Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1217 of 14 July 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013 as regards deductions from fishing quotas allocated to Spain for 2021, 2022 and 2023
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1217of 14 July 2022amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013 as regards deductions from fishing quotas allocated to Spain for 2021, 2022 and 2023THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1., and in particular Article 105(4) thereof,Whereas:(1)In 2013 the Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013 of 5 March 2013 providing for deductions from certain fishing quotas allocated to Spain in 2013 and subsequent years on account of overfishing of a certain mackerel quota in 2009 (OJ L 62, 6.3.2013, p. 1). providing for deductions from the mackerel quota allocated to Spain in 2013 in ICES division 8c, ICES subareas 9 and 10 and Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 and from the anchovy quota in ICES subarea 8 on account of overfishing of the mackerel quota in 2009.(2)Spain did not fish 3400 tonnes of the relevant mackerel quota in 2021, thus exercising a lower fishing pressure on that stock compared to the maximum quantity allowed by the fishing opportunities allocated for that year. Spain has requested that those unfished quantities be taken into account for deductions for 2021 and to decrease the deductions provided by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013 for the years 2022 and 2023 accordingly. The quantities for deductions for 2021, 2022 and for 2023 established in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013 should therefore be adapted accordingly.(3)Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.(4)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: