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Article 3Definitions#
For the purposes of this Regulation, definitions set out in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply. In addition, the following definitions shall apply:
(a)‘Black Sea’ means the geographical sub-area 29 as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote;
(b)‘fishing vessel’ means any vessel equipped for commercial exploitation of marine biological resources;
(c)‘Union fishing vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;
(d)‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means:
(i)in fisheries subject to the landing obligation referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the quantity that can be caught from each stock each year;
(ii)in all other fisheries, the quantity that can be landed from each stock each year;
(e)‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country.
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