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For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions apply:
‘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(1);
‘Baltic Sea’ means ICES Subdivisions 22-32;
‘Union vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;
‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means the quantity that can be taken from each stock each year;
‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country;
‘day absent from port’ means any continuous period of 24 hours or part thereof during which a vessel is not present in a port.
Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 of 21 December 2005 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound, amending Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 88/98 (OJ L 349, 31.12.2005, p. 1).