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Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands
Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands may be authorised to fish in Union waters subject to the TACs set out in Annex I to this Regulation and subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and Title III of Regulation (EU) 2017/2403.
Fishing vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom, registered in the United Kingdom and licensed by a United Kingdom fisheries administration
Fishing vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom, registered in the United Kingdom and licensed by a fisheries administration of the United Kingdom may be authorised to fish in Union waters subject to the TACs set out in Annex I to this Regulation and subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2017/2403.
Quota transfers and exchanges with the United Kingdom
1. Any quota transfer or exchange between the Union and the United Kingdom shall take place in accordance with this Article. 2. A Member State intending to transfer or exchange quotas with the United Kingdom may discuss with the United Kingdom an outline of the quota transfer or exchange. The Member State concerned shall notify the Commission of the outline. 3. If the Commission endorses an outline of the quota transfer or exchange referred to in paragraph 2 notified by the Member State concerned, it shall express, without undue delay, the consent to be bound by such quota transfer or exchange. The Commission shall notify the United Kingdom and the Member States of the agreed quota transfer or exchange. 4. The fishing opportunities received from or transferred to the United Kingdom under the agreed quota transfer or exchange shall be deemed to be quotas allocated to, or deducted from, the allocation of the Member State concerned as of the moment when the quota transfer or exchange has been notified in accordance with paragraph 3. Such transfers and exchanges shall not affect the distribution key for allocating fishing opportunities among Member States in accordance with the principle of relative stability of fishing activities.
Fishing vessels flying the flag of Venezuela
Fishing vessels flying the flag of Venezuela shall be subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and Title III of Regulation (EU) 2017/2403.
Fishing authorisations
The maximum number of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in Union waters shall be as set out in Part B of Annex V.
Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
The conditions laid down in Article 8 shall apply to the catches and by-catches of third-country vessels fishing under the authorisations referred to in Article 54.
Prohibited species
1. Third-country vessels shall not fish for, retain on board, tranship or land the following species where they are found in Union waters: (a) starry ray ( Amblyraja radiata ) in Union waters of ICES divisions 2a, 3a and 7d and ICES subarea 4; (b) common skate ( Dipturus batis ) complex ( Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia ) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10; (c) tope shark ( Galeorhinus galeus ) when taken with longlines in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14; (d) kitefin shark ( Dalatias licha ), birdbeak dogfish ( Deania calcea ), leafscale gulper shark ( Centrophorus squamosus ), great lanternshark ( Etmopterus princeps ) and Portuguese dogfish ( Centroscymnus coelolepis ) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 1, 4 and 14; (e) porbeagle ( Lamna nasus ) in all Union waters; (f) thornback ray ( Raja clavata ) in Union waters of ICES division 3a; (g) undulate ray ( Raja undulata ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6, 9 and 10; (h) common guitarfish ( Rhinobatos rhinobatos ) in the Mediterranean; (i) whale shark ( Rhincodon typus ) in all waters; (j) picked dogfish ( Squalus acanthias ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. 2. When accidentally caught, specimens of the species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed and shall be promptly released.
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