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Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands shall be authorised to make catches in EU waters within the TACs set out in Annex I to this Regulation and subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008.
1.The maximum number of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in EU waters is laid down in Annex VIII.
2.Fish from stocks for which TACs are fixed shall not be retained on board or landed unless the catches have been taken by third-country vessels having a quota and that quota is not exhausted.
1.It shall be prohibited for third-country vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship or to land the following species:
(a)basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in EU waters;
(b)angel shark (Squatina squatina) in EU waters;
(c)common skate (Dipturus batis) in EU waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;
(d)undulate ray (Raja undulata) and white skate (Raja alba) in EU waters of ICES subareas VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;
(e)porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in EU waters;
(f)guitarfishes (Rhinobatidae) in EU waters of ICES subareas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XII;
(g)giant manta ray (Manta birostris) in EU waters.
2.When accidentally caught, species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.