Article 1U.K.Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to Belgium for the stock of pollack in areas 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e for 2020 referred to in the Annex shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Article 2U.K.Prohibitions
1.Fishing for the stock referred to in Article 1 by vessels flying the flag of or registered in Belgium shall be prohibited from the date set out in the Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to search for fish, shoot, set or haul a fishing gear for the purpose of fishing that stock.
2.Transshipping, retaining on board, processing on board, transferring, caging, fattening and landing of fish and fishery products from that stock caught by those vessels shall remain authorised for catches taken prior to that date.
3.Unintended catches of species from that stock by those vessels shall be brought and retained on board the fishing vessels, recorded, landed and counted against quotas in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1).
Article 3U.K.Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 October 2020.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Virginijus Sinkevičius
Member of the Commission