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Document 32013R0044

    Commission Regulation (EU) No 44/2013 of 17 January 2013 establishing a prohibition of fishing for Sprat and associated catches in EU waters of subdivisions 22-32 by vessels flying the flag of Germany

    OJ L 18, 22.1.2013, p. 7–8 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, 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    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/2012

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/44/oj

    22.1.2013   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 18/7


    COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 44/2013

    of 17 January 2013

    establishing a prohibition of fishing for Sprat and associated catches in EU waters of subdivisions 22-32 by vessels flying the flag of Germany

    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 Community 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) No 1256/2011 of 30 November 2011 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) No 1124/2010 (2), lays down quotas for 2012.

    (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 2012.

    (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 2012 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, 17 January 2013.

    For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

    Lowri EVANS

    Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries


    (1)   OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

    (2)   OJ L 320, 3.12.2011, p. 3.


    ANNEX

    No

    86/Baltic

    Member State

    Germany

    Stock

    SPR/3BCD-C

    Species

    Sprat and associated catches (sprattus sprattus)

    Zone

    EU waters of subdivisions 22-32

    Date

    20.12.2012


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