Council of the European Union 22 January 2016, Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 of 22 January 2016 fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/104

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TITLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Subject matter
Article 2. Scope
Article 3. Definitions
Article 4. Fishing zones
TITLE II. FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNION FISHING VESSELS
CHAPTER I. General provisions
Article 5. TACs and allocations
Article 6. TACs to be determined by Member States
Article 7. Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
Article 8. Fishing effort limits
Article 9. Catch and effort limits for deep-sea fisheries
Article 10. Measures on Sea bass fisheries
Article 11. Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities
Article 12. Closed fishing seasons
Article 13. Prohibitions
Article 14. Data transmission
CHAPTER II. Additional allocations for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries
Article 15. Additional allocations
Article 16. Conditions for additional allocations
Article 17. Processing of personal data
Article 18. Withdrawal of additional allocations
Article 19. Scientific review of discard assessments
CHAPTER III. Fishing authorisations in third-country waters
Article 20. Fishing authorisations
CHAPTER IV. Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations
Article 21. Quota transfers and exchanges
Section 1. ICCAT Convention Area
Article 22. Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna
Article 23. Recreational fisheries
Article 24. Sharks
Section 2. CCAMLR Convention Area
Article 25. Prohibitions and catch limitations
Article 26. Exploratory fisheries
Article 27. Krill fishery during the 2016/2017 fishing season
Section 3. IOTC Convention Area
Article 28. Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Convention Area
Article 29. Drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs)
Article 30. Sharks
Section 4. SPRFMO Convention Area
Article 31. Pelagic fisheries
Article 32. Bottom fisheries
Section 5. IATTC Convention Area
Article 33. Purse-seine fisheries
Article 34. Prohibition of fishing for oceanic whitetip sharks
Article 35. Prohibition of fishing for Mobulid rays
Section 6. SEAFO Convention Area
Article 36. Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks
Section 7. WCPFC Convention Area
Article 37. Conditions for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore fisheries
Article 38. Closed area for FAD fishing
Article 39. Limitations to the number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish swordfish
Article 40. Silky sharks and oceanic whitetip sharks
Article 41. Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC
Section 8. Bering Sea
Article 42. Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea
TITLE III. FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN UNION WATERS
Article 43. TACs
Article 44. Fishing authorisations
Article 45. Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
Article 46. Prohibitions
TITLE IV. FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2015
Article 47. Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2015/104
TITLE V. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 48. Committee procedure
Article 49. Entry into force
ANNEX I. TACs APPLICABLE TO UNION FISHING VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA

28.1.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

L 22/1

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2016/72

of 22 January 2016

fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/104

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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