Council Regulation (EC) No 1415/2004 of 19 July 2004 fixing the maximum annual fishing effort for certain fishing areas and fisheries
Date: 2004-07-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1415/2004

of 19 July 2004

fixing the maximum annual fishing effort for certain fishing areas and fisheries

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4
the fishing effort
November 2003 on the management of
relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources (1),
and in particular Article 11(2) thereof,

the data provided in relation to fishing effort limitations
adopted under previous or current Community measures
which involve or have involved the management of
fishing effort.

(5)

The maximum annual fishing effort, to be fixed for the
vessels flying the flag of a Member State, by group of
species, area and fishery, should be equal to the global
fishing effort exerted over the five-year period 1998 to
2002 by those vessels, divided by five,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 establishes the conditions
and procedures for the introduction of a system for the
management of
in certain Community
fishing areas and resources.

fishing effort

The Member States have submitted to the Commission
the information required in accordance with Regulation
(EC) No 1954/2003 and in particular the annual average
fishing effort over the period 1998 to 2002 exerted by
vessels equal to or more than 15 m in length overall in
the areas defined in that Regulation and the annual
average fishing effort over the period 1998 to 2002
to or more than 10 m in
exerted by vessels equal
length overall
in the biologically sensitive area defined
in that Regulation.

In the assessment of fishing effort referred to in Regu-
lation (EC) No 1954/2003, the installed power has been
understood as the power of a vessel, as defined in Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2930/86 of 22 September 1986 defining
characteristics for fishing vessels (2).

The Commission forwarded to the Member States the
to Regulation (EC) No
information required pursuant
1954/2003 and, after consultation with them, assessed

(1) OJ L 289, 7.11.2003, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 274, 25.9.1986, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 3259/94 (OJ L 339, 29.12.1994, p. 11).

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation sets the maximum annual fishing effort for each
Member State and for each area and fishery defined in Articles 3
and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003.

Article 2

Maximum levels

1.
The maximum levels of annual fishing effort by group of
species, area and fishery, and by Member State, for the areas
referred to in Article 3(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No
1954/2003, are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

The maximum levels of annual fishing effort by group of
2.
species, area and fishery, and by Member State, for the area
referred to in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003,
are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

Transiting through an area

1.
Each Member State shall ensure that the utilisation of
fishing effort allocations by area, as defined in Articles 3 and
6 of Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003, will not result in more
time spent fishing by comparison to fishing effort levels exerted
during the reference period.

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Fishing effort established as a result of a vessel transiting
2.
through an area where no fishing operation had taken place
during the reference period shall not be used for the purpose of
carrying out fishing operations in that area. Each Member State
shall record such fishing effort separately.

Article 4

Methodology

Each Member State shall ensure that the method used to record
fishing effort is the same as the one used in assessing the levels
of fishing effort according to Articles 3 and 6 of Regulation
(EC) No 1954/2003.

Article 5

Compliance with other fishing effort limitation schemes

The maximum levels of annual fishing effort fixed in Annexes I
and II shall be without prejudice to fishing effort limitations
fixed under recovery plans or any other management measure
under Community law provided that
the measure with the
lower amount of fishing effort is complied with.

Article 6

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
that of
the European
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 July 2004.

For the Council
The President

C. VEERMAN

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