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Document 32017R0641

Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/641 of 3 April 2017 establishing a temporary prohibition of fishing for red seabream in Union and international waters of VI, VII and VIII by vessels flying the flag of France

C/2017/2304

OJ L 92, 6.4.2017, p. 3–4 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/2017

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/641/oj

6.4.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 92/3


COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2017/641

of 3 April 2017

establishing a temporary prohibition of fishing for red seabream in Union and international waters of VI, VII and VIII by vessels flying the flag of France

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 (2) lays down quotas for 2017.

(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 2017.

(3)

It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2017 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.

Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities 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 set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.

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, 3 April 2017.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

João AGUIAR MACHADO

Director-General

Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries


(1)   OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 of 12 December 2016 fixing for 2017 and 2018 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks and amending Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 32).


ANNEX

No

04/TQ2285

Member State

France

Stock

SBR/678-

Species

Red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo)

Zone

Union and international waters of VI, VII and VIII

Closing date

16.2.2017


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