
CHAPTER I
Article 1 
This Regulation fixes for 2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Baltic Sea.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall apply to EU vessels operating in the Baltic Sea.
Article 3 
For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

((a)) the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) zones are 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;
((b)) ‘Baltic Sea’ means ICES Subdivisions 22-32;
((c)) ‘EU 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 the vessel is absent from port.
CHAPTER II
Article 4 
The TACs, the allocation of such TACs among Member States, and the conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate, are set out in Annex I.
Article 5 

1. The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States as set out in this Regulation shall be without prejudice to:
(a) exchanges made pursuant to Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;
(b) reallocations made pursuant to Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;
(c) additional landings allowed under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;
(d) quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;
(e) deductions made pursuant to Articles 37, 105, 106 and 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
2. Except where otherwise specified in Annex I to this Regulation, Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall apply to stocks subject to precautionary TAC and Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of that Regulation to stocks subject to analytical TAC.
Article 6 
Fish from stocks for which catch limits are established shall be retained on board or landed only if:

((a)) the catches have been taken by vessels of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted; or
((b)) the catches consist of a share in a Union quota which has not been allocated by quota among Member States, and that Union quota has not been exhausted.
Article 7 

1. Fishing effort limits are set out in Annex II.
2. The limits referred to in paragraph 1 shall also apply to ICES Subdivisions 27 and 28.2 in so far as the Commission has not taken a decision in accordance with Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 to exclude those Subdivisions from the restrictions provided for in Article 8(1)(b), (3), (4) and (5) and Article 13 of that Regulation.
3. The limits referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply to ICES Subdivision 28.1 in so far as the Commission has not taken a decision in accordance with Article 29(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 that the restrictions provided for in Article 8(1)(b), (3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 shall apply to that Subdivision.
CHAPTER III
Article 8 
When, pursuant to Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Member States send the Commission data relating to landings of quantities of stocks caught, they shall use the stock codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 9 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 29 November 2010.
For the Council
The President
K. PEETERS
ANNEX I

The following tables set out the TACs and quotas (in tonnes live weight, except where otherwise specified) by stock, and conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate.
The references to fishing zones are references to ICES zones, unless otherwise specified.
Within each area, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. The following table of correspondences of Latin names and common names is given for the purposes of this Regulation:

Scientific name Alpha-3 code Common name
Clupea harengus HER Herring
Gadus morhua COD Cod
Pleuronectes platessa PLE Plaice
Salmo salar SAL Atlantic salmon
Sprattus sprattus SPR Sprat
SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneSubdivisions 30-31HER/3D30.; HER/3D31.
Finland 85 568 
Analytical TAC

Sweden 18 801
EU 104 369
TAC 104 369
SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneSubdivisions 22-24HER/3B23.; HER/3C22.; HER/3D24.
Denmark 2 227 
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Germany 8 763
Finland 1
Poland 2 067
Sweden 2 826
EU 15 884
TAC 15 884
SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneEU waters of Subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32HER/3D25.; HER/3D26.; HER/3D27.;HER/3D28.; HER/3D29.; HER/3D32.
Denmark 2 363 
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Germany 627
Estonia 12 068
Finland 23 557
Latvia 2 978
Lithuania 3 136
Poland 26 763
Sweden 35 928
EU 107 420
TAC Not relevant
SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneSubdivision 28.1HER/03D.RG
Estonia 16 809 
Analytical TAC

Latvia 19 591
EU 36 400
TAC 36 400
SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneEU waters of Subdivisions 25-32COD/3D25.; COD/3D26.; COD/3D27.;COD/3D28.; COD/3D29.; COD/3D30.;COD/3D31.; COD/3D32.
Denmark 13 544 
Analytical TAC

Germany 5 388
Estonia 1 320
Finland 1 036
Latvia 5 036
Lithuania 3 318
Poland 15 595
Sweden 13 721
EU 58 957
TAC Not relevant
SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneEU waters of Subdivisions 22-24COD/3B23.; COD/3C22.; COD/3D24.
Denmark 8 206 
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Germany 4 012
Estonia 182
Finland 161
Latvia 679
Lithuania 440
Poland 2 196
Sweden 2 924
EU 18 800
TAC 18 800
SpeciesPlaicePleuronectes platessa ZoneEU waters of Subdivisions 22-32PLE/3B23.; PLE/3C22.; PLE/3D24.; PLE/3D25.;PLE/3D26.; PLE/3D27.; PLE/3D28.; PLE/3D29.;PLE/3D30.; PLE/3D31.; PLE/3D32.
Denmark 2 179 
Precautionary TAC
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Germany 242
Poland 456
Sweden 164
EU 3 041
TAC 3 041
SpeciesAtlantic salmonSalmo salar ZoneEU waters of Subdivisions 22-31SAL/3B23.; SAL/3C22.; SAL/3D24.; SAL/3D25.;SAL/3D26.; SAL/3D27.; SAL/3D28.; SAL/3D29.;SAL/3D30.; SAL/3D31.
Denmark 51 829 
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Germany 5 767
Estonia 5 267
Finland 64 627
Latvia 32 965
Lithuania 3 875
Poland 15 723
Sweden 70 056
EU 250 109
TAC Not relevant

SpeciesAtlantic salmonSalmo salar ZoneEU waters of Subdivision 32SAL/3D32.
Estonia 1 581 
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Finland 13 838
EU 15 419
TAC Not relevant

SpeciesSpratSprattus sprattus ZoneEU waters of Subdivisions 22-32SPR/3B23.; SPR/3C22.; SPR/3D24.; SPR/3D25.;SPR/3D26.; SPR/3D27.; SPR/3D28.; SPR/3D29.;SPR/3D30.; SPR/3D31.; SPR/3D32.
Denmark 28 485 
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Germany 18 046
Estonia 33 077
Finland 14 911
Latvia 39 949
Lithuania 14 451
Poland 84 780
Sweden 55 067
EU 288 766
TAC Not relevant
ANNEX II
1. 

((a)) 163 days absent from port in Subdivisions 22-24 with the exception of the period from 1 to 30 April when Article 8(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 applies, and
((b)) 160 days absent from port in Subdivisions 25–28 with the exception of the period from 1 July to 31 August when Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 applies.

2. The maximum number of days absent from port per year for which a vessel may be present within the two areas defined in point 1(a) and (b) fishing with the gears referred to in point 1 may not exceed the maximum number of days allocated for one of the two areas.
