2007/342/EC: Commission Decision of 15 May 2007 on the allocation to Belgium of additional days at sea within the ICES zones IV, VIIa and VIId (notified under document number C(2007) 2072) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, EU waters, fishing regulations, fishing rights

17.5.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 15 May 2007

on the allocation to Belgium of additional days at sea within the ICES zones IV, VIIa and VIId

(notified under document number C(2007) 2072)

(Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/342/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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
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 thereto,

(4)

Having regard to the request made by Belgium,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Point 8 of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007
the maximum number of days on which
specifies
to or
Community vessels of an overall
greater than 10 meters carrying on board beam trawls
of mesh sizes equal to or larger than 80 mm may be
present within Skagerrak, ICES zones IV and VIId, and EC
waters of
ICES zone IIa, within ICES zone VIIa, and
within ICES zone VIa from 1 February 2007 to
31 January 2008.

length equal

Point 10 of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007
enables the Commission to allocate, on the basis of a
request made by Member States, an additional number of
days at sea 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.

(1) OJ L 15, 20.1.2007, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 444/2007 (OJ L 106, 24.4.2007, p. 22).

Belgium has submitted on 19 December 2006 and
30 January 2007 data demonstrating that a group of
vessels, which ceased activities since 1 January 2002,
deployed 11,11 % of
the fishing effort deployed in
2001 by Belgian vessels present within the geographical
area and carrying on board beam trawls of mesh size
equal to or greater than 80 mm. As the requested addi-
tional days can no longer be allocated for the period
requested, the additional days must be allocated for the
period 1 February 2007 to 31 January 2008 on basis of
Regulation (EC) No 41/2007.

In view of the data submitted, 15 additional days at sea
for vessels carrying on board beam trawls of
the
grouping of fishing gears 4.1.b.i and 16 additional days
at sea for vessels carrying on board beam trawls of
groupings of fishing gears 4.1.b.ii, 4.1.b.iii and 4.1.b.iv
should be allocated to Belgium during the period of
application
(EC)
No 41/2007, i.e. from 1 February 2007 to 31 January
2008.

Regulation

Article

of

of

7

(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

1.
The maximum number of days a fishing vessel flying the
flag of Belgium and carrying on board beam trawls listed in
point 4.1.b.i of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 may
be present in the ICES zones IV, VIIa and VIId, as laid down in
Table I of that Annex shall be increased by 15 days at sea.

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The maximum number of days a fishing vessel flying the flag of Belgium and carrying on board beam
2.
trawls listed in point 4.1.b.ii, 4.1.b.iii and 4.1.b.iv of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 may be
present in the ICES zones IV, VIIa and VIId, as laid down in Table I of that Annex for cases in which no
special condition listed in point 8.1 of the same Annex applies, shall be increased by 16 days at sea.

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 15 May 2007.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission