2007/88/EC: Commission Decision of 8 February 2007 on the allocation to the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of three additional fishing days for enhanced observer coverage in accordance with Annex IIA to Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 (notified under document number C(2007) 365)
Date: 2007-02-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, United Kingdom, fishery management, fishing regulations

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Official Journal of the European Union

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 8 February 2007

on the allocation to the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of three additional fishing days for
enhanced observer coverage in accordance with Annex IIA to Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006

(notified under document number C(2007) 365)

(Only the Dutch and English texts are authentic)

(2007/88/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 11 of Annex IIA thereto,

(3)

(4)

After
consulting
Committee for Fisheries,

the

Scientific Technical

and Economic

the basis of an enhanced programme of observer
coverage in partnership between scientists and the
fishing industry.

The Netherlands and the United Kingdom have submitted
such an enhanced programme of observer coverage in
partnership between scientists and the fishing industry.

In view of the programmes submitted, three additional
days at sea should be allocated to the Netherlands and
the United Kingdom for the period between 1 February
2006 and 31 January 2007 for the vessels involved in
the
enhanced programmes of observer
coverage.

submitted

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Point 8.2 of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006
specifies the maximum number of days per year for
which a Community vessel may be present within any
one of the areas as defined in point 2 of that Annex
having carried on board one of the fishing gears referred
to in point 4 of that same Annex.

Point 11 of Annex IIA enables the Commission to
allocate three additional fishing days on which a vessel
may be present within the area when carrying on board
any of the gears referred to in point 4 of that Annex on

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

(EC) No 2017/2006 (OJ

last amended by
L 384,

Commission Regulation
29.12.2006, p. 44).

(5)

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

in this Decision are in
the Committee for

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The maximum number of days specified under point 8.2 of
Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 shall for vessels
carrying on board any of the gears referred to in point 4 of
that Annex IIA, be increased by three days for vessels flying the
flag of the Netherlands or the United Kingdom and involved in
the submitted enhanced programmes of observer coverage
referred to in point 11.1. of that Annex.

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Article 2

1.
Seven days after the notification of the present Decision in
the Official Journal of the European Union, the Netherlands and
the United Kingdom shall submit
to the Commission the
exhaustive list of vessels selected for the samples related to
the submitted enhanced programmes.

Only the vessels selected for the sampling plans, and
2.
the submitted
which have participated until
enhanced programmes foreseen for the year 2006, will benefit
from the allocation of additional days as laid down in Article 1.

the end of

Article 3

Two months
programmes

after

the

end of
the year 2006,

for

the
submitted enhanced
the Netherlands and the

United Kingdom shall provide a report to the Commission on
the outcomes of the programmes for the covered species and
areas.

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 8 February 2007.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission