Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Article 1(1) point (a) shall apply from 1 July 2020, points (b) and (c) shall apply from 1 January 2020.

Article 1(2) shall apply from 20 June 2020.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 September 2020.

For the Council

The President

J. KLOECKNER

( 1 ) Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 of 27 January 2020 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters ( OJ L 25, 30.1.2020, p. 1 ).

( 2 ) Council Regulation (EU) 2020/900 of 25 June 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1838 as regards certain fishing opportunities for 2020 in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities in 2020 in Union and non-Union waters ( OJ L 207, 30.6.2020, p. 4 ).

( 3 ) OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 4 .

( 4 ) Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other hand ( OJ L 305, 21.11.2015, p. 3 ).

( 5 ) Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1838 of 30 October 2019 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/124 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters ( OJ L 281, 31.10.2019, p. 1 ).

( 6 ) OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7 .

( 7 ) The quota may only be fished from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.’

( 8 ) Up to 5 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of haddock and whiting (OT2/*2A3A4). By-catches of haddock and whiting counted against the quota pursuant to this provision and by-catches of species counted against the quota pursuant to Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall, together, not exceed 9 % of the quota.

( 9 ) Quota may be fished in Union waters of ICES zones 2a, 3a and 4 only.

( 10 ) Union quota may only be fished from 1 November 2019 to 31 October 2020.

( 11 ) A sorting grid shall be used.

( 12 ) A sorting grid shall be used. Includes a maximum of 15 % of unavoidable by-catches (NOP/*2A3A4), to be counted against this quota.’

( 13 ) Denmark, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom may access the “All Member States” quota only once they have exhausted their own quota. However, Member States with more than 10 % of the Union quota shall not access the “All Member States” quota at all.

( 14 ) For a fishing period from 20 June 2020 to 15 April 2021.’

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2020/1323 of 21 September 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities for 2020 in Union and non-Union waters