2008/51/EC: Commission Decision of 20 December 2007 on the allocation to Belgium of additional days at sea within the ICES zones IIa (EC Waters), IV and VIId (notified under document number C(2007) 6541)
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, EU waters, fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 December 2007

on the allocation to Belgium of additional days at sea within the ICES zones IIa (EC Waters),
IV and VIId

(notified under document number C(2007) 6541)

(Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)

(2008/51/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 10 of Annex IIA thereto,

(4)

Having regard to the request made by Belgium,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

length equal

Point 8 of Annex IIA 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,
Danish seines and similar gears (except beam trawls) of
mesh sizes equal to or larger than 70 mm, or gillnets and
entangling nets except trammel nets may be present from
1 February 2007 to 31 January 2008 within the areas
Skagerrak, ICES zones IV and VIId, and the EC waters of
ICES zone IIa.

Point 10 of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007
enables the Commission to allocate, on the basis of a
request made by Member States, an additional number of
days at sea on which a vessel may be present within the
geographical area when carrying on board such gears, on
the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that
have taken place since 1 January 2002.

(3)

Belgium has submitted on 29 June 2007 and 2 October
2007 data demonstrating that vessels, which have ceased

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

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

activities since 1 January 2002 deployed respectively
2,15 % of
the fishing effort deployed in 2001 by
Belgian vessels present within the geographical area and
carrying on board gillnets or entangling nets (except
trammel nets)
fishing effort
deployed in 2001 by Belgian vessels present within the
geographical area and carrying on board trawls, Danish
seines and similar gears (except beam trawls) of mesh
sizes equal to or larger than 70 mm.

and 41,96 % of

the

In view of the data submitted, 3 additional days at sea for
vessels carrying on board gillnets or entangling nets
(except
trammel nets), 86 additional days at sea for
vessels carrying on board trawls, Danish seines and
similar gears (except beam trawls) of mesh size equal
to or larger than 70 mm and less than 90 mm, 88
additional days at sea for vessels carrying on board
trawls, Danish seines and similar gears (except beam
trawls) of mesh size equal to or larger than 90 mm
and less than 100 mm, and 40 additional days at sea
for vessels carrying on board trawls, Danish seines and
similar gears (except beam trawls) of mesh size equal to
or larger than 100 mm should be allocated to Belgium in
the corresponding geographical area (taken as a whole or
in part of it) during the period of application of Article 7
of Regulation (EC) No 41/2007,
i.e. 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 a fishing vessel flying the
flag of Belgium and carrying on board fishing gears listed in
point 4.1.c.i, 4.1.c.ii, 4.1.c.iii and 4.1.c.iv of Annex IIA to Regu-
lation (EC) No 41/2007 may be present in the Skagerrak and
the ICES zones IIa (EC waters), IV and VIId, as laid down in
Table I of that Annex for cases in which no special condition
listed in point 8.1 of the same Annex applies, shall be increased
by 3 days at sea.

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The maximum number of days a fishing vessel flying the
2.
flag of Belgium and carrying on board fishing gears listed in
point 4.1.a.ii of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 may
be present in the ICES zones IIa (EC waters) and IV, as laid
down in Table I of that Annex for cases in which no special
condition listed in point 8.1 of the same Annex applies, shall be
increased by 86 days at sea.

The maximum number of days a fishing vessel flying the
3.
flag of Belgium and carrying on board fishing gears listed in
point 4.1.a.iii of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 may
be present in the ICES zones IIa (EC waters), IV and VIId, as laid
down in Table I of that Annex for cases in which no special
condition listed in point 8.1 of the same Annex applies, shall be
increased by 88 days at sea.

4.
The maximum number of days a fishing vessel flying the
flag of Belgium and carrying on board fishing gears listed in

point 4.1.a.iv and 4.1.a.v of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No
41/2007 may be present in the ICES zones IIa (EC waters), IV
and VIId, and Skagerrak, as laid down in Table I of that Annex
for cases in which no special condition listed in point 8.1 of the
same Annex applies, shall be increased by 40 days at sea.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium.

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2007.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission