicable because the overfishing does not exceed 10 % of the permitted landings. Mem-ber StateSpecies codeArea codeSpecies nameArea nameInitial quota 2021 (in kilograms)Permitted landings 2021 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms) Total catches 2021 (quantity in kilograms)Quota con-sumption related to permitted landings (in %)Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms)Multi-plying factorAddit-ional Multi-plying factor,Out-standing deductions from previous year(s) (quantity in kilograms)Deductions to apply in 2022 (quantity in kilograms)CYPSWOMEDSwordfishMediterranean Sea522305223055703106,653473/C/3473DEUHER4AB.HerringUnited Kingdom, Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53°30′ N338520001715231818844967109,871692649/A/1692649DNKCOD03AN.CodSkagerrak151500015560001598949102,7642949/C/42949DNKHER4AB.HerringUnited Kingdom, Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53°30′ N499930004971122351805988104,212094765///2094765ESPCOD1/2B.Cod1 and 2b1133100085801728604667100,2924495/A/24495ESPGHL1N2AB.Greenland halibutNorwegian waters of 1 and 2/600043778729,63377781,00A/56667ESPHAD1N2AB.HaddockNorwegian waters of 1 and 2/019059N/A190591,00//19059ESPOTH1N2AB.Other speciesNorwegian waters of 1 and 2/027571N/A275711,00A/41357ESTGHLN3LMNOGreenland halibutNAFO 3LMNO331000502500515085102,5012585///12585 FRARED51214SRedfishesUnion and international waters of 5; international waters of 12 and 14003516N/A35161,00//3516GRCBFTAE45WMBluefin tunaAtlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean314030314030322640102,748610/C/8610IRLHER6AS7BCHerring6aS, 7b, 7c123600015134571605894106,1192437///92437IRLRJC07D.Thornback ray7d/01741N/A17411,00//1741LTUHER4AB.HerringUnited Kingdom, Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53°30′ N/452600466192103,0013592///13592LVASPR3BCD-CSpratUnion waters of subdivisions 22-32308450002870920529084587101,31375382/C/375382NLDHER4AB.HerringUnited Kingdom, Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53°30′ N463810004548881346533481102,301044668///1044668POLMAC2A34.MackerelUnited Kingdom and Union waters of 2a, 3 and 4/063850N/A638501,00//63850PRTALF3X14-AlfonsinosUnion and international waters of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14145000136677139363101,972686///2686PRTANE9/3411Anchovy9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.17829000875273310863270124,1121105371,40//2954752 PRTANF8C3411Anglerfishes8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1584000648238657235101,398997/C/8997PRTBFTAE45WMBluefin tunaAtlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean572970572970583215101,7910245/C/10245PRTHKE8C3411Hake8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1248300020934172207568105,45114151/C/114151SWEHER03A.Herring3a94980001308511213223209101,06138097///138097