Definitions
Article 3
For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions apply: (a) ‘International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) zones’ means the geographical areas specified in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 ( 5 ) ; (b) ‘Baltic Sea’ means ICES Subdivisions 22-32; (c) ‘Union 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; (f) ‘day absent from port’ means any continuous period of 24 hours or part thereof during which a vessel is not present in a port.