
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 40/2013 of 21 January 2013 fixing for 2013 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements (revoked) 

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TITLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subject matter
Article 1 
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Scope
Article 2 
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Definitions
Article 3 
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Fishing zones
Article 4 
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TITLE II
FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EU VESSELS
CHAPTER I
General provisions
TACs and allocations
Article 5 
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Additional allocations for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries
Article 6 
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                     Flexibility in the fixing of fishing opportunities of certain stocks
                  
Article 6a 
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Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
Article 7 
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Fishing effort limits
Article 8 
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Catch and effort limits for deep-sea fisheries
Article 9 
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Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities
Article 10 
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Closed fishing season
Article 11 
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Prohibitions
Article 12 
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Data transmission
Article 13 
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CHAPTER II
Fishing authorisations in third-country waters
Fishing authorisations
Article 14 
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CHAPTER III
Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations
Quota transfers and exchanges
Article 15 
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Section 1
ICCAT Convention Area
Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna
Article 16 
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Recreational and sport fisheries
Article 17 
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Sharks
Article 18 
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Section 2
CCAMLR Convention Area
Prohibitions and catch limitations
Article 19 
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Exploratory fisheries
Article 20 
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Krill fishery during the 2013/2014 fishing season
Article 21 
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Section 3
IOTC Convention Area
Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Convention Area
Article 22 
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                        Sharks
                     
Article 23 
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Section 4
SPRFMO Convention Area

                        Pelagic fisheries - capacity limitation
                     
Article 24 
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                        Pelagic fisheries - TACs
                     
Article 25 
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Bottom fisheries
Article 26 
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Section 5
IATTC Convention Area
Purse-seine fisheries
Article 27 
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Section 6
SEAFO Convention Area
Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks
Article 28 
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Section 7
WCPFC Convention Area

                        Conditions for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore fisheries
                     
Article 29 
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Closed area for FAD fishing
Article 30 
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                        Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC
                     
Article 30a 
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Limitations to the number of EU vessels authorised to fish swordfish
Article 31 
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Section 8
Bering Sea
Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea
Article 32 
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TITLE III
FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN EU WATERS
TACs
Article 33 
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Fishing authorisations
Article 34 
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Prohibitions
Article 35 
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TITLE IV
FINAL PROVISIONS
Entry into force and application
Article 36 
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ANNEX I
TACs APPLICABLE TO EU VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA

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ANNEX IA

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ANNEX IB

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ANNEX IC
NORTH WEST ATLANTIC
NAFO CONVENTION AREA

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ANNEX ID
HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH – ALL AREAS

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ANNEX IE
ANTARCTIC
CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA

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ANNEX IF
SOUTH-EAST ATLANTIC OCEAN — SEAFO CONVENTION AREA

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ANNEX IG

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ANNEX IH

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ANNEX IJ

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ANNEX IIA
Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the management of certain cod, plaice and sole stocks in the Skagerrak, that part of ICES division IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, ICES subarea IV, EU waters of ICES division IIa and ICES division VIId
1. Scope 
 1.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 1.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. Regulated gears and geographical areas 

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3. Authorisations 

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4. Maximum allowable fishing effort 
 4.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 4.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. Management 
 5.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 5.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 5.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6. Fishing effort report 

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7. Communication of relevant data 

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