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Council Regulation (EU) No 44/2012Show full title

Council Regulation (EU) No 44/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. TITLE I SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

    1. Article 1.Subject matter

    2. Article 2.Scope

    3. Article 3.Definitions

    4. Article 4.Fishing zones

  3. TITLE II FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EU VESSELS

    1. CHAPTER I General provisions

      1. Article 5.TACs and allocations

      2. Article 6.Additional allocation for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries

      3. Article 7.Flexibility in the management of certain stocks

      4. Article 8.Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

      5. Article 9.Fishing effort limits

      6. Article 10.Catch and effort limits for deep-sea fisheries

      7. Article 11.Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities

      8. Article 12.Closed fishing season

      9. Article 13.Prohibitions

      10. Article 14.Data transmission

    2. CHAPTER II Fishing authorisations in third-country waters

      1. Article 15.Fishing authorisations

    3. CHAPTER III Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations

      1. Section 1 ICCAT Convention Area

        1. Article 16.Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna

        2. Article 17.Additional conditions to the bluefin tuna quota allocated in Annex ID

        3. Article 18.Recreational and sport fisheries

        4. Article 19.Sharks

      2. Section 2 CCAMLR Convention Area

        1. Article 20.Prohibitions and catch limitations

        2. Article 21.Exploratory fisheries

        3. Article 22.Krill fishery during the 2012/2013 fishing season

      3. Section 3 IOTC Convention Area

        1. Article 23.Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Convention Area

        2. Article 24.Sharks

      4. Section 4 SPRFMO Convention Area

        1. Article 25.Pelagic fisheries — capacity limitation

        2. Article 26.Pelagic fisheries — TACs

        3. Article 27.Bottom fisheries

      5. Section 5 IATTC Convention Area

        1. Article 28.Purse-seine fisheries

      6. Section 6 SEAFO Convention Area

        1. Article 29.Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks

      7. Section 7 WCPFC Convention Area

        1. Article 30.Fishing effort limitations for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore

        2. Article 31.Closed area for FAD fishing

        3. Article 32. Closed areas for purse-seine fisheries

        4. Article 33.Limitations to the number of EU vessels authorised to fish swordfish

      8. Section 8 Bering Sea

        1. Article 34.Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea

  4. TITLE III FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN EU WATERS

    1. Article 35.TACs

    2. Article 36.Fishing authorisations

    3. Article 37.Prohibitions

  5. TITLE IV FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 38.Committee procedure

    2. Article 39.Entry into force and application

  6. Signature

  7. ATTACHMENTS

    1. LIST OF ANNEXES

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