Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/2008 of 4 December 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1579/2007 fixing the fishing opportunities and the conditions relating thereto for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Black Sea for 2008
Date: 2008-12-04
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Black Sea, authorised catch, fishery management, fishery resources, fishing regulations, fishing rights

17.12.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 338/1

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)

I

REGULATIONS

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1257/2008

of 4 December 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 1579/2007 fixing the fishing opportunities and the conditions relating
thereto for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Black Sea for 2008

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

to the quota for turbot in the Black Sea for 2008, the
current stock situation of the turbot stock would permit
such application.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1579/2007 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of
20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploi­
tation of
the common fisheries
policy (1), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

resources under

fisheries

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May
year-to-year
1996 introducing
and in particular
management of TACs
Article 2 thereof,

and quotas (2),

conditions

additional

for

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

that

the quota year 2008 will

In view of the urgency of the matter and taking into
account
soon be
finished, this Regulation should enter into force on the
day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

the matter,

On grounds of urgency of
is also
imperative to grant an exception to the six-week period
referred to in paragraph I (3) of the Protocol on the role
of national parliaments in the European Union, annexed
to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties
establishing the European Communities,

it

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1579/2007 (3)
the fishing
opportunities and the conditions relating thereto for
certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable
in the Black Sea for 2008.

fixes

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(2) While Regulation (EC) No 1579/2007 provides that
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
(2) OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 346, 29.12.2007, p. 1.

Article 1

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1579/2007

In the entry ‘Turbot’
1579/2007,
847/96 does not apply’
‘Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies’.

to Regulation (EC) No
‘Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
shall be replaced by the words

in Annex I

the words

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Article 2

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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 December 2008.

For the Council
The President

N. KOSCIUSKO-MORIZET