10.8.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 209/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 712/2010 of 26 July 2010 amending Regulation (EU) No 532010 as regards certain fishing opportunities and amending Regulation (EC) No 754/2009 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, lation (EU) No 53/2010 for the two reopened fisheries should be amended to ensure consistency with the general by-catch rules applicable in the NAFO Regulatory Area pursuant to Article 4(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1386/2007 of 22 October 2007 laying down conser- vation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regu- latory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organi- sation (?). 4 In the context of the fisheries agreement with Greenland, the conditions for fishing cod in Greenlandic waters have been amended. These amendments should be imple- Whereas: mented into the law of the Union. (1) Council Regulation (EU) No 53/2010 of 14 January (5 At its special meeting in Madrid on 24-26 February 2010 () fixes for 2010 the fishing opportunities for 2010, .th-e compliance committee of The Inte.rnational certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in waters where catch (ICCAT) reduced the quota for bluefin tuna allocated to limitations are required. the European Union. It is therefore necessary to implement those new provisions into the law of the Union. (2)  In the context of the fisheries agreement with Norway, a further 521 tonnes of cod in Norwegian waters of ICES zones [ and 11, as well as 150 tonnes of whiting and 100 (6)  Having regard to paragraphs 5 and 8 of Article 5 and tonnes of plaice in the North Sea have been made available to the Union. In addition, the arrangements for licences for EU wvessels fishing for mackerel in Norwegian waters have been amended. These measures should be implemented in the law of the Union. At its annual meeting in 2009, the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) decided to reopen the fishery for cod in zone NAFO 3M and for redfish in zone NAFO 3LN after having set a moratorium for over ten years. The by-catch rules established in Regu- () O] L 21, 26.1.2010, p. 1. ) ) paragraph 4 of Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 of 6 April 2009 concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (°) it is necessary to establish the maximum number and total capacity in gross tonnage of fishing vessels of each Member State that may be authorised to fish for, retain on board, tranship, transport, or land bluefin tuna, the maximum number of tuna traps that may be authorised by each Member State, the maximum tuna farming and fattening capacity for each Member State and the maximum input of wild caught bluefin tuna that each Member State may allocate to its farms. 318, 5.12.2007, p. 1. oJ L 0] L 96, 15.4.2009, p. 1.