CELEX: 32007R0898
Language: en
Date: 2007-07-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 898/2007 of 27 July 2007 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 as regards the catch limits for the stock of sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV

28.7.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 196/22
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 898/2007
   of 27 July 2007
   amending Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 as regards the catch limits for the stock of sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   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 fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (1), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof:
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Preliminary catch limits for sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV are laid down in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Pursuant to Article 5(5) of that Regulation, the Commission may revise the catch limits in the light of scientific information collected during the first half of 2007.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Taking into account information collected during the first half of 2007, the catch limits for sprat in the zones concerned should be adjusted.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The sprat is a short-lived species, therefore the catch limitations should be implemented as soon as possible, in order to avoid delays which could lead to over-fishing of the stock.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 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, 27 July 2007.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Joe BORG
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 15, 20.1.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 754/2007 (OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 26).
   
      ANNEX
      Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 is amended as follows:
      The entry concerning the stock of sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV is replaced by the following:
      
         
                     
                                 ‘Species
                              
                              
                                 :
                              
                              
                                 Sprat
                                 
                                    Sprattus sprattus
                                 
                              
                           
                  
                     
                                 Zone
                              
                              
                                 :
                              
                              
                                 EC waters of IIa and IV
                                 SPR/2AC4-C
                              
                           
               
                     Belgium
                  
                  
                     1 917
                  
                  
                     
                        Precautionary TAC
                     
                     
                        Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.
                     
                     
                        Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
                     
                     
                        Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.
                     
                  
               
                     Denmark
                  
                  
                     151 705
                  
               
                     Germany
                  
                  
                     1 917
                  
               
                     France
                  
                  
                     1 917
                  
               
                     The Netherlands
                  
                  
                     1 917
                  
               
                     Sweden
                  
                  
                     1 330 (1)
                     
                  
               
                     United Kingdom
                  
                  
                     6 325
                  
               
                     EC
                  
                  
                     167 028
                  
               
                     Norway
                  
                  
                     18 812 (2)
                     
                  
               
                     Faroe Islands
                  
                  
                     9 160 (3)
                         (4)
                         (5)
                     
                  
               
                     TAC
                  
                  
                     195 000
                  
               
      
         (1)  Including sandeel.
      
         (2)  May only be fished in EC waters of ICES zone IV.
      
         (3)  This quantity may be fished in ICES zone IV and zone VIa North of 56° 30′ N. Any by-catch of blue whiting shall be counted against the blue whiting quota established for ICES zones VIa, VIb and VII.
      
         (4)  1 832 tonnes can be caught as herring in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes less than 32 mm. If the quota of 1 832 tonnes of herring is exhausted then all fisheries using nets with mesh sizes less than 32 mm is prohibited.
      
         (5)  Catches taken in the monitoring fisheries, corresponding to 2 % of the effort and up to a maximum of 2 500 tonnes can be caught as sandeel.’