Council of the European Union 27 January 2022, Council Regulation (EU) 2022/109 of 27 January 2022 fixing for 2022 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

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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. Application of provisional TACs
Article 8. Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
Article 9. Quota-exchange mechanism for TACs for unavoidable by-catches
Article 10. Fishing effort limits in ICES division 7e
Article 11. Measures on European seabass fisheries in ICES divisions 4b and 4c and ICES subarea 7
Article 12. Measures on European seabass fisheries in ICES divisions 8a and 8b
Article 13. Measures on European eel fisheries in Union waters of the ICES area
Article 14. Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities
Article 15. Closed fishing seasons for sandeels
Article 16. Remedial measures for cod in the North Sea
Article 17. Remedial measures for cod in the Kattegat
Article 18. Prohibited species
Article 19. Data transmission
CHAPTER II. Fishing authorisations in third - country waters
Article 20. Fishing authorisations
CHAPTER III. Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations
Section 1. General provisions
Article 21. Quota transfers and exchanges
Section 2. NEAFC Convention Area
Article 22. Closures for redfish in the Irminger Sea
Section 3. ICCAT Convention Area
Article 23. Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations
Article 24. Recreational fisheries
Article 25. Sharks
Article 26. FADs for tropical tunas
Section 4. CCAMLR Convention Area
Article 27. Exploratory fisheries notifications for toothfish
Article 28. Limits on exploratory fisheries for toothfish
Article 29. Krill fishery during the 2021–2022 fishing season
Section 5. IOTC Area of Competence
Article 30. Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Area of Competence
Article 31. Drifting FADs and supply vessels
Article 32. Sharks
Article 33. Mobulid rays
Section 6. SPRFMO Convention Area
Article 34. Pelagic fisheries
Section 7. IATTC Convention Area
Article 35. Purse-seine fisheries
Article 36. Drifting FADs
Article 37. Catch limits for bigeye tuna in longline fisheries
Article 38. Prohibition of fishing for oceanic whitetip sharks
Article 39. Prohibition of fishing for mobulid rays
Section 8. SEAFO Convention Area
Article 40. Prohibition of fishing for deep-water sharks
Section 9. WCPFC Convention Area
Article 41. Conditions for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and South Pacific albacore fisheries
Article 42. Management of fishing with FADs
Article 43. Prohibition on discards of tropical tunas caught by purse seiners
Article 44. Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish
Article 45. Catch limits for swordfish in longline fisheries south of 20° S
Article 46. Silky sharks and oceanic whitetip sharks
Article 47. Overlap area between the IATTC and WCPFC Convention Areas
Section 10. Bering Sea
Article 48. Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea
Section 11. SIOFA Agreement Area
Article 49. Limits to bottom fishing
TITLE III. FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN UNION WATERS
Article 50. Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands
Article 51. Fishing vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom, registered in the United Kingdom and licensed by a United Kingdom fisheries administration
Article 52. Quota transfers and exchanges with the United Kingdom
Article 53. Fishing vessels flying the flag of Venezuela
Article 54. Fishing authorisations
Article 55. Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
Article 56. Prohibited species
TITLE IV. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 57. Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2021/92
Article 58. Committee procedure
Article 59. Transitional provision
Article 60. Entry into force and application
PART A.
ANNEX I. TACs APPLICABLE TO UNION FISHING VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA

31.1.2022

Official Journal of the European Union

L 21/1

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2022/109

of 27 January 2022

fixing for 2022 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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the

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