20.3.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 78/1 (Legislative acts) REGULATIONS REGULATION (EU) No 227/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 13 March 2013 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms and Council Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 specifying conditions under which herring may be landed for industrial purposes other than direct human consumption THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (3), Whereas: (1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009 of 27 November 2009 establishing transitional technical measures from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011 (}) and Regulation (EU) No 579/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 amending Council Regu- lation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms and Council Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009 establishing transitional technical measures from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011 (% provide for the continuation of certain technical measures  established in  Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 of 16 January 2009 fixing for 2009 the () O] C 351, 15.11.2012, p. 83. (?) Position of the European Parliament of 6 February 2013 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 25 February 2013. () OJ L 347, 24.12.2009, p. 6. (% OJ L 165, 24.6.2011, p. 1. ) ©) O] O] fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (°) on a tran- sitional basis until 31 December 2012. A new technical conservation measures framework is awaited pending the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The unlikelihood that such a new framework will be in place by the end of 2012 justifies the extension of the application of those transi- tional technical measures. In order to ensure the continuation of proper conser- vation and management of marine biological resources, Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 (°) should be updated by incorporating the transitional technical measures into it. In order to ensure the continuation of proper conser- vation and management of marine biological resources in the Black Sea, minimum landing and mesh sizes for the turbot fishery as previously established in Union law should be incorporated into Regulation (EC) No 850/98. The prohibition of highgrading in all ICES areas should be maintained in order to reduce the discarding of quota species. On the basis of consultations held in 2009 between the Union, Norway and the Faroe Islands, with a view to reducing unwanted catches, a prohibition on the releasing or slipping of certain species, as well as a requirement to move fishing grounds when 10 % of the catch contains undersized fish, should be introduced,. L 22, 26.1.2009, p. 1. L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1.