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Document 32006R1642

    Commission Regulation (EC) No 1642/2006 of 7 November 2006 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 as regards the catch limits for the stock of sprat in ICES zones IIa (EC waters) and IV (EC waters)

    IO L 308, 8.11.2006, p. 5–6 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
    IO L 314M, 1.12.2007, p. 329–330 (MT)

    ⏵Foilsíodh an doiciméad seo in eagrán speisialta (BG, RO)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1642/oj

    8.11.2006   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 308/5

    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1642/2006

    of 7 November 2006

    amending Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 as regards the catch limits for the stock of sprat in ICES zones IIa (EC waters) and IV (EC waters)

    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

    Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (1), and in particular Article 5(7) thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    Preliminary catch limits for sprat in ICES zones IIa (EC waters) and IV (EC waters) are laid down in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006.

    (2)

    Pursuant to Article 5(7) of that Regulation, the Commission may revise the catch limits in the light of scientific information collected during the first half of 2006.

    (3)

    In the light of the scientific information collected during the first half of 2006, the catch limits for sprat in the zones concerned should be reduced.

    (4)

    Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.

    (5)

    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 (EC) No 51/2006 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

    Article 2

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 7 November 2006.

    For the Commission

    Joe BORG

    Member of the Commission

    (1)   OJ L 16, 20.1.2006, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1591/2006 (OJ L 296, 26.10.2006, p. 1).

    ANNEX

    Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 is amended as follows:

    The entry concerning the stock of sprat in zones IIa (EC waters) and IV (EC waters) is replaced by the following:

    ‘Species

    :

    Sprat

    Sprattus sprattus

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

    SPR/2AC4-C

    Belgium

    1 787

    Precautionary TAC.

    Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

    Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

    Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

    Denmark

    141 464

    Germany

    1 787

    France

    1 787

    Netherlands

    1 787

    Sweden

    1 330  (1)

    United Kingdom

    5 898

    EC

    155 840

    Norway

    10 000  (2)

    Faeroe Islands

    9 160  (3)

    TAC

    175 000

    (1)  Including sand eel.

    (2)  May only be fished in Subarea IV (EC waters).

    (3)  This quantity may be fished in IV and VIa north of 56° 30′ N. The quota includes a maximum by-catch of 1 832 tonnes of herring. If this by-catch quota is exhausted then fisheries by the Faeroe Islands using nets with mesh sizes less than 32 mm is prohibited in Community waters. Any by-catch of blue whiting shall be counted against the blue whiting quota established for fishing areas VIa, VIb and VII.’

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