2007/813/EC: Commission Decision of 28 November 2007 on the allocation to Spain of additional days at sea within ICES Divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cadiz (notified under document number C(2007) 5719)
Date: 2007-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, Spain, common fisheries policy, fishery management, fishing area, fishing regulations, ship's flag

L 325/92

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.12.2007

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 November 2007

on the allocation to Spain of additional days at sea within ICES Divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding
the Gulf of Cadiz

(notified under document number C(2007) 5719)

(only the Spanish text is authentic)

(2007/813/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

deployed in 2003 by Spanish vessels present within the
geographical area and carrying on board bottom long-
lines.

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 IIB thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Point 7 of Annex IIB to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007
the maximum number of days on which
specifies
Community vessels of an overall
to or
greater than 10 meters carrying on board trawls of
mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm, gill nets of
mesh size equal to or larger than 60 mm or bottom
long-lines may be present within ICES Divisions VIIIc
and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cadiz from 1 February
2007 to 31 January 2008.

length equal

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

fishing activities

ceased

activities

vessels, which

On 6 July 2007, Spain submitted data demonstrating
since
that
have
1 January 2004 deployed respectively 4,20 % of
the
fishing effort deployed in 2003 by Spanish vessels
present within the geographical area and carrying on
board trawls of mesh size equal
to or greater than
32 mm, 9,55 % of the fishing effort deployed in 2003
by Spanish vessels present within the geographical area
and carrying on board gill nets of mesh size equal to or
greater than 60 mm and 20,86 % of the fishing effort

(1) 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).

(4)

In view of the data submitted and having regard to the
method of calculation laid down in point 9,1 of Annex
IIB, nine additional days at sea for vessels carrying on
board gears of groupings 3(a), 21 additional days at sea
for vessels carrying on board gears of groupings 3(b), and
45 additional days at sea for vessels carrying on board
gears of groupings 3(c) should be allocated to Spain for
the period from 1 February 2007 to 31 January 2008.

(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 on which a fishing vessel
flying the flag of Spain and carrying on board fishing gear,
mentioned in points 3(a) of Annex IIB to Regulation (EC) No
41/2007 and not subject to any of the special conditions listed
in point 7,1 of that Annex may be present in ICES Divisions
VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cadiz, as laid down in
Table I of that Annex, shall be amended to 225 days per year.

2.
The maximum number of days on which a fishing vessel
flying the flag of Spain and carrying on board fishing gear
mentioned in points 3(b) of Annex IIB to Regulation (EC) No
41/2007 and not subject to any of the special conditions listed
in point 7,1 of that Annex may be present in ICES Divisions
VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cadiz, as laid down in
Table I of that Annex, shall be amended to 237 days per year.

3.
The maximum number of days on which a fishing vessel
flying the flag of Spain and carrying on board fishing gear
mentioned in points 3(c) of Annex IIB to Regulation (EC) No
41/2007 and not subject to any of the special conditions listed
in point 7,1 of that Annex may be present in ICES Divisions
VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cadiz, as laid down in
Table I of that Annex, shall be amended to 261 days per year.

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 325/93

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2007.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission