CELEX: 32008R0506
Language: en
Date: 2008-06-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 506/2008 of 6 June 2008 amending Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture

7.6.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 149/36
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 506/2008
   of 6 June 2008
   amending Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 of 11 June 2007 concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 24(1), (5) and (6) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 establishes a framework governing aquaculture practices in relation to alien and locally absent species to assess and minimise the possible impact of these and any associated non-target species on aquatic habitats.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 sets out the list of species to which certain provisions of that Regulation do not apply. Member States may request the Commission to add species to that Annex.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Before the entry into force of that Regulation, certain Member States requested the addition of certain species to Annex IV. France has proposed, in respect of its outermost regions, the addition of certain species to be included in a separate part of that Annex.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The Commission convened a group of experts on 7 November 2007 and on 30 and 31 January 2008, in order to assess the eligibility of those species to be included in Annex IV to that Regulation. A new list of species was therefore established to that end.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (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 IV to Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   Entry into force
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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, 6 June 2008.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Joe BORG
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 168, 28.6.2007, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      
         
            ‘ANNEX IV
            List of species foreseen by Article 2(5)
            PART A —   General
            
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Acipenser baeri
                            (1), Siberian sturgeon
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           A. gueldenstaeti
                            (1), Russian sturgeon
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           A. nudiventris
                            (1), Fringebarbel sturgeon
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           A. ruthenus
                            (1), Sterlet sturgeon
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           A. stellatus
                            (1), Starry sturgeon
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           A. sturio
                            (1), Atlantic sturgeon
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Aristichthys nobilis, Big head carp
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Carassius auratus, Goldfish
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Clarias gariepinus, African catfish
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Coregonus peled, Northern Whitefish
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Crassostrea gigas, Pacific cupped oyster
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Ctenopharyngodon idella, Grass carp
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Cyprinus carpio, Common carp
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Huso huso
                            (1), Beluga sturgeon
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Silver carp
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Ictalurus punctatus, Channel catfish
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Micropterus salmoides, Large-mouth bass
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Oncorhynchus mykiss, Rainbow trout
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Ruditapes philippinarum, Japanese or Manila clam
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Salvelinus alpinus, Arctic char
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Salvelinus fontinalis, Brook trout
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Salvelinus namaycush, Great lake trout
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Sander lucioperca, Pikeperch
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Silurus glanis, European catfish
                     
                  PART B —   French overseas departments
            
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Macrobrachium rosenbergii, Giant river prawn
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Oreochromis mossambicus, Mozambique tilapia
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           O. niloticus, Nile tilapia
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        
                           Sciaenops ocellatus, Red drum
                     
                  
      
      
         (1)  Hybrids of sturgeon species.ș