This Regulation fixes fishing opportunities for 2010 for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Baltic Sea and the associated conditions under which such fishing opportunities may be used.

This Regulation shall apply to Community fishing vessels (Community vessels) operating in the Baltic Sea.

In addition to the definitions laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, for the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

1. (a)

   the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) zones are the geographical areas specified in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005;

2. (b)

   ‘Baltic Sea’ means ICES Subdivisions 22-32;

3. (c)

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

4. (d)

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

5. (e)

   ‘day absent from port’ means any continuous period of 24 hours or part thereof during which the vessel is absent from port.