CELEX: 32007R1274
Language: en
Date: 2007-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1274/2007 of 29 October 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004 laying down detailed implementing rules for Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions

30.10.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 284/6
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1274/2007
   of 29 October 2007
   amending Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004 laying down detailed implementing rules for Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions
   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 11(5) thereof,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 of 30 March 2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions (2), and in particular Article 1(2) and Article 4(3) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               The statement on outermost regions made jointly by the Council and the Commission during the Fisheries Council of 27 July 2006 (3) stresses the need for appropriate measures ensuring the sustainable development of the fisheries sector in those regions. Such measures are to take account of the specificities of fishing activities in the relevant areas. Furthermore, they are to be adopted in the light of the ongoing study on this topic and in the light of the assessment, by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF), of the state of fisheries resources in outermost regions.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Following that statement, France and Portugal have adopted development plans for Guadaloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion and the Azores. An assessment of the effects of those plans on fisheries resources has been delivered by STECF during its plenary meeting of April 2007.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               At the same time complementary information has been submitted to the Commission on proposed regularisations relating to an important number of vessels, which carried out fishing activities before 31 December 2006 and remained active in outermost regions without having been entered in the Community Fleet Register. Such regularisations are to be considered as an extension to the development plans.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The development plans contribute to the sustainable development of the fisheries sector in outermost regions. In this context the reference levels for some of the fleets registered in outermost regions should be reviewed. Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004 (4) should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 29 October 2007.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Joe BORG
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 865/2007 (OJ L 192, 24.7.2007, p. 1).
   
      (2)  OJ L 102, 7.4.2004, p. 9. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1646/2006 (OJ L 309, 9.11.2006, p. 1).
   
      (3)  Council Document No 11823/06 ADD 1, 20 July 2006.
   
      (4)  OJ L 365, 10.12.2004, p. 19. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1570/2005 (OJ L 252, 28.9.2005, p. 6).
   
      ANNEX
      
         
            ‘ANNEX
            Specific reference levels for fishing fleets registered in the outermost regions of Spain, France and Portugal
            
               Spain
            
            
                        Fleet segment
                     
                     
                        Segment code
                     
                     
                        GT
                     
                     
                        kW
                     
                  
                        Canary Islands. Length < 12 m. EU waters
                     
                     
                        CA1
                     
                     
                        2 878
                     
                     
                        23 202
                     
                  
                        Canary Islands. Length ≥ 12 m. EU waters
                     
                     
                        CA2
                     
                     
                        4 779
                     
                     
                        16 055
                     
                  
                        Canary Islands. Length ≥ 12 m. International and third country waters
                     
                     
                        CA3
                     
                     
                        51 167
                     
                     
                        90 680
                     
                  
                        Total
                     
                     
                         
                     
                     
                        58 824
                     
                     
                        129 937
                     
                  
               
            
               France
            
            
                        Fleet segment
                     
                     
                        Segment code
                     
                     
                        GT
                     
                     
                        kW
                     
                  
                        Réunion. Demersal and pelagic species. Length < 12 m
                     
                     
                        4FC
                     
                     
                        1 050
                     
                     
                        19 320
                     
                  
                        Réunion. Pelagic species. Length ≥ 12 m
                     
                     
                        4FD
                     
                     
                        10 002
                     
                     
                        31 465
                     
                  
                        French Guiana. Demersal and pelagic species. Length < 12 m
                     
                     
                        4FF
                     
                     
                        475
                     
                     
                        6 260
                     
                  
                        French Guiana. Shrimp vessels.
                     
                     
                        4FG
                     
                     
                        7 560
                     
                     
                        19 726
                     
                  
                        French Guiana. Pelagic species. Offshore vessels.
                     
                     
                        4FH
                     
                     
                        3 500
                     
                     
                        5 000
                     
                  
                        Martinique. Demersal and pelagic species. Length < 12 m
                     
                     
                        4FJ
                     
                     
                        5 409
                     
                     
                        142 116
                     
                  
                        Martinique. Pelagic species. Length ≥ 12 m
                     
                     
                        4FK
                     
                     
                        1 000
                     
                     
                        3 000
                     
                  
                        Guadeloupe. Demersal and pelagic species. Length < 12 m
                     
                     
                        4FL
                     
                     
                        6 188
                     
                     
                        167 765
                     
                  
                        Guadeloupe. Pelagic species. Length ≥ 12 m
                     
                     
                        4FM
                     
                     
                        500
                     
                     
                        1 750
                     
                  
                        Total
                     
                     
                         
                     
                     
                        35 684
                     
                     
                        396 402
                     
                  
               
            
               Portugal
            
            
                        Fleet segment
                     
                     
                        Segment code
                     
                     
                        GT
                     
                     
                        kW
                     
                  
                        Madeira. Demersal species. Length < 12 m
                     
                     
                        4K6
                     
                     
                        680
                     
                     
                        4 574
                     
                  
                        Madeira. Demersal and pelagic species. Length ≥ 12 m
                     
                     
                        4K7
                     
                     
                        5 354
                     
                     
                        17 414
                     
                  
                        Madeira. Pelagic species. Seine. Length ≥ 12 m
                     
                     
                        4K8
                     
                     
                        253
                     
                     
                        1 170
                     
                  
                        Azores. Demersal species. Length < 12 m
                     
                     
                        4K9
                     
                     
                        2 721
                     
                     
                        30 910
                     
                  
                        Azores. Demersal and pelagic species. Length ≥ 12 m
                     
                     
                        4KA
                     
                     
                        14 246
                     
                     
                        29 845
                     
                  
                        Total
                     
                     
                         
                     
                     
                        23 254
                     
                     
                        83 913’