Council Regulation (EC) No 2192/2003 of 8 December 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 as regards 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: 2003-12-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU waters, catch quota, fishery resources, fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2192/2003

of 8 December 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 as regards the fishing opportunities and associated condi-
tions 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 COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20
December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploita-
the Common Fisheries
resources under
tion of
Policy (1), and in particular Article 20(1) and (4) thereof,

fisheries

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 (2),
fixes for
2003 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions
for certain fish stocks and groups of stocks applicable in
Community waters and,
in
waters where catch limitations are required.

for Community vessels,

In October 2003 the International Baltic Sea Fishery
Commission (IBSFC) adopted a recommendation to
increase the total allowable catch (TAC) for herring in
Management Unit 3 for 2003 from 60 000 tonnes to
66 000 tonnes.

The TAC for anglerfish in ICES Sub-area VII and Divi-
sions VIII a,b,d,e should be set to 17 138 tonnes and
3 862 tonnes respectively for the whole year 2003
taking into account new scientific advice from ICES.

Given the urgency of the matter, it is imperative to grant
an exception to the six-week period mentioned in para-
graph I(3) of the Protocol on the role of national Parlia-
ments in the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on
European Union and to the Treaties establishing the
European Communities.

(5)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IA and Annex ID to Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002
shall be amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regu-
lation.

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, 8 December 2003.

For the Council

The President

F. FRATTINI

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
(2) OJ L 356, 31.12.2002, p. 12. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1754/2003 (OJ L 252, 4.10.2003, p. 1).

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ANNEX

(a) In Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002, the entries concerning the species Herring in ‘Management Unit 3’

shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species: Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone: Management Unit 3

Finland

Sweden

EC

TAC

54 111

11 889

66 000

66 000’

(b) In Annex ID to Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002, the entries concerning the species Anglerfish in zones ‘VII’ and

‘VIIIa, b, d, e’ shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species: Anglerfish

Lophiidae

Zone: VII

Belgium

Germany

Spain

France

Ireland

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

EC

TAC

Species:

Anglerfish
Lophiidae

Spain

France

EC

TAC

1 584

177

629

10 162

1 299

205

3 082

17 138

17 138

588

3 274

3 862

3 862’

Zone: VIIIa,b,d,e