Commission Regulation (EC) No 130/2009 of 13 February 2009 excluding ICES Subdivisions 27 and 28.2 from certain fishing effort limitations and recording obligations for 2009, pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 establishing a multiannual plan for the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks
Date: 2009-02-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic Sea, conservation of fish stocks, fishery management, fishing area, fishing controls, fishing regulations, sea fish

L 44/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.2.2009

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 130/2009

of 13 February 2009

excluding ICES Subdivisions 27 and 28.2 from certain fishing effort limitations and recording
to Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 establishing a
obligations

for 2009, pursuant

multiannual plan for the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 of
18 September 2007 establishing a multiannual plan for the
cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those
stocks, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing
Regulation (EC) No 779/97 (1), and in particular Article 29 (2)
thereof,

Having regard to the reports submitted by Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden,

Having regard to the opinion of the Scientific, Technical and
Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF),

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Taking into account the reports submitted by Member
States and the advice from the STECF, Subdivisions 27
and 28.2 should be excluded in 2009 from the scope of
those fishing effort limitations and recording obligations.

In order to ensure that account could be taken of the
latest information made available by the Member States
and to allow the scientific advice to be based on the
most accurate information, the ultimate date laid down
in Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 for
the final conclusion concerning the need to exclude the
respective Subdivisions could not be met.

Regulation (EC) No 1322/2008 applies from 1 January
2009. In order to ensure coherence with that Regulation,
this Regulation should apply retroactively from that date.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Committee for
Fisheries and Aquaculture,

(1)

(2)

(3)

Provisions for setting fishing effort limitations for the cod
stocks in the Baltic Sea and on the recording of related
fishing effort data are set out in Regulation (EC) No
1098/2007.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

On the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007, Annex II
to Council Regulation (EC) No 1322/2008 (2) has estab­
lished fishing effort limitations for 2009 in the Baltic Sea.

Article 8(1)(b), (3), (4) and (5) and Article 13 of Regulation (EC)
No 1098/2007 shall not apply to ICES Subdivisions 27 and
28.2.

According to Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1098/2007 the Commission may exclude Subdivisions
27 and 28.2 from the scope of certain fishing effort
limitations and recording obligations when the catches
of cod were below a certain threshold in the last
reporting period.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2009.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 February 2009.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 248, 22.9.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 345, 23.12.2008, p. 1.