CELEX: 32011R0476
Language: en
Date: 2011-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 476/2011 of 17 May 2011 amending Council Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 as regards catch limits for the fisheries on sandeel in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV

18.5.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 131/12
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 476/2011
   of 17 May 2011
   amending Council Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 as regards catch limits for the fisheries on sandeel in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 of 18 January 2011 fixing for 2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters (1), and in particular Article 5(4) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Catch limits for sandeel in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV are laid down in Annex IA of Regulation (EU) 57/2011.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Pursuant to point 4 of Annex IID to Regulation (EU) No 57/2011, the Commission is to revise the total allowable catches (TAC) and quotas for 2011 for sandeel in those zones based on advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF).
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               ICES delivered its advice on 21 February 2011 for each of the seven management areas defined in Annex IID of Regulation 57/2011. The ICES advice was reviewed by the STECF, which delivered its conclusions to the Commission on 24 February 2011. In accordance with that advice, the catch limit for management area 1 should be increased to 320 000 tonnes and the catch limit for management area 2 decreased to 34 000 tonnes. The STECF also considered it appropriate to establish catch limits of 10 000 tonnes and 420 tonnes respectively in management areas 4 and 6
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The STECF considered that the catch limits for management areas 3 and 7 should be zero. However in supplementary advice delivered on 17 March 2011, the STECF considered that a catch limit of 10 000 tonnes could be allowed in management area 3 in order to conduct a monitoring fishery in that area.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Annex IA to Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 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 IA to Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   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, 17 May 2011.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         
            The President
         
         José Manuel BARROSO
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 24, 27.1.2011, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      Annex IA to Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 is amended as follows:
      The entry concerning the species sandeel in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV is replaced by the following:
      
                  
                              Species
                           
                           
                              :
                           
                           
                              Sandeel and associated by-catches
                              
                                 Ammodytes spp.
                           
                        
               
                  
                              Zone
                           
                           
                              :
                           
                           
                              EU waters of IIa, IIIa and IV (1)
                              
                              (SAN/2A3A4.)
                           
                        
            
                  Denmark
               
               
                  331 731 (2)
                  
               
               
                  Analytical TAC
               
            
                  United Kingdom
               
               
                  7 251 (2)
                  
               
            
                  Germany
               
               
                  507 (2)
                  
               
            
                  Sweden
               
               
                  12 181 (2)
                  
               
            
                  Not allocated
               
               
                  2 750 (3)
                  
               
            
                  EU
               
               
                  351 670 (2)
                      (4)
                  
               
            
                  Norway
               
               
                  20 000
               
            
                  TAC
               
               
                  374 420
               
            
                  
                     Special conditions:
                  
                  Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following sandeel management areas, as defined in Annex IID:
                  
                              
                                          Zone
                                       
                                       
                                          :
                                       
                                       
                                          EU waters of sandeel management areas
                                       
                                    
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              1
                           
                           
                              2
                           
                           
                              3
                           
                           
                              4
                           
                           
                              5
                           
                           
                              6
                           
                           
                              7
                           
                        
                               
                           
                           
                              (SAN/*234_1)
                           
                           
                              (SAN/*234_2)
                           
                           
                              (SAN/*234_3)
                           
                           
                              (SAN/*234_4)
                           
                           
                              (SAN/*234_5)
                           
                           
                              (SAN/*234_6)
                           
                           
                              (SAN/*234_7)
                           
                        
                              Denmark
                           
                           
                              284 068
                           
                           
                              28 022
                           
                           
                              9 434
                           
                           
                              9 434
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                           
                              395
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                        
                              United Kingdom
                           
                           
                              6 209
                           
                           
                              613
                           
                           
                              206
                           
                           
                              206
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                           
                              9
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                        
                              Germany
                           
                           
                              435
                           
                           
                              43
                           
                           
                              14
                           
                           
                              14
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                           
                              1
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                        
                              Sweden
                           
                           
                              10 431
                           
                           
                              1 029
                           
                           
                              346
                           
                           
                              346
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                           
                              15
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                        
                              EU
                           
                           
                              301 143
                           
                           
                              29 707
                           
                           
                              10 000
                           
                           
                              10 000
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                           
                              420
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                        
                              Norway
                           
                           
                              16 626
                           
                           
                              3 774
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                        
                              Not allocated
                           
                           
                              2 231
                           
                           
                              519
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                        
                              Total
                           
                           
                              320 000
                           
                           
                              34 000
                           
                           
                              10 000
                           
                           
                              10 000
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                           
                              420
                           
                           
                              0
                           
                        
            
         (1)  Excluding waters within six miles of UK baselines at Shetland, Fair Isle and Foula.
      
         (2)  Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2) of this Regulation.
      
         (3)  Unallocated quota in accordance with Article 1(3) of this Regulation
      
         (4)  At least 98 % of landed quantities counted against the TAC must be of sandeel. By-catches of dab, mackerel and whiting to be counted against the remaining 2 % of the TAC.
      
         Special conditions:
      
      Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following sandeel management areas, as defined in Annex IID:
      
                  
                              Zone
                           
                           
                              :
                           
                           
                              EU waters of sandeel management areas
                           
                        
            
                   
               
               
                  1
               
               
                  2
               
               
                  3
               
               
                  4
               
               
                  5
               
               
                  6
               
               
                  7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  (SAN/*234_1)
               
               
                  (SAN/*234_2)
               
               
                  (SAN/*234_3)
               
               
                  (SAN/*234_4)
               
               
                  (SAN/*234_5)
               
               
                  (SAN/*234_6)
               
               
                  (SAN/*234_7)
               
            
                  Denmark
               
               
                  284 068
               
               
                  28 022
               
               
                  9 434
               
               
                  9 434
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  395
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  United Kingdom
               
               
                  6 209
               
               
                  613
               
               
                  206
               
               
                  206
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  9
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Germany
               
               
                  435
               
               
                  43
               
               
                  14
               
               
                  14
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  1
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Sweden
               
               
                  10 431
               
               
                  1 029
               
               
                  346
               
               
                  346
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  15
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  EU
               
               
                  301 143
               
               
                  29 707
               
               
                  10 000
               
               
                  10 000
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  420
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Norway
               
               
                  16 626
               
               
                  3 774
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Not allocated
               
               
                  2 231
               
               
                  519
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                  320 000
               
               
                  34 000
               
               
                  10 000
               
               
                  10 000
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  420
               
               
                  0