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Document 32016R2138

    Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2138 of 2 December 2016 establishing a prohibition of fishing for undulate ray in Union waters of IX by vessels flying the flag of Portugal

    C/2016/8272

    IO L 332, 7.12.2016, p. 7–8 (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    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/2016

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/2138/oj

    7.12.2016   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 332/7


    COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2016/2138

    of 2 December 2016

    establishing a prohibition of fishing for undulate ray in Union waters of IX by vessels flying the flag of Portugal

    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) 2016/72 (2), lays down quotas for 2016.

    (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 2016.

    (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 2016 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, 2 December 2016.

    For the Commission,

    On behalf of the President,

    João AGUIAR MACHADO

    Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries


    (1)   OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

    (2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 of 22 January 2016 fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/104 (OJ L 22, 28.1.2016, p. 1).


    ANNEX

    No

    34/TQ72

    Member State

    Portugal

    Stock

    RJU/9-C.

    Species

    Undulate ray (Raja undulata)

    Zone

    Union waters of IX

    Closing date

    22.10.2016


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