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Document 02007R1579-20081217

    Consolidated text: Council Regulation (EC) No 1579/2007 of 20 December 2007 fixing the fishing opportunities and the conditions relating thereto for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Black Sea for 2008

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    COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1579/2007

    of 20 December 2007

    fixing the fishing opportunities and the conditions relating thereto for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Black Sea for 2008

    (OJ L 346 29.12.2007, p. 1)

    Amended by:

     

     

    Official Journal

      No

    page

    date

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    COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1257/2008 of 4 December 2008

      L 338

    1

    17.12.2008



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    COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1579/2007

    of 20 December 2007

    fixing the fishing opportunities and the conditions relating thereto for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Black Sea for 2008



    CHAPTER I

    SUBJECT, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

    Article 1

    Subject matter

    This Regulation fixes fishing opportunities for 2008 for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Black Sea and the specific conditions under which such fishing opportunities may be used.

    Article 2

    Scope

    1.  
    This Regulation shall apply to Community fishing vessels (Community vessels) operating in the Black Sea.
    2.  
    By way of derogation from paragraph 1, this Regulation shall not apply to fishing operations conducted solely for the purpose of scientific investigations which are carried out with the permission and under the authority of the Member State concerned and of which the Commission and the Member State in the waters of which the research is carried out have been informed in advance.

    Article 3

    Definitions

    In addition to the definitions laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, for the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

    (a) 

    ‘GFCM’ shall mean General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean;

    (b) 

    ‘Black Sea’ shall mean the GFCM geographical sub-area as defined in Resolution GFCM/31/2007/2;

    (c) 

    ‘total allowable catch (TAC)’ shall mean the quantity that can be taken from each stock each year;

    (d) 

    ‘quota’ shall mean a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Community, a Member State or a third country.

    CHAPTER II

    FISHING OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CONDITIONS RELATING THERETO

    Article 4

    Catch limits and allocations

    The catch limits, the allocation of such limits among Member States, and the additional conditions applicable pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

    Article 5

    Special provisions on allocations

    The allocation of catch limits among Member States as set out in Annex I shall be without prejudice to:

    (a) 

    exchanges made pursuant to Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

    (b) 

    reallocations made pursuant to Articles 21(4), 23(1) and 32(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and the second subparagraph of Article 23(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

    (c) 

    additional landings allowed under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;

    (d) 

    deductions made pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and the first subparagraph of Article 23(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

    Article 6

    Conditions for catches and by-catches

    1.  
    Fish from stocks for which catch limits are fixed shall be retained on board or landed only if the catches have been taken by fishing vessels of a Member State with a quota and that quota has not been exhausted.
    2.  
    All landings shall count against the quota or, if the Community share has not been allocated among Member States by quotas, against the Community share.

    Article 7

    Transitional technical measures

    The transitional technical measures shall be as set out in Annex II.

    CHAPTER III

    FINAL PROVISIONS

    Article 8

    Data transmission

    When Member States send data to the Commission relating to landings of quantities of stocks caught pursuant to Article 15(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, they shall use the stock codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

    Article 9

    Entry into force

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    It shall apply from 1 January 2008.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.



    ANNEX I

    Catch limits and the conditions relating thereto for year-to-year management of catch limits applicable to Community vessels in areas where catch limits have been fixed by species and by area

    The following tables set out the TACs and quotas (in tonnes live weight, except where otherwise specified) by stock, the allocation to the Member States and associated conditions for year-to-year management of the quotas.

    Within each area, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. For the purposes of these tables the codes used for the different species are as follows:



    Scientific name

    Alpha-3 code

    Common name

    Psetta maxima

    TUR

    Turbot

    Sprattus sprattus

    SPR

    Sprat



    Species:

    Turbot

    Psetta maxima

    Zone: Black Sea

    Bulgaria

    50

    Precautionary TAC
    ►M1  Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies ◄ .
    Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
    Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

    Romania

    50

    EC

    100

    TAC

    Not relevant



    Species:

    Sprat

    Sprattus sprattus

    Zone: Black Sea

    EC

    15 000  (1)

    Precautionary TAC
    Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.
    Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
    Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

    TAC

    Not relevant
    (1)   

    May be fished only by vessels flying the flag of Bulgaria or Romania.



    ANNEX II

    TRANSITIONAL TECHNICAL MEASURES

    1. No fishing activity for turbot shall be permitted from 15 April to 15 June in European Community waters of the Black Sea.

    2. In a Member State where the minimum legal mesh size for nets used to catch turbot was less than 200 mm before the entry into force of this Regulation, nets with a minimum mesh size of no less than 180 mm may be used to catch turbot.

    3. The minimum landing size for turbot shall be 45 cm total length, measured in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98.


    ( 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 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3.

    ( 3 )  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. 9).

    ( 4 )  OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 (OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 5).

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