Definitions

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

‘EU vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;

‘EU waters’ means the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Member States with the exception of waters adjacent to the territories mentioned in Annex II to the Treaty;

‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means the quantity that can be taken and landed from each stock each year;

‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country;

‘international waters’ means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State.

2. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following zone definitions shall apply:

ICES zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (recast) ( 7 ) ;

CECAF (Eastern Central Atlantic or FAO major fishing zone 34) zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the North Atlantic (recast) ( 8 ) .

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1225/2010 of 13 December 2010 fixing for 2011 and 2012 the fishing opportunities for EU vessels for fish stocks of certain deep-sea fish species ANNEX