Commission Regulation (EC) No 1407/2003 of 7 August 2003 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 fixing for 2003 the 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
Date: 2003-08-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, authorised catch, conservation of fish stocks, fishery resources, fishing area, fishing regulations

8.8.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1407/2003

of 7 August 2003

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 fixing for 2003 the 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 31
December 2002 fixing for 2003 the 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 (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1091/2003 (2), and in parti-
cular Article 3(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Community's fishing opportunities for capelin in
zone V, XIV (Greenland waters) for 2003 are laid down
provisionally in Annex IC to Regulation (EC) No 2341/
2002.

Under the Fourth Protocol laying down the conditions
relating to fishing provided for in the Agreement on
fisheries between the European Economic Community,
on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and
Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other (3),
the Community receives 70 % of the Greenland share of
the total allowable catch (TAC) for capelin in zones V
and XIV.

By letter of 17 June 2003, the Greenland authorities
have informed the Commission that the Greenland share
of the TAC for capelin for 2003 has been fixed at
91 850 tonnes. The final
for
capelin for the Community during 2003 should there-
fore be fixed at 64 295 tonnes in zones V and XIV
(Greenland waters).

fishing opportunities

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IC to Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 is amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third 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, 7 August 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 356, 31.12.2002, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 157, 26.6.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 209, 2.8.2001, p. 2.

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In Annex IC to Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002, the entry concerning the species Capelin in zones V and XIV (Greenland
waters) is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

‘Species: Capelin

Mallotus villosus

All Member States

EC

TAC

Zone: V, XIV (Greenland waters)

17 595 (1)

64 295 (2)

Not relevant

(1) Available to all Member States.
(2) Of which 6 700 tonnes are allocated to Norway, 30 000 tonnes
to Iceland and 10 000 tonnes to Faroe Islands. The Community
share represents 70 % of the Greenland share of the TAC for
capelin.’