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24.6.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
165/1
I
(Legislative acts)
REGULATIONS
REGULATION (EU) No 579/2011 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 8 June 2011
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through
technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms and Council Regulation (EC)
No 1288/2009 establishing transitional technical measures from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
(3) In order to maintain the proper conservation and
EUROPEAN UNION,
management of marine resources, and given that it can
reasonably be expected that a new legislative framework
will apply as from 1 January 2013, the technical
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
measures currently in force should continue to apply
Union, and in particular Article 43(2) thereof,
until that date.
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
(4)
Consequently, since the temporary technical measures
laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009 will cease
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national
to apply from 1 July 2011, that Regulation should be
parliaments,
amended to extend their validity until 31 December
2012.
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee ( 1 ),
(5) Fishing
quotas
for
Boarfish
(Caproidae)
were
established
for the first time under Council Regulation (EU)
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure ( 2 ),
No 57/2011 ( 5 ). It is therefore appropriate to clarify
that boarfish may be targeted using towed nets with a
mesh size range of 32 to 54 millimetres. Consequently,
Whereas:
Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EC)
No 850/98 ( 6 ) should be amended accordingly,
(1) Council
Regulation
(EC)
No
1288/2009
( 3 ) provides for
the continuation of temporary technical measures
previously covered by Annex III to Council Regulation
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(EC) No 43/2009 ( 4 ), thereby allowing those measures to
continue to apply until the adoption of permanent
measures.
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 850/98 is hereby amended as follows:
(2)
In view of the forthcoming reform of the common
fisheries policy (CFP) and its relevance for the content
and scope of new permanent technical measures, it is
appropriate to delay the adoption of such measures
(1) in Annex I, in the table, the following entry is inserted:
until a new legislative framework is in place.
( 1 ) OJ C 84, 17.3.2011, p. 47.
‘ “Boarfish (Caproidae)”, with a mesh size range of 32 to
( 2 ) Position of the European Parliament of 6 April 2011 (not yet
54 mm and a minimum percentage of target species of
published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of
90/60.’;
17 May 2011.
( 3 ) OJ L 347, 24.12.2009, p. 6.
( 4 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 of 16 January 2009 fixing for
( 5 ) Council Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 of 18 January 2011 fixing for
2009 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain
2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community
fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in certain
waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limi
non-EU waters (OJ L 24, 27.1.2011, p. 1).
tations are required (OJ L 22, 26.1.2009, p. 1).
( 6 ) OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1.

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(2) in Annex II, in the table, the following entry is inserted:
‘Member States concerned shall submit to the
Commission a preliminary report on the total
amount of catches and discards of vessels
‘ “Boarfish (Caproidae)”, with a mesh size range of 32 to
subject to the observer programme no later
54 mm and a minimum percentage of target species of
that 30 June of the year in which the
90 %.’.
programme is implemented. The final report
for the calendar year concerned shall be
submitted no later that 1 February of the year
Article 2
following that calendar year.’,
Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009 is hereby amended as follows:
— the following point (vi) is added:
(1) Article 1 is amended as follows:
‘(vi) point 6.8, second paragraph, is replaced by
(a) in paragraph 1, the words ‘30 June 2011’ are replaced
the following:
by the words ‘31 December 2012’;
“Member States concerned shall submit the
(b) paragraph 2 is amended as follows:
results of the trials and experiments to the
Commission no later than 30 September of
the year in which these are carried out.” ’;
(i) point (a) is amended as follows:
(ii) in point (e), the words ‘both in the year 2010 as
— in point (i), the words ‘point 6.8 second
well as that of 2011’ are deleted;
paragraph’ are deleted,
(iii) in point (h), the year ‘2010’ is deleted;
— in point (ii), the words ‘from 1 January 2010 to
30 June 2011’ are replaced by the words ‘from
1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012’,
(2) in Article 2, the words ‘30 June 2011’ are replaced by the
words ‘31 December 2012’.
— in point (iv), the words ‘30 June 2011’ are
replaced by the words ‘31 December 2012’,
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
— in point (v), the second subparagraph is
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
replaced by the following:
Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 8 June 2011.
For the European Parliament
For the Council
The President
The President
J. BUZEK
GYRI E.

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