2007/812/EC: Commission Decision of 28 November 2007 on the allocation to the Netherlands of three additional days at sea for an enhanced observer coverage programme in accordance with Annex IIA to Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 (notified under document number C(2007) 5711)
Date: 2007-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, Netherlands, common fisheries policy, fishery management, fishing area, fishing regulations, ship's flag

L 325/90

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Official Journal of the European Union

11.12.2007

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 November 2007

on the allocation to the Netherlands of three additional days at sea for an enhanced observer
coverage programme in accordance with Annex IIA to Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007

(notified under document number C(2007) 5711)

(Only the Dutch text is authentic)

(2007/812/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

of the gears referred to in point 4.1 of that Annex on the
basis of an enhanced programme of observer coverage in
partnership between scientists and the fishing industry.

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 fish
stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community
vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (1), and in
particular points 11.1 and 11.3 of Annex IIA,

(4)

(5)

Whereas:

Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 fixes for the year 2007 the
fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks, and the associated conditions under which
such fishing opportunities may be used.

(1)

(2)

On 20 July 2007,
the Netherlands submitted to the
Commission an enhanced programme of observer
coverage in partnership between scientists and the
fishing industry.

Interest in such a programme, which would be comple-
mentary to the obligations laid down in the Council
Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 of 29 June 2000 estab-
lishing a Community framework for the collection and
management of the date needed to conduct the common
fisheries policy (2), was confirmed by the Scientific,
Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries after
consultation, as provided for in point 11.3 of Annex II
A of Regulation (EC) No 41/2007.

Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 specifies the
for which a
maximum number of days per year
Community fishing vessel may be present within any
one of the geographical areas as defined in point 2.1
of
the
that Annex having carried on board one of
fishing gears referred to in point 4.1 thereof.

(6)

In view of the programme submitted on 20 July 2007,
three additional days at sea should be allocated to the
Netherlands for the period between 1 February 2007 and
31 January 2008 for
involved in the
submitted enhanced programme of observer coverage.

the vessels

(3)

Annex IIA enables the Commission to allocate three
additional days at
sea on which a vessel may be
present within those areas when carrying on board any

(7)

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Fisheries and Aquaculture,

in this Decision are in
the Committee for

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

(2) OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

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

lation (EC) No 1343/2007 (OJ L 300, 17.11.2007, p. 24).

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

coverage programme referred to in Article 1, shall benefit
from the allocation of three additional days as provided for in
that Article.

For vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands which are involved
in the enhanced observer coverage programme submitted to the
Commission on 20 July 2007, the maximum number of days
on which such vessels may be present within any one of the
geographical areas defined in point 2.1 of Annex IIA to Regu-
lation (EC) No 41/2007, as shown in Table I of that Annex,
shall be increased by three additional days for vessels having on
board the fishing gears referred to in point 4.1 of that Annex.

Article 3

Two months after the end of the enhanced observer coverage
programme referred to in Article 1,
the Netherlands shall
provide a report to the Commission on the outcome of that
programme for the species and areas covered by it.

Article 4

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Seven days after the publication of this Decision in the
Journal of
the European Union, The Netherlands shall
to the Commission an exhaustive list of vessels
related to the enhanced

1.
Official
submit
selected for
observer coverage programme referred to in Article 1.

the sampling plans

2.
have participated until

Only vessels selected for those sampling plans, and which
the enhanced observer

the end of

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2007.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission