Commission Regulation (EC) No 697/2008 of 23 July 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 as regards catch limits for the fisheries on sandeel in ICES zone IIIa and in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV
Date: 2008-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights

24.7.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 697/2008

of 23 July 2008

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 as regards catch limits for the fisheries on sandeel in
ICES zone IIIa and in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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 Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(6)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

in ICES zone IIIa and in EC
Catch limits for sandeel
waters of ICES zones IIa and IV are provisionally laid
down in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008.

Pursuant to point 6 of Annex IID to Regulation (EC) No
40/2008, the Commission is to revise the total allowable
catches (TAC) and quotas for 2008 for sandeel in those
zones based on advice from the International Council for
the Sea (ICES) and the Scientific,
the Exploration of
Fisheries
Technical
(STECF).

Economic Committee

and

for

The TAC should be established according to the function
laid down in point 6 of Annex IID to Regulation (EC) No
40/2008. According to that function the TAC would
amount to 470 000 tonnes.

In accordance with point 7 of Annex IID to Regulation
(EC) No 40/2008, the TAC should not exceed 400 000
tonnes.

Point 5 of Annex IID to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008
provides that for the unallocated quota for this TAC, the
fishing effort allowed in the exploratory fishing relating
to sandeel abundance in 2008 shall be distributed to
Member States whose vessels have a record of fishing
activity in the years 2002 to 2006 in that area, which
corresponds to a share of
fishing effort of 96 % for
Sweden and a share of 4 % for Germany. The allocation
key for the unallocated quota for this TAC should be
established on the basis of that distribution of fishing
effort.

is a North Sea stock which is shared with
Sandeel
Norway but which is currently not
jointly managed.
The measures provided for in this Regulation should be
in accordance with consultations with Norway pursuant
to the provisions of the Agreed Record of conclusions of
European
fisheries
Commission and Norway of 26 November 2007.
In
consequence, the Community share of that part of the
TAC that can be caught in ICES zones IIa and IV should
be fixed at 90 % of 400 000 tonnes.

consultations

between

the

(7)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 is amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 23 July 2008.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

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

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2008 (OJ L 178, 5.7.2008,
p. 17).

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Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 is amended as follows:

ANNEX

The entry concerning the species sandeel in ICES zone IIIa and in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV is replaced by the
following:

‘Species:

Sandeel
Ammodytidae

Denmark
Germany
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC
Norway
TAC

335 087 (2)
513 (3)
12 304 (4)
7 324 (5)
355 228 (6)
20 000 (7)

Not relevant

Zone:

IIIa; EC waters of IIa and IV (1)
SAN/2A3A4.

Analytical TAC.
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

(1) Excluding waters within 6 miles of UK baselines at Shetland, Fair Isle and Foula.
(2) Of which no more than 320 722 tonnes may be fished in EC waters of IIa and IV. The remaining 14 365 tonnes may be fished in EC

waters of ICES zone IIIa only. (SAN/*03A.)

(3) Of which no more than 491 tonnes may be fished in EC waters of IIa and IV. The remaining 22 tonnes may be fished in EC waters of

ICES zone IIIa only. (SAN/*03A.)

(4) Of which no more than 11 777 tonnes may be fished in EC waters of IIa and IV. The remaining 527 tonnes may be fished in EC

waters of ICES zone IIIa only. (SAN/*03A.)

(5) Of which no more than 7 010 tonnes may be fished in EC waters of IIa and IV. The remaining 314 tonnes may be fished in EC waters

of ICES zone IIIa only. (SAN/*03A.)

(6) Of which no more than 340 000 tonnes may be fished in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV. The remaining 15 228 tonnes may be

fished in EC waters of ICES zone IIIa only. (SAN/*03A.)

(7) To be taken in ICES zone IV.’