Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1190

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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(4) thereof,Whereas:

(1)In 2013 the Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013^note providing for deductions from certain fishing quotas allocated to Spain in 2013 and subsequent years on account of overfishing of a certain mackerel quota in 2009. That Regulation established deductions from the mackerel quota in ICES division 8c, ICES subareas 9 and 10 and Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 and from the anchovy quota in ICES subarea 8.

(2)The coastal fleet in Spain depends to a large extent on mackerel and the profitability of these fleets is already very low. In addition, for 2019 the quota is 20 % less than for 2018 and the mackerel deduction still continues until 2023. By allowing a lower deduction for mackerel only in 2019 the fishing pressure on the stock as to what is already allowed by Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124^note will not be increased. In order to avoid social and economic consequences for both the fishing sector concerned and the associated processing industry, the quantities deducted in any one year should not exceed 33 % of the annual mackerel quota. Where the quantity to be deducted exceeds 33 % of the annual mackerel quota, Implementing Regulation (EU) 185/2013 should be amended to reduce the annual quantity to be deducted while extending the deduction period accordingly.

(3)The quota of Spain for mackerel in ICES division 8c, ICES subareas 9 and 10 and Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 for the year 2019 is fixed at 24597 tonnes, while the deductions provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) 185/2013 for that year are set at 9240 tonnes, representing 38 % of the Spanish quota. The amounts to be deducted in 2019 should thus be decreased to represent 33 % of the quota and the difference should be added to the amounts to be deducted in 2023.

(4)Spain has requested that the deduction from the 2019 mackerel quota is decreased from 5544 tonnes fixed initially to 4421 tonnes. The difference represents 0,1 % of the total TAC, so the biological impact on the stock is minimal but nonetheless important for small scale fisheries. The deduction in 2023 from the same quota would be increased from 269 tonnes fixed initially to 1392 tonnes. The initial ratio of deductions from the mackerel and anchovy quotas would vary annually, but would be maintained over the whole period 2019-2023. The amounts to be deducted in 2023 would remain below the annual deduction amounts set for 2016-2022.

(5)The changes to the amounts deducted from the quotas for mackerel and anchovy in 2019 would continue ensuring that the 2019 fishing opportunities for those species are not exceeded. They would be in line with the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy.

(6)Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

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

Stock	Initial quota 2009	Adapted quota 2009	Established catches 2009	Difference quota-catches (over-fishing)	Deduction 2013	Deduction 2014	Deduction 2015	Deduction 2016	Deduction 2017	Deduction 2018	Deduction 2019	Deduction 2020	Deduction 2021	Deduction 2022	Deduction 2023
MAC8C3411	29529	25525	90954	– 65429	100	100	100	5544	6283	4805	4421	5544	5544	5544	1392
ANE08^note								3696	4539	2853	3696	3696	3696	3696	180

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