Legal provisions of COM(2013)650 - Allocation of fishing opportunities under the Protocol with Morocco on fishing opportunities and financial contributions to the fisheries agreement between the two parties

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Article 1

1. The fishing opportunities established under the Protocol between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Protocol’) shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:

Fishing categoryType of vesselMember StateLicences or quota
Small-scale fishing/north, pelagic speciesSeiners < 100 GTSpain20
Small-scale fishing in the northBottom longliners, < 40 GTSpain25
Portugal7
Bottom longliners, ≥ 40 GT< 150 GTPortugal3
Small-scale fishing in the southRod and pole < 80 GTSpain10
Demersal fishingBottom longlinersSpain7
Portugal4
TrawlersSpain5
Italy0
Tuna fishingPole-and-line vesselsSpain23
France4
Industrial fishing for pelagic species80 000 tonnes per year

With a maximum of 10 000 tonnes per month for the whole of the fleet,

except for August till October, for which the monthly ceiling is 15 000 tonnes

Distribution of vessels authorised to fish:

10 vessels of more than 3 000 GT

3 vessels of between 150 and 3 000 GT

5 vessels of less than 150 GT
Germany6 467 t
Lithuania20 693 t
Latvia11 640 t
Netherlands24 567 t
Ireland2 917 t
Poland4 525 t
United Kingdom4 525 t
Spain467 t
Portugal1 555 t
France2 644 t

2. Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 shall apply notwithstanding the Partnership Agreement.

3. If the applications for fishing authorisations from the Member States referred to in the first paragraph do not cover all the fishing opportunities set by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration applications for fishing authorisations from any other Member State in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008.

4. The time limit within which the Member States must confirm that they are not fully exhausting the fishing opportunities granted to them, as provided by Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008, is set at ten working days from the date on which the Commission informs them that the fishing opportunities are not fully exhausted.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from the date of entry into force of the Protocol.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.