Commission Regulation (EC) No 2103/2004 of 9 December 2004 concerning the transmission of data on certain fisheries in the western waters and the Baltic Sea

10.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 365/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2103/2004
of 9 December 2004
concerning the transmission of data on certain fisheries in the western waters and the Baltic Sea
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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 22(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The maximum levels of annual fishing effort for certain fishing areas and fisheries are fixed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1415/2004 of 19 July 2004 (2), as provided for by Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November 2003 (3) on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources and modifying Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 685/95 and (EC) No 2027/95.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2092/98 of 30 September 1998 (4) concerning the declaration of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources is no longer in line with Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and 1415/2004 as regards the western waters. It is therefore necessary to redefine the obligations relating to the fishing effort declarations for the western waters.
(3) The existing obligations for the fishing effort declarations for the Baltic Sea, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2092/98, should remain in force.
(4) By reason of the number and the importance of the amendments to be made and with regard to coherence between the new obligations for the western waters and the existing obligations for the Baltic Sea, Regulation (EC) No 2092/98 should be repealed.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,