Commission Regulation (EC) No 728/2003 of 25 April 2003 adapting certain fish quotas for 2003 pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACIS and quotas
Date: 2003-04-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: authorised catch, catch quota, fishery management, fishing area, fishing regulations

26.4.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 105/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 728/2003

of 25 April 2003

adapting certain fish quotas for 2003 pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 introducing
additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACIS and quotas

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the
common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2846/98 (2), and in particular Article 23(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May
1996 introducing
year-to-year
management of TACs and quotas (3), as amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1957/98 (4), and in particular Article
4(2) thereof,

conditions

additional

for

Whereas:

(1)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2555/2001 of 18 December
2001 fixing for 2002 the fishing opportunities and asso-
ciated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for
Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch
are required (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2256/2002 (6), stipulate which stocks may be subject to
the measures foreseen by Regulation (EC) No 847/96.

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 (7), as amended
by Regulation (EC) No 671/2003 (8), fixes fish quotas for
certain stocks in 2003.

(3) Within the terms of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No
847/96, certain Member States have asked to withhold a
fraction of their quotas to be transferred to the following
year. Within the limits indicated in that Article,
the
quantities withheld shall be added to the quota for
2003.

(4)

(5)

(6)

According to the information communicated to the
Commission, certain Member States have fished in
excess of permitted landings for some stocks in 2002. In
accordance with Article 5(1) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 847/96, deductions from national quotas for 2003
should be made at a level equivalent to the quantity
fished in excess, without prejudice to the application of
Article 5(2).

In conformity with Article 5(2) of Council Regulation
(EC) No 847/96, weighted deductions from national
quotas for 2003 should be made in the case of over-
fishing of permitted landings in 2002 for those stocks
identified as such in Article 5 of and Annex III to Regu-
lation (EC) No 2555/2001.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fish-
eries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

fixed in Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 are
The quotas
increased as shown in Annex I or reduced as shown in Annex
II.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 25 April 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 254, 16.9.1998, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 347, 31.12.2001, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 343, 18.12.2002, p. 19.
(7) OJ L 356, 31.12.2002, p. 12.
(8) OJ L 97, 15.4.2003, p. 11.

ANNEX I

TRANSFERS ONTO 2003 QUOTAS

Country

Stock

Penalties
2002
(*)

Species

Zone

Belgium

ANF/07

n

Anglerfish

Anglerfish

Megrims

Megrims

Common sole

Common sole

Common sole

Belgium

ANF/8ABDE

Belgium

LEZ/8ABDE

Belgium

LEZ/07

Belgium

SOL/24

Belgium

SOL/07A

Belgium

SOL/07D

Germany

JAX/578/14

Germany

SOL/24

Germany

SOL/3A/BCD

Denmark

JAX/578/14

Spain

Spain

ANE/08

ANF/07

n

n

n

y

y

y

n

y

n

n

n

n

Initial
quantity
2002

Adapted
quantity
2002

Catches
2002

%
Adapted
quantity

Transfers
2003

Initial
quantity
2003

Revised
quantity
2003

1 719

717

559,6

78,0

71,7

1 461

1 533

0

0

361

210

135,9

64,7

21

15

97

4,4

29,3

60,7

62,6

1,5

9,7

0

0

21

2

387

397

ICES subarea VII — Irish Sea, west of
Ireland, Porcupine Bank,
eastern and
western English Channel, Bristol Channel,
Celtic Sea north and south, and south-
west of Ireland — east and west

VIIIa), b), d), e

VIIIa), b), d), e

ICES subarea VII — Irish Sea, west of
Ireland, Porcupine Bank,
eastern and
western English Channel, Bristol Channel,
Celtic Sea north and south, and south-
west of Ireland — east and west

II, IV

1 333

1 537

1 368,6

89,0

153,7

1 321

1 475

ICES division VIIa — Irish Sea

543

833

820,8

98,5

12,2

499

511

ICES division VIId — eastern Channel

1 400

1 524

1 263,3

82,9

152,4

1 454

1 606

Horse mackerel

Vb(1), VI, VII, VIIIa), b), d), e), XII, XIV

10 371

14 752 13 274,1

90,0

1 475,2

9 428

10 903

Common sole

Common sole

II, IV

1 067

1 158

756,1

65,3

115,8

1 057

1 173

IIIa); IIIb),c),d) (1)

24

17

10,8

63,5

1,7

17

19

Horse mackerel

Vb(1), VI, VII, VIIIa), b), d), e), XII, XIV

12 975

13 148 10 093,8

76,8

1 314,8

11 796

13 111

European anchovy

ICES subarea VIII - Bay of Biscay

28 915

19 915

7 700,3

38,7

1 991,5

29 700

31 692

Anglerfish

ICES subarea VII — Irish Sea, West of
Ireland, Porcupine Bank,
eastern and
western English Channel, Bristol Channel,
Celtic Sea north and south, and south-
west of Ireland — east and west

683

2 973

2 513,4

84,5

297,3

581

878

Spain

ANF/8ABDE

n

Anglerfish

VIIIa), b), d), e

786

736

612,5

83,2

73,6

543

617

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Penalties
2002
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Zone

Initial
quantity
2002

Adapted
quantity
2002

Catches
2002

%
Adapted
quantity

Transfers
2003

Initial
quantity
2003

Revised
quantity
2003

Spain

Spain

Spain

Spain

Spain

Spain

ANF/8C3411

JAX/578/14

JAX/8C9

LEZ/07

LEZ/8ABDE

LEZ/8C3411

France

ANE/08

France

LEZ/07

France

LEZ/8ABDE

France

LEZ/8C3411

United Kingdom ANF/07

n

n

n

n

n

y

n

n

n

y

n

Anglerfish

VIIIc), IX, X; COPACE 34.1.1(1)

3 958

4 223

1 203,4

28,5

422,3

3 332

3 754

Horse mackerel

Vb(1), VI, VII, VIIIa), b), d), e), XII, XIV

14 163

4 163

2 797,4

67,2

416,3

12 875

13 291

Horse mackerel

VIIIc), IX

30 932

34 590 30 632,4

88,6

3 459

29 587

33 046

Megrims

Megrims

Megrims

ICES subarea VII — Irish Sea, west of
eastern and
Ireland, Porcupine Bank,
western English Channel, Bristol Channel,
Celtic Sea north and south, and south-
west of Ireland — east and west

4 005

6 490

5 246,5

80,8

649

4 301

4 950

VIIIa), b), d), e

858

843

143,9

17,1

84,3

921

1 005

VIIIc), IX, X; COPACE 34.1.1(1)

3 692

4 104

675,7

16,5

410,4

2 215

2 625

European anchovy

ICES subarea VIII — Bay of Biscay

3 300

12 300

8 346

67,9

1 230

3 300

4 530

Megrims

Megrims

Megrims

Anglerfish

ICES subarea VII — Irish Sea, west of
Ireland, Porcupine Bank,
eastern and
western English Channel, Bristol Channel,
Celtic Sea north and south, and south-
west of Ireland — east and west

4 861

3 367

2 353,3

69,9

336,7

5 220

5 557

VIIIa), b), d), e

692

872

553,4

63,5

87,2

743

830

VIIIc), IX, X; COPACE 34.1.1(1)

185

208

14,2

6,8

20,8

111

132

ICES subarea VII — Irish Sea, west of
Ireland, Porcupine Bank,
eastern and
western English Channel, Bristol Channel,
Celtic Sea north and south, and south-
west of Ireland — east and west

3 345

3 825

3 400,2

88,9

382,5

2 843

3 226

United Kingdom JAX/578/14

n

Horse mackerel

Vb(1), VI, VII, VIIIa), b), d), e), XII, XIV

14 026

13 041 10 728,9

82,3

1 304,1

12 751

14 055

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Penalties
2002
(*)

United Kingdom LEZ/07

n

Megrims

Species

Zone

ICES subarea VII — Irish Sea, west of
Ireland, Porcupine Bank,
eastern and
western English Channel, Bristol Channel,
Celtic Sea north and south, and south-
west of Ireland — east and west

Initial
quantity
2002

Adapted
quantity
2002

Catches
2002

%
Adapted
quantity

Transfers
2003

Initial
quantity
2003

Revised
quantity
2003

1 914

2 099

1 714,5

81,7

209,9

2 055

2 265

United Kingdom SOL/24

United Kingdom SOL/07A

United Kingdom SOL/07D

United Kingdom SOL/7FG

Ireland

JAX/578/14

Netherlands

HER/6AS7BC

Netherlands

HER/7GK

Netherlands

JAX/578/14

Netherlands

SOL/24

Portugal

Portugal

Portugal

Legend:

ANF/8C3411

JAX/8C9

LEZ/8C3411

y

y

y

y

n

n

n

n

y

n

n

y

Common sole

Common sole

Common sole

Common sole

Horse mackerel

Atlantic herring

Atlantic herring

Horse mackerel

Common sole

Anglerfish

II, IV

ICES division VIIa — Irish Sea

686

244

801

241

683,3

85,3

168

69,7

80,1

24,1

679

224

759

248

ICES division VIId — eastern Channel

1 000

1 089

975,5

89,6

108,9

1 038

1 147

VIIf), g)

301

319

317,6

99,6

1,4

349

350

Vb(1), VI, VII, VIIIa), b), d), e, XII, XIV

33 763

36 596 33 426

91,3

3 170

30 693

33 863

VIa) South, VIIb), c

VIIg), h), j), k

1 273

494

413

925

366,3

88,7

41,3

1 273

1 314

921,8

99,7

3,2

802

805

Vb(1), VI, VII, VIIIa), b), d), e), XII, XIV

49 479

55 958 49 705,4

88,8

5 595,8

44 981

50 577

II, IV

12 038

13 340 12 099,7

90,7

1 240,3

11 925

13 165

VIIIc), IX, X; COPACE 34.1.1(1)

788

923

499,2

54,1

92,3

663

755

Horse mackerel

VIIIc), IX

26 174

26 174 14 948

57,1

2 617,4

25 036

27 653

Megrims

VIIIc), IX, X; COPACE 34.1.1(1)

123

173

132,2

76,4

17,3

74

91

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DEDUCTION ONTO 2003 QUOTAS

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Species

Area

Species

Zone

Penalties
2002
(*)

Adapted
quantity
2002

Catches
2002

%

Deduc-
tions

Initial
quantity
2003

Revised
quantity
2003

Belgium

COD

7X7A34

Atlantic cod

VIIb, c, d, e, f, g, h,
34.1.1(1)

j, k, VIII, IX, X; COPACE

Belgium

Belgium

SOL

SOL

07E

7FG

Common sole

ICES division VIIe — western English Channel

Common sole

VIIf, g)

Germany

COD

1N2AB

Atlantic cod

Norway zone (North of 62° N ): I, IIa), b

Germany

Denmark

Denmark

Denmark

France

France

France

France

France

France

France

C/H

NEP

SOL

HER

HER

HER

05B1-F

Cod and haddock

Faroe zone: Vb(1)

3A/BCD

Norway lobster

IIIa; IIIb, c, d(1)

3A/BCD

Common sole

IIIa; IIIb, c, d(1)

1/2NEZ

Atlantic herring

I, II (Norwegian EEZ)

4AB

Atlantic herring

IVa, IVb

4CXB7D

Atlantic herring

IVc, VIId

COD

1N2AB

Atlantic cod

Norway zone (North of 62° N): I, IIa, b

COD

1/2B

Atlantic cod

I, IIb

HER

HER

ANF

7GK

Atlantic herring

VIIg, h, j, k

7EF

07

Atlantic herring

VIIe, f

Anglerfish

ICES subarea VII — Irish Sea, west of Ireland,
Porcupine Bank, eastern and western English
Channel, Bristol Channel, Celtic Sea north and
south, and south-west of Ireland — east and west

France

NEP

08C

Norway lobster

ICES division VIIIc — Bay of Biscay — South

y

y

y

n

n

n

n

n

y

y

n

y

n

n

n

y

393,00

575,50

146,438

– 212,27

289

19,00

31,40

165,263

– 12,40

19

77

7

648,00

694,40

107,160

– 46,40

775

729

1 985,00

1 985,70

100,035

– 0,70

1 976

1 975

12,00

12,30

102,500

– 0,30

10

10

3 282,00

3 299,60

100,536

– 17,60

3 307

3 289

526,00

567,40

107,871

– 41,40

291

250

5 896,00

6 076,00

103,053

– 180,00

0

0

14 730,00 14 731,80

100,012

– 1,80

16 412

16 410

9 569,00

9 753,20

101,925

– 184,20

15 448

15 264

1 813,00

1 819,20

100,342

– 6,20

1 814

1 808

1 114,00

1 115,10

100,099

– 1,10

1 114

1 113

801,00

802,70

100,212

– 1,70

498,00

499,80

100,361

– 1,80

802

500

800

498

9 924,00 10 003,10

100,797

– 79,10

9 375

9 296

14,00

17,40

124,286

– 3,40

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Ireland

Netherlands

Netherlands

Netherlands

Portugal

Sweden

PLE

SOL

HER

SRX

MAC

COD

HER

7DE

07A

4AB

European plaice

VIId, e

Common sole

ICES division VIIa — Irish Sea

Atlantic herring

IVa, IVb

2AC4-C

Rays, stingrays, mantas nei

IIa(1), IV(1)

04A-C

Atlantic mackerel

IVa(1)

1N2AB

Atlantic cod

Norway zone (North of 62° N): I, IIa, b

03A

Atlantic herring

ICES division IIIa — Skagerrak and Kattegat

(*) Penalties 2002 = Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 2555/2001 column of deductions Article 5(2) of Regulation No 847/96.

Penalties
2002
(*)

Adapted
quantity
2002

Catches
2002

%

Deduc-
tions

Initial
quantity
2003

Revised
quantity
2003

y

y

y

n

n

n

y

3 649,00

3 683,30

100,940

– 34,30

3 256

3 222

102,00

103,90

101,863

– 1,90

123

121

30 947,00 31 034,10

100,281

– 87,10

44 727

44 640

714,00

792,20

110,952

– 78,20

592

514

9 800,00

9 837,30

100,381

– 37,30

8 702

8 665

2 205,00

2 205,10

100,005

– 0,10

2 204

2 204

33 986,00 34 333,70

101,023

– 347,70

34 917

34 569

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