2005/633/EC: Commission Decision of 30 August 2005 on the allocation of one additional day absent from port to Germany in accordance with Annex IVa to Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 (notified under document number C(2005) 3153)
Date: 2005-08-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, Germany, authorised catch, fishing net, fishing regulations, fishing rights, ship's flag

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Official Journal of the European Union

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 August 2005

on the allocation of one additional day absent from port to Germany in accordance with Annex IVa
to Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005

(notified under document number C(2005) 3153)

(Only the German text is authentic)

(2005/633/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Germany has submitted a request and provided infor-
mation on a system of automatic
suspensions of
fishing licences in respect of infringements for fishing
vessels carrying on board demersal
trawls, seines or
similar towed gears of mesh size greater than 120 mm
except beam trawls.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of 22
December 2004 fixing for 2005 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 point 6(e) of Annex IVa,

(4)

In the view of the information submitted, one additional
day should be allocated to Germany for fishing vessels
carrying on board fishing gears referred to in point 4(a)
of Annex IVa to Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of mesh
size greater than 120 mm,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

Point 6(a) of Annex IVa to Regulation (EC) No 27/2005
specifies
the number of days on which certain
Community fishing vessels may be absent from port in
the geographical areas defined in point 2 of that Annex
from 1 February 2005 to 31 December 2005.

One additional day, in relation to those set out in point 6(a) of
Annex IVa to Regulation (EC) No 27/2005, shall be allocated in
each calendar month for vessels from Germany carrying on
board demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh
size greater than 120 mm except beam trawls.

Point 6(e) of that Annex enables the Commission to
allocate an additional day on which a vessel may be
absent from port while carrying on board fishing gears
referred to in point 4(a) of mesh size greater than
from a Member
120 mm, on the basis of a request
the Member State
State and on the condition that
automatic
concerned has developed a
suspensions of
infrin-
gements.

system of
in respect of

fishing licences

Article 2

A vessel to which one additional day is allocated pursuant to
Article 1 may not transfer this day to any other vessel unless:

(a)

the recipient vessel uses at all times a fishing gear of mesh
size greater than 120 mm;

(1) OJ L 12, 14.1.2005, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1300/2005 (OJ L 207, 10.8.2005, p. 1).

(b) the conditions set out in point 10 of Annex IVa to Regu-

lation (EC) No 27/2005 are fulfilled.

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This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 30 August 2005.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission