CHAPTER ISCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1Subject matter
This Regulation fixes the fishing opportunities for 2014 for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Black Sea.
Article 2Scope
This Regulation shall apply to EU vessels operating in the Black Sea.
Article 3Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
- (a)
‘GFCM’ means General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean;
- (b)
‘Black Sea’ means the geographical subarea 29 as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council4 and in Resolution GFCM/33/2009/2;
- (c)
‘EU vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;
- (d)
‘total allowable catch (TAC)’ means the quantity that can be taken from each stock each year;
- (e)
‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country.