Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/575 of 7 February 2024 establishing a fisheries closure for cod in NAFO area 3M for vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the European Union

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2024/575 14.2.2024 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2024/575 of 7 February 2024 establishing a fisheries closure for cod in NAFO area 3M for vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the European Union THE 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 2009establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy(1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EU) 2023/194(2)lays down quotas for 2023.

(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock of cod in NAFO area 3M by vessels flying the flag of or registered in a Member State of the European Union have exhausted the quota allocated for

2023.

(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit certain fishing activities for that stock,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 Quota exhaustion The fishing quota allocated for 2023 to Member States of the European Union for the stock of cod in NAFO area 3M referred to in the Annex shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.

Article 2 Prohibitions Fishing activities for the stock referred to in Article 1 by vessels flying the flag of or registered in a Member State of the European Union shall be prohibited from the date set out in the Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.

Article 3 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(1) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2) Council Regulation (EU) 2023/194 of 30 January 2023 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 (OJ L 28, 31.1.2023, p. 1).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/575/oj 1/3EN OJ L, 14.2.2024 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 February 2024.

For the Commission, On behalf of the President, Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS Member of the Commission 2/3 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/575/ojEN OJ L, 14.2.2024 ANNEX No 23/TQ194 Member State European Union (All Member States) Stock COD/N3M.

Species Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) Zone NAFO area 3M Closing date 22 December 2023

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/575/oj 3/3