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CHAPTER IIU.K. FISHING OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CONDITIONS RELATING THERETO

Article 4U.K.Catch limits and allocations

The catch limits, the allocation of such limits among Member States, and the additional conditions applicable pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 5U.K.Special provisions on allocations

The allocation of catch limits among Member States as set out in Annex I shall be without prejudice to:

(a)

exchanges made pursuant to Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

(b)

reallocations made pursuant to Articles 21(4), 23(1) and 32(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and the second subparagraph of Article 23(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

(c)

additional landings allowed under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;

(d)

deductions made pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and the first subparagraph of Article 23(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

Article 6U.K.Conditions for catches and by-catches

1.Fish from stocks for which catch limits are fixed shall be retained on board or landed only if the catches have been taken by fishing vessels of a Member State with a quota and that quota has not been exhausted.

2.All landings shall count against the quota or, if the Community share has not been allocated among Member States by quotas, against the Community share.

Article 7U.K.Prohibition of high-grading

Any species, subject to a quota, which is caught during fishing operations shall be brought aboard the vessel and subsequently landed unless this would be contrary to obligations laid down in Community fisheries legislation establishing technical, control, and conservation measures, and in particular in this Regulation, in Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and in Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

Article 8U.K.Transitional technical measures

The transitional technical measures shall be as set out in Annex II.