Definitions
Article 3
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (a) ‘GFCM’ means General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean; (b) ‘Black Sea’ means the geographical subarea 29 as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council ( 4 ) and in Resolution GFCM/33/2009/2; (c) ‘EU 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.