17.9.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 275/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 978/2014 of 16 September 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 1652011 providing for deductions from certain mackerel quotas allocated to Spain in 2011 and subsequent years on account of overfishing in 2010 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 8112004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (), and in particular Article 105(1) and (2) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 165/2011 (%) establishes that the fishing quota for mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in zone VIllc, IX and X, Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1, (‘mackerel fishing quota) allocated to Spain in the year 2013 is to be reduced by 8 126 tonnes. (2)  Regulation (EU) No 165/2011 also provides that the mackerel fishing quota that may be allocated to Spain in the year 2015 and, where appropriate, in subsequent years is to be reduced by 9 747 tonnes. (3)  On 19 February 2014, Spain informed the Commission that their mackerel fishing quota for the year 2013 had not been fully used and requested the Commission to take the unutilised tonnage into account for the purpose of paying back the mackerel overfishing in 2010, as operated by Regulation (EU) No 165/2011. The unutilised quantity amounts to 4 158 tonnes. (4)  However, Spain had requested, pursuant to Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (°), that, within the limits of that Regulation, part of their mackerel fishing quota for 2013 be withheld and transferred to the following year. (50  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 520/2014 (%) transferred 2 022 tonnes of Spain’s 2013 unuti- lised mackerel fishing quota to the year 2014. Hence, the remaining unutilised tonnage for the year 2013 amounts to 2 136. () OJL343,22.12.2009,p. 1. () Commission Regulation (EU) No 165/2011 of 22 February 2011 providing for deductions from certain mackerel quotas allocated to Spain in 2011 and subsequent years on account of overfishing in 2010 (OJ L 48, 23.2.2011, p. 11). (*) Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas (OJL115,9.5.1996, p. 3). (*) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 520/2014 of 16 May 2014 adding to the 2014 fishing quotas certain quantities withheld in the year 2013 pursuant to Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (O] L 147,17.5.2014, p. 44).