CELEX: 32007R1148
Language: en
Date: 2007-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/2007 of 2 October 2007 prohibiting fishing for alfonsinos in ICES areas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries) by vessels flying the Spanish flag

3.10.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 257/11
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1148/2007
   of 2 October 2007
   prohibiting fishing for alfonsinos in ICES areas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries) by vessels flying the Spanish flag
   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 the common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Council Regulation (EC) No 2015/2006 of 19 December 2006 fixing for 2007 and 2008 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (3) lays down quotas for 2007 and 2008.
            
         
               (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 for 2007 to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date stated 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 stated in that Annex. After that date it shall also be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels.
   Article 3
   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, 2 October 2007.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Fokion FOTIADIS
         
         
            Director-General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
         
      
   
   
      (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 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11), as corrected by OJ L 36, 8.2.2007, p. 6.
   
      (3)  OJ L 15, 20.1.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 898/2007 (OJ L 196, 28.7.2007, p. 22).
   
      ANNEX
      
                  No
               
               
                  38
               
            
                  Member State
               
               
                  Spain
               
            
                  Stock
               
               
                  ALF/1X14-
               
            
                  Species
               
               
                  Alfonsinos (Beryx spp.)
               
            
                  Area
               
               
                  Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of I, II, III, IV,V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV
               
            
                  Date
               
               
                  10.8.2007