Legal provisions of COM(2006)461 - Amendment of Regulations (EC) No 51/2006 and (EC) No 2270/2004, as regards fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks

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dossier COM(2006)461 - Amendment of Regulations (EC) No 51/2006 and (EC) No 2270/2004, as regards fishing opportunities and associated conditions ...
document COM(2006)461 EN
date November 20, 2006


Article 1

Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006

Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 is hereby amended as follows:

(1)the following paragraph shall be added to Article 5:

‘8.   It shall be prohibited for Community vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship and to land the following species in all Community and non-Community waters:

—Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus),

—White shark (Carcharodon carcharias).’;

(2)in Article 7(1) the second indent shall be replaced by the following:

‘—Annex IIB shall apply for the management of hake and nephrops in ICES Divisions VIIIc and IXa with the exception of Gulf of Cadiz.’;

(3)in Article 7(1) the fourth indent shall be replaced by the following:

‘—Annex IID shall apply for the management of sandeel stocks in ICES Divisions IIa (EC waters), IIIa and Subarea IV’;

(4)in Article 10, the following subparagraph shall be added:

‘Fishing by Community vessels in waters under the jurisdiction of Iceland shall be limited to the area defined by straight lines sequentially connecting the following coordinates:

South Western Area

1.63° 12' N and 23° 05' W through 62° 00' N and 26° 00' W,

2.62° 58' N and 22° 25' W,

3.63° 06' N and 21° 30' W,

4.63° 03' N and 21° 00' W from there 180° 00' S;

South Eastern Area

1.63° 14' N and 10° 40' W,

2.63° 14' N and 11° 23' W,

3.63° 35' N and 12° 21' W,

4.64° 00' N and 12° 30' W,

5.63° 53' N and 13° 30' W,

6.63° 36' N and 14° 30' W,

7.63° 10' N and 17° 00' W from there 180° 00' S.’;

(5)Article 13 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 13

Authorisation

1. Fishing vessels flying the flag of Barbados, Guyana, Japan, South Korea, Norway, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago or Venezuela and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands shall be authorised to make catches in Community waters, within the catch limits set out in Annex I and subject to the conditions provided for in Articles 14, 15 and 16 and 19 to 25.

2. It shall be prohibited for third-country fishing vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship and to land the following species in all Community waters:

—Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus),

—White shark (Carcharodon carcharias).’;

(6)Annexes IA, IB, IIA, IIB, IIC and IV shall be amended in accordance with the text appearing in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 2270/2004

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2270/2004 shall be amended in accordance with the text appearing in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

Entry into force

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.