Commission Regulation (EC) No 444/2007 of 23 April 2007 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 as regards catch limits for the stock of herring in ICES zones I and II
Date: 2007-04-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 444/2007

of 23 April 2007

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 as regards catch limits for the stock of herring in
ICES zones I and II

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 of 21
December 2006 fixing for 2007 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 Annex IB thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 fixes for 2007 the fishing
opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish
in
stocks
and groups of
in
Community waters and,
waters where catch limitations are required.

fish stocks,
applicable
for Community vessels,

Islands,

Pursuant to consultations between the Community, the
the Russian
Faroe
Federation on 18 January 2007, an agreement on the
Atlanto-Scandian
fishing
for
stock in the
(Norwegian spring-spawning) herring

Iceland, Norway

opportunities

and

the

reached. The overall

north-east Atlantic was
catch
limitation for 2007 is fixed at a level of 1 280 000
in full conformity with the scientific advice
tonnes
from the International Council
for the Exploration of
the Sea (ICES). That agreement should be implemented
into Community law.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IB to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 is amended in
accordance with the Annex to this 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, 23 April 2007.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 15, 20.1.2007, p. 1.

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In Annex IB to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 the entry concerning the species Herring in EC and international waters of
ICES zones I and II is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

‘Species:

Herring
Clupea harengus

Zone:

EC and International waters of I and II HER/1/2.

30
28 550
5 000
94
1 232
7 391
10 217
1 445
94
442
10 580
18 253
83 328

74 995 (1)

1 280 000

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Spain
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

Norway

TAC

______________

Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

(1) Catches taken against this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC (access quota). This quota may be fished in EC

waters north of 62 °N.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones
specified:

Norwegian waters north of 62 °N and the fishery
zone around Jan Mayen (HER/*2AJMN)

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Spain
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom

30 (2)
28 550 (2)
5 000 (2)
94 (2)
1 232 (2)
7 391 (2)
10 217 (2)
1 445 (2)
94 (2)
442 (2)
10 580 (2)
18 253 (2)

______________
(2) When the sum of the catches of all Member States have reached 74 995 tonnes no further catches shall be permitted.’