Council Regulation (EU) No 1088/2012

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This text since 23 Nov 2012law://eu/reg/2012/1088/art_3@2026-11-12

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For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

(a)‘International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) zones’ means the geographical areas specified in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 of 21 December 2005 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound^note;

(b)‘Baltic Sea’ means ICES Subdivisions 22-32;

(c)‘Union vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;

(d)‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means the quantity that can be taken from each stock each year;

(e)‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country;

(f)‘day absent from port’ means any continuous period of 24 hours or part thereof during which a vessel is absent from port.

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Cited by 6: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 871/2014; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 770/2013; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1402/2013; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 323/2013; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 136/20132 provisions; this act

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Baltic Sea
means ICES Subdivisions 22-32;
day absent from port
means any continuous period of 24 hours or part thereof during which a vessel is absent from port.
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) zones
means the geographical areas specified in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 of 21 December 2005 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound;
quota
means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country;
total allowable catch
(TAC) means the quantity that can be taken from each stock each year;
Union vessel
means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;