Commission Regulation (EC) No 1048/2007 of 11 September 2007 establishing a prohibition of fishing for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and the Mediterranean by vessels flying the flag of France
Date: 2007-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, France, Mediterranean Sea, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

13.9.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1048/2007

of 11 September 2007

establishing a prohibition of fishing for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W,
and the Mediterranean by vessels flying the flag of France

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20
December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploi-
tation of
the Common Fisheries
Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,

resources under

fisheries

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of
12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to
common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 of 21 December
2006 fixing for 2007 the fishing opportunities and as-
sociated fishing 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 (3).

According to Article 21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
2847/93 France has
the obligation to provisionally
from the date on which its quota in
prohibit, as
the fishing for
question is deemed to be exhausted,
that stock,
the transhipment
and the landing of fish taken after that date.

the retention on board,

the Mediterranean only for vessels registered in a port in
the Mediterranean on 1 January 2007.

(4)

France closed the fishery for bluefin tuna according to
Article 21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 as from
27 August 2007,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in
the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein
for 2007 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out
in that Annex.

Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation
by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State
referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in
that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship
or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.

Article 3

Entry into force

(3)

On 21 July 2007 France closed the fishery for bluefin
tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of 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, 11 September 2007.

For the Commission

Fokion FOTIADIS
Director-General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 865/2007 (OJ L 192, 24.7.2007, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1967/2006 (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11), as
corrected by OJ L 36, 8.2.2007, p. 6.

(3) OJ L 15, 20.1.2007, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 898/2007 (OJ L 196, 28.7.2007,
p. 22).

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No

Member State

Stock

Species

Zone

Date

ANNEX

23

France

BFT/AE045W

Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and the
Mediterranean

27.8.2007