
CHAPTER I
Article 1 
This Regulation fixes the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Baltic Sea for 2015.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall apply to Union fishing vessels operating in the Baltic Sea.
Article 3 
For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

((1)) ‘ICES’ means International Council for the Exploration of the Sea;
((2)) ‘Baltic Sea’ means ICES zones IIIb, IIIc and IIId;
((3)) ‘subdivision’ means an ICES subdivision of the Baltic sea as defined in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005;
((4)) ‘fishing vessel’ means any vessel equipped for commercial exploitation of marine biological resources;
((5)) ‘Union fishing vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;
((6)) ‘fishing effort’ means the product of the capacity and the activity of a fishing vessel; for a group of fishing vessels it is the sum of the fishing effort of all fishing vessels in the group;
((7)) ‘stock’ means a marine biological resource that occurs in a given management area;
((8)) ‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means the quantity of each stock that can be:

((i)) caught over the period of a year, in the fisheries that are subject to the landing obligation pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013; or
((ii)) landed over the period of a year, in the fisheries that are not subject to the landing obligation pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
((9)) ‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country;
((10)) ‘days absent from port’ means any continuous period of 24 hours or part thereof during which a fishing 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 
The allocation of fishing opportunities to Member States as set out in this Regulation shall be without prejudice to:

((a)) exchanges made pursuant to Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
((b)) deductions and 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 or under Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
((d)) quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 or transferred under Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
((e)) deductions made pursuant to Articles 105, 106 and 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
Article 6 
Catches and by-catches of plaice shall be retained on board or landed only if they have been taken by Union fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted.
Article 7 
Fishing effort limits are set out in Annex II.
CHAPTER III
Article 8 
Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 is amended as follows:

((1)) Article 18a is amended as follows:

((a)) in paragraph 1, the following subparagraphs are inserted:
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((m)) herring in zones VIIa, VIIg, VIIh, VIIj and VIIk;
((n)) horse mackerel in Union waters of IIa, IVa, VI, VIIa-c, VIIe-k, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; in Union and international waters of Vb; in international waters of XII and XIV.';
((b)) the following paragraph is inserted:
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7. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, the percentage of 10 % shall be increased by an additional 15 % in respect of stocks referred to in paragraph 1(c), (d), (f), (g), (j), (k), (m) and (n).';
((2)) in Annex IA, the entry for sprat and associated by-catches in Union waters of IIa and IV shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species: Sprat and associated by-catchesSprattus sprattus Zone: Union waters of IIa and IV(SPR/2AC4-C)
Belgium 1 546  
Denmark 122 383  
Germany 1 546  
France 1 546  
The Netherlands 1 546  
Sweden 1 330  
United Kingdom 5 103  
Union 135 000  
Norway 9 000  
TAC 144 000  Analytical TAC


Article 9 
Regulation (EU) No 1180/2013 is amended as follows:

((1)) the following Article is inserted:
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Article 5a 

1. This Article shall apply to the following stocks:
(a) herring in ICES subdivisions 30-31;
(b) herring in Union waters of ICES subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32;
(c) herring in ICES subdivision 28.1;
(d) sprat in Union waters of ICES subdivisions 22-32.
2. Any quantities up to 25 % of a Member State's quota of the stocks identified in paragraph 1 that have not been used in 2014 shall be added for the purpose of calculating the quota of the Member State concerned for the relevant stock for 2015. Any quantities transferred to other Member States pursuant to Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as well as any quantities deducted pursuant to Articles 37, 105 and 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 shall be taken into account for the purpose of establishing quantities used and quantities not used under this paragraph.
3. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply to stocks identified in paragraph 1 of this Article in respect of the Member States concerned.';
((2)) in Annex I, the following footnote shall be included in respect of entries concerning the following stocks: herring in subdivisions 30-31; herring in Union waters of subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32; herring in subdivision 28.1; sprat in Union waters of subdivisions 22-32:
'Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.'.
CHAPTER IV
Article 10 
When, pursuant to Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Member States send the Commission data relating to quantities of stocks caught or landed, they shall use the stock codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 11 

1. 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 shall apply to stocks subject to analytical TAC.
2. Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply where a Member State uses the year-to-year flexibility provided for in Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
Article 12 
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 2015.
However, Articles 8 and 9 shall apply with effect from 1 January 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 10 November 2014.
For the Council
The President
M. MARTINA
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.
The references to fishing zones are references to ICES zones, unless otherwise specified.
The fish stocks are referred to using 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
Species: HerringClupea harengus Zone: Subdivisions 30-31HER/3D30.; HER/3D31.
Finland 129 923  
Sweden 28 547  
Union 158 470  
TAC 158 470  Analytical TAC
Species: HerringClupea harengus Zone: Subdivisions 22-24HER/3B23.; HER/3C22.; HER/3D24.
Denmark 3 115  
Germany 12 259  
Finland 2  
Poland 2 891  
Sweden 3 953  
Union 22 220  
TAC 22 220  
Analytical TAC
Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Species: HerringClupea harengus Zone: Union waters of Subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32HER/3D25.; HER/3D26.; HER/3D27.; HER/3D28.2; HER/3D29.; HER/3D32.
Denmark 3 596  
Germany 953  
Estonia 18 363  
Finland 35 845  
Latvia 4 532  
Lithuania 4 772  
Poland 40 723  
Sweden 54 667  
Union 163 451  
TAC Not relevant  Analytical TAC
Species: HerringClupea harengus Zone: Subdivision 28.1HER/03D.RG
Estonia 17 908  
Latvia 20 872  
Union 38 780  
TAC 38 780  Analytical TAC
Species CodGadus morhua Zone: Union waters of Subdivisions 25-32COD/3D25.; COD/3D26.; COD/3D27.; COD/3D28.; COD/3D29.; COD/3D30.; COD/3D31.; COD/3D32.
Denmark 11 814  
Germany 4 700  
Estonia 1 151  
Finland 904  
Latvia 4 393  
Lithuania 2 894  
Poland 13 603  
Sweden 11 969  
Union 51 429  
TAC Not relevant  
Precautionary TAC
Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Species: CodGadus morhua Zone: Subdivisions 22-24COD/3B23.; COD/3C22.; COD/3D24.
Denmark 6 941  
Germany 3 393  
Estonia 154  
Finland 136  
Latvia 574  
Lithuania 372  
Poland 1 857  
Sweden 2 473  
Union 15 900  
TAC 15 900  
Analytical TAC
Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Species: PlaicePleuronectes platessa Zone: Union 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  
Germany 271  
Poland 511  
Sweden 184  
Union 3 409  
TAC 3 409  Precautionary TAC
Species: Atlantic salmonSalmo salar Zone: Union 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 19 879  
Germany 2 212  
Estonia 2 020  
Finland 24 787  
Latvia 12 644  
Lithuania 1 486  
Poland 6 030  
Sweden 26 870  
Union 95 928  
TAC Not relevant  
Analytical TAC
Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.


Species: Atlantic salmonSalmo salar Zone: Union waters of Subdivision 32SAL/3D32.
Estonia 1 344  
Finland 11 762  
Union 13 106  
TAC Not relevant  Precautionary TAC

Species: SpratSprattus sprattus Zone: Union 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 21 068  
Germany 13 347  
Estonia 24 465  
Finland 11 029  
Latvia 29 548  
Lithuania 10 689  
Poland 62 706  
Sweden 40 729  
Union 213 581  
TAC Not relevant  Analytical TAC
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 fishing 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 the right to additional days absent from port to fishing vessels flying its flag, where an equal amount of days absent from port is withdrawn from other fishing 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 fishing vessels is equal to, or larger than, that of the receiving fishing vessels. The number of receiving fishing vessels may not exceed 15 % of the total number of fishing vessels of the Member State concerned, as indicated in point 1.
