2006/686/EC: Commission Decision of 12 October 2006 on the allocation to the Netherlands of additional fishing days within Skagerrak, area IV, division IIa (EC waters), divisions VIIa and VIa (notified under document number C(2006) 4777)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-10-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, Netherlands, authorised catch, fishery management, fishing area, fishing regulations, ship's flag

L 282/50

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Official Journal of the European Union

13.10.2006

COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 October 2006

on the allocation to the Netherlands of additional fishing days within Skagerrak, area IV, division IIa
(EC waters), divisions VIIa and VIa

(notified under document number C(2006) 4777)

(Only the Dutch text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/686/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 of 22
December 2005 fixing for 2006 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 10 of Annex IIA,

equal to or greater than 80 mm. Within the philosophy
of Regulation (EC) No 51/2006, the Dutch Authorities
have committed themselves to reduce the fishing effort
deployed in flatfish fisheries.

(4)

In view of the data submitted, 20 or 22 additional days
at sea should be allocated to the Netherlands for the
period between 1 February 2006 and 31 January 2007
for vessels carrying on board beam trawls of groupings
of fishing gears 4.b.i, 4.b.ii, 4.b.iii and 4.b.iv, according to
whether they are or are not subjected to the special
conditions laid down in point 8.1.(c), 8.1.(e) and 8.1.(i)
of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006.

Whereas:

(5)

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Fisheries and Aquaculture,

in this Decision are in
the Committee for

(1)

(2)

(3)

Point 8 of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006
the maximum number of days on which
specifies
Community vessels of an overall
to or
greater than 10 meters carrying on board beam trawls
of mesh sizes equal to or larger than 80 mm may be
present within Skagerrak, Area IV, Divisions IIa (EC
waters) and VIId, within Division VIIa and within
Division VIa as defined in point 2 of Annex IIA from
1 February 2006 to 31 January 2007.

length equal

Point 10 of Annex IIA enables the Commission to
allocate an additional number of fishing days on which
a vessel may be present within the geographical area
when carrying on board such beam trawls, on the
basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that
have taken place since 1 January 2002.

The Netherlands
submitted data demonstrating that
vessels, which have ceased activities since 1 January
2002, deployed 14,18 % of the fishing effort deployed
in 2001 by Dutch vessels present within the geographical
area and carrying on board beam trawls of mesh size

(1) OJ L 16, 20.1.2006, p. 1, Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 941/2006 (OJ L 173, 27.6.2006, p. 1).

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The maximum number of days a fishing vessel flying the flag of
the Netherlands and carrying on board beam trawls of
groupings of fishing gears, mentioned in points 4.b.i, 4.b.ii,
4.b.iii or 4.b.iv of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006
and not subject to any of the special conditions listed in point
8.1 of that Annex may be present in the Skagerrak, Area IV and
Division IIa (EC waters), in Division VIIa and in Division VIa, as
laid down in Table I of that annex, shall be amended to 163
days per year.

Article 2

The maximum number of days a fishing vessel flying the flag of
the Netherlands and carrying on board beam trawls of
groupings of fishing gears, mentioned in points 4.b.i, 4.b.ii,
4.b.iii or 4.b.iv of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006
and subject to the special conditions laid down in point 8.1.(c),
in the
8.1.(i) and 8.1.(e) of
in Division
Skagerrak, Area IV and Division IIa (EC waters),
VIIa and in Division VIa as laid down in Table I of
that
annex, shall be amended to 177 days per year.

that Annex, may be present

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 282/51

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 12 October 2006.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission