Council of the European Union 23 January 2018, Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 of 23 January 2018 fixing for 2018 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) 2017/127

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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. Measures on European seabass fisheries
Article 10. Measures on European eel fisheries
Article 11. Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities
Article 12. Closed fishing seasons
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
Article 16. Quota transfers and exchanges
Section 1. ICCAT Convention Area
Article 17. Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations
Article 18. Recreational 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 2018/2019 fishing season
Section 3. IOTC Area of Competence
Article 23. Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Area of Competence
Article 24. Drifting FADs and supply vessels
Article 25. Sharks
Section 4. SPRFMO Convention Area
Article 26. Pelagic fisheries
Article 27. Bottom fisheries
Section 5. IATTC Convention Area
Article 28. Purse-seine fisheries
Article 29. Drifting FADs
Article 30. Catch limits for bigeye tuna in long-line fisheries
Article 31. Prohibition of fishing for oceanic whitetip sharks
Article 32. Prohibition of fishing for Mobulid rays
Section 6. SEAFO Convention Area
Article 33. Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks
Section 7. WCPFC Convention Area
Article 34. Conditions for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore fisheries
Article 35. Management of fishing with FADs
Article 36. Limitations to the number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish
Article 37. Catch limits for swordfish in long-line fisheries south of 20°S
Article 38. Silky sharks and oceanic whitetip sharks
Article 39. Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC
Section 8. GFCM Agreement Area
Article 40. Small pelagic stocks in geographical subareas 17 and 18
Section 9. Bering Sea
Article 41. Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea
TITLE III. FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN UNION WATERS
Article 42. TACs
Article 43. Fishing authorisations
Article 44. Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
Article 45. Prohibitions
TITLE IV. FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2017
Article 46. Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2017/127
TITLE V. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 47. Committee procedure
Article 48. Transitional provision
Article 49. Entry into force
ANNEX I. TACs APPLICABLE TO UNION FISHING VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA

31.1.2018

Official Journal of the European Union

L 27/1

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2018/120

of 23 January 2018

fixing for 2018 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) 2017/127

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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