Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2008 of 4 July 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 as regards the list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North Atlantic
Date: 2008-07-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, fishery management, fishing controls, fishing regulations, fishing vessel, fraud

5.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 178/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 641/2008

of 4 July 2008

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 as regards the list of vessels engaged in illegal,
unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North Atlantic

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 of
16 January 2008 fixing for 2008 the fishing opportunities
and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups
of
for
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and,
Community vessels,
in waters where catch limitations are
required (1), and in particular point 4 of Annex XIII thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The European Community has, since 1981, been a Party
to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in
the North-East Atlantic Fisheries (2).

In March 2008 the North-East Atlantic
Commission (NEAFC) made

Fisheries
recommendation to

a

amend the list of vessels that have been confirmed as
having engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated
fisheries. Implementation of the recommendation in the
Community legal order should be ensured.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Appendix to Annex XIII to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 is
replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
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, 4 July 2008.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 19, 23.1.2008, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 541/2008 (OJ L 157, 17.6.2008, p. 23).

(2) OJ L 227, 12.8.1981, p. 21.

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Official Journal of the European Union

5.7.2008

ANNEX

In Annex XIII to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 the Appendix is replaced by the following:

‘Appendix to Annex XIII

List of vessels with the following IMO numbers that have been confirmed by NEAFC and NAFO as having
engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries

IMO (1) ship identification number

Vessel’s name (2)

7436533

7612321

8522030

7700104

8028424

8422852

7321374

8522119

6719419

7332218

8422838

8522042

6614700

7385174

8421937

8914221

8522169

7347407

8606836

ALFA

AVIOR

CARMEN

CEFEY

CLIFF

DOLPHIN

ENXEMBRE

EVA

GORILERO

IANNIS I

ISABELLA

JUANITA

KABOU

MURTOSA

NICOLAY CHUDOTVORETS

POLESTAR

ROSITA

SUNNY JANE

ULLA

Flag State (2)

Georgia

Georgia

ex-Georgia

Russia

Cambodia

Russia

Panama

ex-Georgia

Sierra Leone

Panama

ex-Georgia

ex-Georgia

Guinea Conakry

Togo

Russia

Panama

ex-Georgia

ex-Georgia

(1) International Maritime Organisation.
(2) Any changes of names and flags and additional

information on the vessels are available on the NEAFC website: www.neafc.org’