2007/487/EC: Commission Decision of 6 July 2007 on the allocation to the United Kingdom of additional days at sea within ICES division VIIe (notified under document number C(2007) 3212)
Date: 2007-07-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, United Kingdom, fishery management, fishing area, fishing controls, fishing regulations, fishing rights

12.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 182/33

COMMISSION DECISION

of 6 July 2007

on the allocation to the United Kingdom of additional days at sea within ICES division VIIe

(notified under document number C(2007) 3212)

(Only the English text is authentic)

(2007/487/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 9 of Annex IIC, thereto

Having regard to the requests made by the United Kingdom,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Point 7 of Annex IIC to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007
specifies the maximum number of days at sea (192) on
which Community vessels of length overall equal to or
greater than 10 metres carrying on board beam trawls of
mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm or static nets,
including gill-nets,
trammel-nets and tangle-nets, with
mesh size less than 220 mm may be present within
ICES division VIIe
from 1 February 2007 to 31
January 2008.

Point 9 of
that Annex enables the Commission to
allocate an additional number of days at sea on which
a vessel may be present within that area when carrying
on board such beam trawls or static nets, on the basis of
permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken
place since 1 of January 2004.

The United Kingdom has submitted data demonstrating
that vessels, which ceased activities since 1 January 2004,
measured a reduction of 5,24 % in the fishing effort
expended during the year 2003,
taken as reference
period for vessels present in the area and carrying on
to or greater
board beam trawls of mesh size equal
than 80 mm.

(4)

(5)

In view of the data submitted and applying the calcu-
lation method foreseen under point 9.1, 10 additional
days at sea should be allocated to United Kingdom for
the period between 1 February 2007 and 31 January
2008 for vessels carrying on board such beam trawls.

For reasons of clarity this decision reflects the total
amount of additional days allocated to the United
Kingdom and takes into account the 12 additional days
at sea that are previously allocated by Commission
Decision 2006/461/EC of 26 June 2006 on the allo-
cation to the United Kingdom of additional
fishing
days within ICES division VIIe (2), as these additional
days remain allocated in 2007.

(6)

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 a fishing vessel flying the flag of
the United Kingdom and carrying on board beam trawls of
mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm may be present in
ICES division VIIe, as laid down in table I of Annex IIC to
Regulation (EC) No 41/2007, shall be amended to 214 days
per year.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 6 July 2007.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

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

(EC) No 643/2007 (OJ L 151, 13.6.2007, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 180, 4.7.2006, p. 25.