
Article 1 
This Regulation fixes for the years 2013 and 2014 the annual fishing opportunities available to EU vessels for fish stocks of certain deep-sea species in EU waters and in certain non-EU waters where catch limits are required.
Article 2 

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘EU vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;
(b) ‘EU waters’ means the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Member States with the exception of waters adjacent to the territories mentioned in Annex II to the Treaty;
(c) ‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means the quantity that can be taken and landed from each fish stock each year;
(d) ‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country;
(e) ‘international waters’ means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State.
2. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following zone definitions shall apply:
(a) ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) zones are the geographical areas specified in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
(b) CECAF (Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries) zones are the geographical areas specified in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Article 3 
The TACs for deep-sea species caught by EU vessels in EU waters or in certain non-EU waters, the allocation of such TACs among Member States and the conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate, are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 4 

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) deductions and reallocations made pursuant to Article 37 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 or pursuant to Article 10(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008;
(c) additional landings allowed pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;
(d) quantities withheld pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;
(e) deductions made pursuant to Articles 105, 106 and 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
2. Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall apply to stocks subject to precautionary TAC whereas Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of that Regulation shall apply to stocks subject to analytical TAC, except where otherwise specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 5 
Fish from stocks for which TACs are established shall be retained on board or landed only if the catches have been taken by vessels flying the flag of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted.
Article 6 
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 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 20 December 2012.
For the Council
The President
S. ALETRARIS
ANNEX
The references to fishing zones are references to ICES zones, unless otherwise specified.

PART 1
1. 

Common name Alpha-3 code Scientific name
Black scabbardfish BSF Aphanopus carbo
Alfonsinos ALF Beryx spp.
Roundnose grenadier RNG Coryphaenoides rupestris
Orange roughy ORY Hoplostethus atlanticus
Red seabream SBR Pagellus bogaraveo
Greater Forkbeard GFB Phycis blennoides

2. 

Common name Alpha-3 code Scientific name
Deep-water catsharks API Apristurus spp.
Frilled shark HXC Chlamydoselachus anguineus
Gulper shark GUP Centrophorus granulosus
Leafscale gulper shark GUQ Centrophorus squamosus
Portuguese dogfish CYO Centroscymnus coelolepis
Longnose velvet dogfish CYP Centroscymnus crepidater
Black dogfish CFB Centroscyllium fabricii
Birdbeak dogfish DCA Deania calcea
Kitefin shark SCK Dalatias licha
Greater lanternshark ETR Etmopterus princeps
Velvet belly ETX Etmopterus spinax
Blackmouth catshark (Blackmouth dogfish) SHO Galeus melastomus
Mouse catshark GAM Galeus murinus
Bluntnose six-gill shark SBL Hexanchus griseus
Sailfin roughshark (Sharpback shark) OXN Oxynotus paradoxus
Knifetooth dogfish SYR Scymnodon ringens
Greenland shark GSK Somniosus microcephalus

PART 2

SpeciesDeep-sea sharks ZoneEU and international waters of V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (DWS/56789-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Germany 0 0
Estonia 0 0
Ireland 0 0
Spain 0 0
France 0 0
Lithuania 0 0
Poland 0 0
Portugal 0 0
United Kingdom 0 0
Union 0 0
TAC 0 0


SpeciesDeep-sea sharks ZoneEU and international waters of X (DWS/10-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Portugal 0 0
Union 0 0
TAC 0 0


SpeciesDeep-sea sharks, Deania hystricosa and Deania profundorum ZoneInternational waters of XII (DWS/12INT-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Ireland 0 0
Spain 0 0
France 0 0
United Kingdom 0 0
Union 0 0
TAC 0 0


SpeciesBlack scabbardfishAphanopus carbo ZoneEU and international waters of I, II, III and IV (BSF/1234-)
Year 2013 2014 
Precautionary TAC

Germany 3 3
France 3 3
United Kingdom 3 3
Union 9 9
TAC 9 9


SpeciesBlack scabbardfishAphanopus carbo ZoneEU and international waters of V, VI, VII and XII (BSF/56712-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC

Germany 35 46
Estonia 17 22
Ireland 87 113
Spain 174 226
France 2 440 3 172
Latvia 113 147
Lithuania 1 1
Poland 1 1
United Kingdom 174 226
Others 9 12
Union 3 051 3 966
TAC 3 051 3 966



SpeciesBlack scabbardfishAphanopus carbo ZoneEU and international waters of VIII, IX and X (BSF/8910-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC

Spain 12 12
France 29 29
Portugal 3 659 3 659
Union 3 700 3 700
TAC 3 700 3 700


SpeciesBlack scabbardfishAphanopus carbo ZoneEU and international waters of CECAF 34.1.2. (BSF/C3412-)
Year 2013 2014 
Precautionary TAC

Portugal 3 674 3 490
Union 3 674 3 490
TAC 3 674 3 490


SpeciesAlfonsinosBeryx spp. ZoneEU and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV (ALF/3X14-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC

Ireland 10 9
Spain 70 67
France 19 18
Portugal 203 193
United Kingdom 10 9
Union 312 296
TAC 312 296


SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris ZoneEU and international waters of I, II and IV (RNG/124-)
Year 2013 2014 
Precautionary TAC

Denmark 1 1
Germany 1 1
France 10 10
United Kingdom 1 1
Union 13 13
TAC 13 13


SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris ZoneEU and international waters of III (RNG/03-)
Year 2013 2014 
Precautionary TAC

Denmark 643 515
Germany 4 3
Sweden 33 26
Union 680 544
TAC 680 544



SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris ZoneEU and international waters of Vb, VI, VII (RNG/5B67-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC

Germany 8 8
Estonia 63 63
Ireland 279 279
Spain 70 70
France 3 539 3 539
Lithuania 81 81
Poland 41 41
United Kingdom 208 208
Others 8 8
Union 4 297 4 297
TAC 4 297 4 297




SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris ZoneEU and international waters of VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV (RNG/8X14-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC

Germany 23 21
Ireland 5 4
Spain 2 573 2 317
France 119 107
Latvia 41 37
Lithuania 5 4
Poland 805 724
United Kingdom 10 9
Union 3 581 3 223
TAC 3 581 3 223



SpeciesOrange roughyHoplostethus atlanticus ZoneEU and international waters of VI (ORY/06-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Ireland 0 0
Spain 0 0
France 0 0
United Kingdom 0 0
Union 0 0
TAC 0 0


SpeciesOrange roughyHoplostethus atlanticus ZoneEU and international waters of VII (ORY/07-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Ireland 0 0
Spain 0 0
France 0 0
United Kingdom 0 0
Others 0 0
Union 0 0
TAC 0 0


SpeciesOrange roughyHoplostethus atlanticus ZoneEU and international waters of I, II, III, IV, V, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV (ORY/1CX14)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Ireland 0 0
Spain 0 0
France 0 0
Portugal 0 0
United Kingdom 0 0
Union 0 0
TAC 0 0


SpeciesRed seabreamPagellus bogaraveo ZoneEU and international waters of VI, VII and VIII (SBR/678-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC

Ireland 6 5
Spain 156 143
France 8 7
United Kingdom 20 18
Others 6 5
Union 196 178
TAC 196 178



SpeciesRed seabreamPagellus bogaraveo ZoneEU and international waters of IX (SBR/09-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC

Spain 614 614
Portugal 166 166
Union 780 780
TAC 780 780



SpeciesRed seabreamPagellus bogaraveo ZoneEU and international waters of X (SBR/10-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC

Spain 9 8
Portugal 1 004 904
United Kingdom 9 8
Union 1 022 920
TAC 1 022 920


SpeciesGreater ForkbeardPhycis blennoides ZoneEU and international waters of I, II, III and IV (GFB/1234-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC

Germany 9 9
France 9 9
United Kingdom 13 13
Union 31 31
TAC 31 31


SpeciesGreater ForkbeardPhycis blennoides ZoneEU and international waters of V, VI and VII (GFB/567-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC

Germany 10 10
Ireland 260 260
Spain 588 588
France 356 356
United Kingdom 814 814
Union 2 028 2 028
TAC 2 028 2 028



SpeciesGreater ForkbeardPhycis blennoides ZoneEU and international waters of VIII and IX (GFB/89-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC

Spain 242 242
France 15 15
Portugal 10 10
Union 267 267
TAC 267 267



SpeciesGreater ForkbeardPhycis blennoides ZoneEU and international waters of X and XII (GFB/1012-)
Year 2013 2014 
Analytical TAC

France 9 9
Portugal 36 36
United Kingdom 9 9
Union 54 54
TAC 54 54
