Commission Regulation (EC) No 1161/2007 of 3 October 2007 establishing a prohibition of fishing for plaice in Baltic Sea ICES zones III b, c, d (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Finland
Date: 2007-10-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

4.10.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1161/2007

of 3 October 2007

establishing a prohibition of fishing for plaice in Baltic Sea ICES zones III b, c, d (EC waters) by
vessels flying the flag of Finland

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock
and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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:

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

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1941/2006 of 11 December
2006 fixing the fishing opportunities and associated
fish
conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2007 (3),
lays
down quotas for 2007.

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.

to

the

information

the
received
According
the stock referred to in the
Commission, catches of
Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of
or registered in the Member State referred to therein
have exhausted the quota allocated for 2007.

by

Article 3

Entry into force

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, 3 October 2007.

For the Commission

Fokion FOTIADIS
Director-General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

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

(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

44

Finland

PLE/3BCD-C

Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)

Baltic Sea — ICES zones III b, c, d (EC waters)

24.8.2007