Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 978/2014

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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 Community 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^note, and in particular Article 105(1) and (2) thereof,Whereas:

(1)Commission Regulation (EU) No 165/2011^note establishes that the fishing quota for mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in zone VIIIc, IX and X, Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1, (‘mackerel fishing quota’) allocated to Spain in the year 2013 is to be reduced by 8126 tonnes.

(2)Regulation (EU) No 165/2011 also provides that the mackerel fishing quota that may be allocated to Spain in the year 2015 and, where appropriate, in subsequent years is to be reduced by 9747 tonnes.

(3)On 19 February 2014, Spain informed the Commission that their mackerel fishing quota for the year 2013 had not been fully used and requested the Commission to take the unutilised tonnage into account for the purpose of paying back the mackerel overfishing in 2010, as operated by Regulation (EU) No 165/2011. The unutilised quantity amounts to 4158 tonnes.

(4)However, Spain had requested, pursuant to Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96^note, that, within the limits of that Regulation, part of their mackerel fishing quota for 2013 be withheld and transferred to the following year.

(5)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 520/2014^note transferred 2022 tonnes of Spain's 2013 unutilised mackerel fishing quota to the year 2014. Hence, the remaining unutilised tonnage for the year 2013 amounts to 2136.

(6)The amount of 2136 tonnes should be used to reschedule the deductions foreseen in Regulation (EU) No 165/2011 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 976/2012^note. This quantity should be added to the 2013 deduction amount, which totalizes 10262, and simultaneously subtracted from the deduction amount of subsequent years.

(7)On 8 May 2014, Spain requested that the unutilised tonnage be subtracted from the 2014 deduction amount. This is compatible with the rationale expressed in recital 7 of Regulation (EU) No 165/2011. Regulation (EU) No 165/2011 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 976/2012 should, therefore, be amended accordingly,

(8)Since the modification of Spain's catch limits as a result of this Regulation has an influence on the economic activities and the planning of the fishing season of Spanish vessels, this Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 165/2011 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Stock	Initial quota 2010	Adapted quota 2010	Established catches 2010	Difference quota-catches (overfishing)	Multiplying factor of Article 105(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (overfishing * 2)	Deduction 2011	Deduction 2012	Deduction 2013	Deduction 2014	Deduction 2015 and, where appropriate, for subsequent years
MAC/8C3411	27919	24604	44225	– 19621(79,7 % of 2010 quota)	– 39242	7744	5500	10262	5989	9747’

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