Council of the European Union 17 January 2012, Council Regulation (EU) No 44/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 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

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TITLE I. SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1. Subject matter
Article 2. Scope
Article 3. Definitions
Article 4. Fishing zones
TITLE II. FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EU VESSELS
CHAPTER I. General provisions
Article 5. TACs and allocations
Article 6. Additional allocation for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries
Article 7. Flexibility in the management of certain stocks
Article 8. Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
Article 9. Fishing effort limits
Article 10. Catch and effort limits for deep-sea fisheries
Article 11. Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities
Article 12. Closed fishing season
Article 13. Prohibitions
Article 14. Data transmission
CHAPTER II. Fishing authorisations in third-country waters
Article 15. Fishing authorisations
CHAPTER III. Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations
Section 1. ICCAT Convention Area
Article 16. Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna
Article 17. Additional conditions to the bluefin tuna quota allocated in Annex ID
Article 18. Recreational and sport fisheries
Article 19. Sharks
Section 2. CCAMLR Convention Area
Article 20. Prohibitions and catch limitations
Article 21. Exploratory fisheries
Article 22. Krill fishery during the 2012/2013 fishing season
Section 3. IOTC Convention Area
Article 23. Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Convention Area
Article 24. Sharks
Section 4. SPRFMO Convention Area
Article 25. Pelagic fisheries — capacity limitation
Article 26. Pelagic fisheries — TACs
Article 27. Bottom fisheries
Section 5. IATTC Convention Area
Article 28. Purse-seine fisheries
Section 6. SEAFO Convention Area
Article 29. Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks
Section 7. WCPFC Convention Area
Article 30. Fishing effort limitations for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore
Article 31. Closed area for FAD fishing
Article 32. Closed areas for purse-seine fisheries
Article 33. Limitations to the number of EU vessels authorised to fish swordfish
Section 8. Bering Sea
Article 34. Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea
TITLE III. FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN EU WATERS
Article 35. TACs
Article 36. Fishing authorisations
Article 37. Prohibitions
TITLE IV. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 38. Committee procedure
Article 39. Entry into force and application
ANNEX I. TACs APPLICABLE TO EU VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA

27.1.2012

Official Journal of the European Union

L 25/55

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 44/2012

of 17 January 2012

fixing for 2012 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

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