Commission Regulation (EC) No 1642/2006 of 7 November 2006 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 as regards the catch limits for the stock of sprat in ICES zones IIa (EC waters) and IV (EC waters)
Date: 2006-11-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, authorised catch, fishery management, fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights, sea fish

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1642/2006

of 7 November 2006

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 as regards the catch limits for the stock of sprat in
ICES zones IIa (EC waters) and IV (EC waters)

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 fish
stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community
vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (1), and in
particular Article 5(7) thereof,

(3)

(4)

(5)

In the light of the scientific information collected during
the first half of 2006, the catch limits for sprat in the
zones concerned should be reduced.

Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Committee for
Fisheries and Aquaculture,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

Preliminary catch limits for sprat in ICES zones IIa (EC
waters) and IV (EC waters) are laid down in Annex IA to
Regulation (EC) No 51/2006.

Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 is amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

to Article 5(7) of

the
Pursuant
Commission may revise the catch limits in the light of
scientific information collected during the first half of
2006.

that Regulation,

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
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, 7 November 2006.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

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

(EC) No 1591/2006 (OJ L 296, 26.10.2006, p. 1).

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ANNEX

Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 is amended as follows:

The entry concerning the stock of sprat in zones IIa (EC waters) and IV (EC waters) is replaced by the following:

‘Species:

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

France

Netherlands

Sweden

United Kingdom

EC

Norway

Faeroe Islands

TAC

Sprat
Sprattus sprattus

Zone: IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

SPR/2AC4-C

Precautionary TAC.
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.
Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

1 787

141 464

1 787

1 787

1 787

1 330 (1)

5 898

155 840

10 000 (2)

9 160 (3)

175 000

(1) Including sand eel.
(2) May only be fished in Subarea IV (EC waters).
(3) This quantity may be fished in IV and VIa north of 56° 30′ N. The quota includes a maximum by-catch of 1 832 tonnes of herring. If
this by-catch quota is exhausted then fisheries by the Faeroe Islands using nets with mesh sizes less than 32 mm is prohibited in
Community waters. Any by-catch of blue whiting shall be counted against the blue whiting quota established for fishing areas VIa, VIb
and VII.’