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14.7.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
186/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 636/2012
of 13 July 2012
extending for six months the application of Regulation (EU) No 161/2012 on emergency measures
for the protection of haddock stocks in waters to the west of Scotland
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
nullified. Since the relevant fisheries are indeed still
ongoing, the lapse of the emergency measures would
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
re-introduce the catch composition requirements,
Union,
entailing increased discarding and thus considerable
increase in fishing pressure on haddock and other
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 (
stocks as fishermen seek to legitimately land their quotas.

1 ),
and in particular Article 7 thereof,
(4) Measures
on
permanent
protection
of
the
haddock
stocks
Whereas:
concerned by Commission Regulation (EU) No 161/2012
might not be in place before the expiry date of appli
cation of that Regulation. Meanwhile, the threats for the
(1) Evidence
of
serious
threats
to
the
conservation
of
certain
conservation of the haddock stocks persist.
stocks of haddock in waters to the west of Scotland led
the Commission to adopt Regulation (EU) No 161/2012
of 23 February 2012 on emergency measures for the
(5) It
is
therefore
appropriate
to
extend
for
six
months
the
protection of haddock stocks in waters to the west of
emergency measures provided for in Regulation (EU)
Scotland (
No 161/2012,

2 ), on the basis of the provisions laid down
Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(2) Regulation
(EC)
No
2371/2002
states
that
the
emergency
measures are to last no more than six months and that
Article 1
the Commission may take a new decision to extend them
The application of Regulation (EU) No 161/2012 shall be
for an additional period of no more than six months.
extended until 25 February 2013.
(3) The
rationale
that
underlies
the
adoption
of
the
Article 2
emergency measures in issue remains valid for the
duration of the fishery this season. Otherwise the
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
positive effects they have yielded until now could be
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, 13 July 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
( 2 ) OJ L 52, 24.2.2012, p. 6.

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