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Document 32011R0476

    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

    OJ L 131, 18.5.2011, p. 12–13 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2011/476/oj

    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.


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