
CHAPTER I
Article 1 
This Regulation fixes the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Baltic Sea for 2014.
Article 2 
This Regulation applies to Union vessels operating in the Baltic Sea.
Article 3 
For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions apply:

((a)) ‘International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) zones’ means the geographical areas specified in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005;
((b)) ‘Baltic Sea’ means ICES Subdivisions 22-32;
((c)) ‘Union 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 a vessel is not present in a port.
CHAPTER II
Article 4 
The TACs, the quotas 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 a precautionary TAC and Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of that Regulation shall apply to stocks subject to an analytical TAC.
Article 6 
Fish from stocks for which catch limits are established shall be retained on board or landed only if the catches and by-catches have been taken by vessels of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not 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, unless the Commission has 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), Article 8(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, unless the Commission has 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)and Article 8(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 shall apply to that subdivision.
CHAPTER III
Article 8 
When Member States send the Commission data relating to landings of quantities of stocks caught, pursuant to Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, 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 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 19 November 2013.
For the Council
The President
L. LINKEVIČIUS
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.
The fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following comparative table of Latin names and common names is provided:

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 112 977 
Analytical TAC

Sweden 24 823
Union 137 800
TAC 137 800
SpeciesHerringClupea harengus Zonesubdivisions 22-24HER/3B23.; HER/3C22.; HER/3D24.
Denmark 2 769 
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 10 900
Finland 1
Poland 2 570
Sweden 3 514
Union 19 754
TAC 19 754
SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneUnion waters of subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32HER/3D25.; HER/3D26.; HER/3D27.; HER/3D28.2; HER/3D29.; HER/3D32.
Denmark 2 480 
Analytical TAC

Germany 658
Estonia 12 664
Finland 24 721
Latvia 3 125
Lithuania 3 291
Poland 28 085
Sweden 37 701
Union 112 725
TAC Not relevant
SpeciesHerringClupea harengus Zonesubdivision 28.1HER/03D.RG
Estonia 14 186 
Analytical TAC

Latvia 16 534
Union 30 720
TAC 30 720
SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneUnion waters of subdivisions 25-32COD/3D25.; COD/3D26.; COD/3D27.; COD/3D28.; COD/3D29.; COD/3D30.; COD/3D31.; COD/3D32.
Denmark 15 147 
Analytical TAC

Germany 6 025
Estonia 1 476
Finland 1 159
Latvia 5 632
Lithuania 3 710
Poland 17 440
Sweden 15 345
Union 65 934
TAC Not relevant
SpeciesCodGadus morhua Zonesubdivisions 22-24COD/3B23.; COD/3C22.; COD/3D24.
Denmark 7 436 
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 3 636
Estonia 165
Finland 146
Latvia 615
Lithuania 399
Poland 1 990
Sweden 2 650
Union 17 037
TAC 17 037
SpeciesPlaicePleuronectes platessa ZoneUnion 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 2 443 
Precautionary TAC

Germany 271
Poland 511
Sweden 184
Union 3 409
TAC 3 409
SpeciesAtlantic salmonSalmo salar ZoneUnion 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 22 087 
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 2 457
Estonia 2 245
Finland 27 541
Latvia 14 049
Lithuania 1 651
Poland 6 700
Sweden 29 857
Union 106 587
TAC Not relevant

SpeciesAtlantic salmonSalmo salar ZoneUnion waters of subdivision 32SAL/3D32.
Estonia 1 344 
Precautionary TAC

Finland 11 762
Union 13 106
TAC Not relevant

SpeciesSpratSprattus sprattus ZoneUnion 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 23 672 
Analytical TAC

Germany 14 997
Estonia 27 489
Finland 12 392
Latvia 33 200
Lithuania 12 010
Poland 70 456
Sweden 45 763
Union 239 979
TAC Not relevant

ANNEX II
1. 

((a)) 147 days absent from port in ICES 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)) 146 days absent from port in ICES 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 referred to in point 1(a) and (b) fishing with the gear specified in point 1 may not exceed the maximum number of days absent from port allocated for one of those two areas.

3. By way of derogation from points 1 and 2, and where efficient management of fishing opportunities so requires, a Member State may allocate to vessels flying its flag the right to additional days absent from port where an equal amount of days absent from port is withdrawn from other vessels flying its flag that are subject to effort restriction in the same area and where the capacity, in terms of kW, of each of the donor vessels is equal to, or larger than, that of the receiving vessels. The number of receiving vessels may not exceed 15 % of the total number of vessels of the Member State concerned, as indicated in point 1.
