2004/682/EC: Commission Decision of 9 September 2004 on the allocation of additional days absent from port to Denmark and the United Kingdom in accordance with Annex V to Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 (notified under document number C(2004) 3407)
Date: 2004-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, United Kingdom, fishery management, fishing regulations

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Official Journal of the European Union

8.10.2004

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 September 2004

on the allocation of additional days absent from port to Denmark and the United Kingdom in
accordance with Annex V to Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003

(notified under document number C(2004) 3407)

(Only the Danish and English texts are authentic)

(2004/682/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(3)

the

basis of
achieved results of decommissioning
programmes since 1 January 2002 for fishing vessels
affected by the provisions of that Annex.

Denmark and United Kingdom have submitted data on
the decommissioning in 2002 and 2003 of
fishing
trawls, seines or
vessels carrying on board demersal
similar towed gears of mesh size equal to or greater
than 100 mm except beam trawls.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19
December 2003 fixing for 2004 the fishing opportunities and
associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community
vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (1), and in
particular paragraph 6(c) of Annex V,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Paragraph 6(a) of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No
2287/2003 specifies the number of days on which
certain Community fishing vessels may be absent from
port in the geographical areas defined in paragraph 2 of
that Annex from 1 February 2004 to 31 December
2004.

Paragraph 6(c) of that Annex enables the Commission to
allocate an additional number of days on which a vessel
may be absent from port while carrying on board any of
the gears defined in paragraph 4 of that Annex on the

(1) OJ L 344, 31.12.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
L 296,

(EC) No 1645/2004 (OJ

Commission Regulation
21.9.2004, p. 3).

(4)

(5)

The United Kingdom has submitted data on the decom-
missioning in 2002 and 2003 of fishing vessels carrying
on board beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater
than 80 mm.

In the view of the data submitted, an additional number
of days should be allocated to Denmark and the United
Kingdom for fishing vessels carrying on board such
fishing gears defined in paragraph 4(a) and (b) of
Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following additional days,
in relation to those set out in
point 6(a) of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003, shall
be allocated in each calendar month for vessels carrying on
board demersal trawls, seines or similar owed gears of mesh
size equal to or greater than 100 mm except beam trawls as
follows:

(a) Denmark: three days,

(b) United Kingdom: five days.

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Article 2

Two additional days,
in relation to those set out in point 6(a) of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No
2287/2003, shall be allocated to the United Kingdom in each calendar for vessels carrying on board
beam trawls of mesh size equal or greater than 80 mm.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland.

Done at Brussels, 9 September 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission