CELEX: 32007R0546
Language: en
Date: 2007-05-16
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 546/2007 of 16 May 2007 establishing a prohibition of fishing for herring in Baltic Sea subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32 by vessels flying the flag of Germany

17.5.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 129/23
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 546/2007
   of 16 May 2007
   establishing a prohibition of fishing for herring in Baltic Sea subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32 by vessels flying the flag of Germany
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Council Regulation (EC) No 1941/2006 of 11 December 2006 fixing the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2007 (3), lays down quotas for 2007.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2007.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Quota exhaustion
   The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2007 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
   Article 2
   Prohibitions
   Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
   Article 3
   Entry into force
   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, 16 May 2007.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Fokion FOTIADIS
         
         
            Director-General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
   
      (2)  OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11, corrected by OJ L 36, 8.2.2007, p. 6).
   
      (3)  OJ L 367, 22.12.2006, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      
                  No
               
               
                  09
               
            
                  Member State
               
               
                  Germany
               
            
                  Stock
               
               
                  HER/3D-R31
               
            
                  Species
               
               
                  Herring (Clupea harengus)
               
            
                  Zone
               
               
                  Baltic Sea — Subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32
               
            
                  Date
               
               
                  20 April 2007