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Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

(a) ‘Black Sea’ means the geographical sub-area 29 as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council ;

(b) ‘fishing vessel’ means any vessel equipped for commercial exploitation of marine biological resources;

(c) ‘Union fishing vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;

(d) ‘stock’ means a marine biological resource that occurs in a given management area;

(e) ‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means the quantity of each stock that can be caught over the period of a year;

(f) ‘Union autonomous quota’ means a catch limit autonomously allocated to Union fishing vessels in the absence of an agreed TAC;

(g) ‘analytical quota’ means a Union autonomous quota for which an analytical assessment is available;

(h) ‘analytical assessment’ means a quantitative evaluation of trends in a given stock, based on data about the stock's biology and exploitation, which scientific review has indicated to be of sufficient quality to provide scientific advice on options for future catches.