Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1324 of 29 June 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2022/109 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, and Regulation (EU) 2023/194 fixing for 2023 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, as well as fixing for 2023 and 2024 such fishing opportunities for certain deep-sea fish stocks

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.;

(d) in Part B:

(i) in footnote 2 of the table for herring (Clupea harengus) in Union, United Kingdom and Norwegian waters of ICES subarea 4 north of 53°30' N, the code is replaced by the following:

HER/04B-C;

(ii) in footnote 2 of the table for cod (Gadus morhua) in ICES subarea 4, United Kingdom waters of ICES division 2a, the part of division 3a not covered by the Skagerrak and Kattegat, at the end of the first sentence, the following code is inserted:

(COD/3AX4-EU);

(iii) in footnote 2 of the table for haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in ICES subarea 4, United Kingdom waters of ICES division 2a, at the end of the first sentence, the following code is inserted:

(HAD/04-EU);

(iv) in footnote 1 of the table for whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in ICES subarea 4, United Kingdom waters of ICES division 2a, at the end of the first sentence, the following code is inserted:

(WHG/04-EU);

(v) in footnote 4 of the table for blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) in United Kingdom, Union and international waters of ICES zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14, 2a, is deleted and, at the end of the sentence, the following code is inserted:

(WHB/46AB7-EU);

(vi) in footnote 5 of the table for blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) in United Kingdom, Union and international waters of ICES zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14, 2a, is deleted and, after 12°W, the following code is inserted:

(WHB/46AB7);

(vii) in footnote 1 of the table for plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in ICES subarea 4, United Kingdom waters of ICES division 2a, the part of division 3a not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, at the end of the first sentence, the following code is inserted:

(PLE/3AX4-EU);

(2) in Annex ID, in the tables for: (i) northern albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N; (ii) southern albacore in the Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N; (iii) bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) in the Atlantic Ocean; (iv) swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N; and (v) swordfish in the Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N, the following is inserted:

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply..

Annex

ANNEX II

In Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2023/194, point 6 is replaced by the following:

1. Maximum bluefin tuna farming capacity and fattening capacity for each Member State and maximum input of wild-caught bluefin tuna that each Member State may allocate to its farms in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

Table A

Maximum tuna farming capacity and fattening capacityNumber of farmsCapacity (in tonnes)Greece22100,00Spain411852,00Croatia47880,00Italy29370,00Cyprus00Malta616579,65Portugal2500,00

Table B

Maximum input of wild-caught bluefin tuna (in tonnes)Greece649,00Spain8237,93Croatia2947,00Italy1100,00Cyprus0Malta11842,61Portugal350,00.

Annex

ANNEX III

In Annex ID to Regulation (EU) 2022/109, in the tables for: (i) northern albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N; (ii) southern albacore in the Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N; (iii) bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) in the Atlantic Ocean; (iv) swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N; and (v) swordfish in the Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N, the following is inserted:

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply..