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Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway or of the Faroe Islands
Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway or of the Faroe Islands may be authorised by the Commission to fish in Union waters subject to the TACs set out in Annex I and subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and in Title III of Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 and delegated acts adopted by the Commission on the basis of that Regulation.
Fishing vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom, registered in the United Kingdom, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Bailiwick of Jersey or the Isle of Man, and licensed by a United Kingdom fisheries administration
Fishing vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom, registered in the United Kingdom, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Bailiwick of Jersey or the Isle of Man, and licensed by a fisheries administration of the United Kingdom may be authorised by the Commission to fish in Union waters subject to the TACs set out in Annex I, and subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and in Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 and delegated acts adopted by the Commission on the basis of that Regulation.
Quota transfers or 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 shall discuss with the United Kingdom an outline of the quota transfer or exchange. The Member State concerned shall notify the Commission of that 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, its consent to be bound by such quota transfer or exchange. The Commission shall notify the Member States and the United Kingdom 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 added 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 or 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 in Title III of Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 and delegated acts adopted by the Commission on the basis of that Regulation.
Fishing authorisations
The maximum number of fishing authorisations for third-country fishing vessels operating 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 7 shall apply to the catches and by-catches of third-country fishing vessels fishing under the fishing authorisations referred to in Article 57 of this Regulation , mutatis mutandis .
Prohibited species
1. Third-country fishing vessels shall not fish for, retain on board, tranship or land the following species in Union waters: (a) sand tiger shark ( Carcharias taurus ) in all Union waters; (b) starry ray ( Amblyraja radiata ) in Union waters of ICES divisions 3a and 7d, and Union waters of ICES subarea 4; (c) common skate ( Dipturus batis ) complex ( Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 3, 4 and 6 to 10; (d) tope shark ( Galeorhinus galeus ) when taken with longlines in Union waters of ICES subareas 4, 6, 7 and 8; (e) orange roughy ( Hoplostethus atlanticus ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 3, 4 and 6 to 10; (f) porbeagle ( Lamna nasus ) in all Union waters; (g) thornback ray ( Raja clavata ) in Union waters of ICES division 3a; (h) undulate ray ( Raja undulata ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6 and 10; (i) common guitarfish ( Rhinobatos rhinobatos ) in Union waters of the Mediterranean; (j) whale shark ( Rhincodon typus ) in all Union waters; or (k) deep-sea species listed in Part D of Annex IA in Union waters of ICES subareas 6 to 10 and CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2, as well as in Union waters of ICES subarea 4, where specified in that Annex. 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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