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Council Regulation (EU) No 1259/2012 of 3 December 2012 on the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for a period of two years, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1801/2006
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Council Regulation (EU) No 1259/2012 of 3 December 2012 on the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for a period of two years, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1801/2006
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1259/2012 of 3 December 2012 (OJ L 361 31.12.2012, p. 87) |
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1259/2012
of 3 December 2012
on the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for a period of two years, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1801/2006
Article 1
The fishing opportunities fixed under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for a period of two years (‘the Protocol’) shall take into consideration the catches made between 2008 and 2012 and shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
Category 1 — Fishing vessels specialising in crustaceans other than spiny lobster and crab (maximum number of vessels: 36)
Spain |
4 150 tonnes |
Italy |
600 tonnes |
Portugal |
250 tonnes |
Category 2 — Black hake (non-freezer) trawlers and bottom longliners (maximum number of vessels: 11)
Spain |
4 000 tonnes |
Category 3 — Vessels fishing for demersal species other than black hake with gear other than trawls (maximum number of vessels: 9)
Spain |
2 500 tonnes |
Category 4 — Vessels fishing for crab
Spain |
200 tonnes |
Category 5 — Tuna seiners
Spain |
17 licences |
France |
8 licences |
Category 6 — Pole-and-line tuna vessels and surface longliners
Spain |
18 licences |
France |
1 licence |
Category 7 — Pelagic freezer trawlers:
Germany |
15 396 tonnes |
France |
3 205 tonnes |
Latvia |
66 087 tonnes |
Lithuania |
70 658 tonnes |
Netherlands |
76 727 tonnes |
Poland |
32 008 tonnes |
United Kingdom |
10 457 tonnes |
Ireland |
10 462 tonnes |
At any one time a maximum of 19 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters. In case of non-utilisation of licences in category 8, a maximum of 16 quarterly licences may be added from category 8.
During the two years validity of the Protocol, the following number of quarterly licences shall be held by Member States:
Germany |
8 |
France |
4 |
Latvia |
40 |
Lithuania |
44 |
Netherlands |
32 |
Poland |
16 |
Ireland |
4 |
United Kingdom |
4 |
Member States shall endeavour to communicate to the Commission if certain licences may be at the disposal of other Member States.
Category 8 — Non-freezer pelagic vessels:
Ireland |
15 000 tonnes |
These fishing opportunities may, in the case of non-utilisation, be transferred to category 7 according to the method of allocation of that category.
A maximum of 16 quarterly licences may be deployed in Mauritanian waters. In case of non-utilisation, these licences may be transferred to category 7.
Ireland shall hold 16 quarterly licences (with a possible transfer to category 7 if not utilised).
Ireland shall communicate to the Commission, by 1 July of every year of the validity of the Protocol at the latest, whether fishing opportunities may become available for other Member States.
Article 2
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1801/2006 is repealed.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the date of the signature of the Protocol.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
( 1 ) OJ L 343, 8.12.2006, p. 1.
( 2 ) See page 43 of this Official Journal.
( 3 ) OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 33.