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6.8.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
203/7
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 783/2011
of 5 August 2011
amending Regulation (EU) No 724/2010 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of real-
time closures of certain fisheries in the North Sea and Skagerrak
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(5) The
Committee
for
Fisheries
and
Aquaculture
has
delivered no opinion on the measures provided for in
this Regulation,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of
20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system
Article 1
for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries
Regulation (EU) No 724/2010 is amended as follows:
policy, amending Regulations (EC) No
847/96, (EC)
No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC)
No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC)
(1) Article 4 is replaced by the following:
No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC)
No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations
(EEC) No
2847/93, (EC) No
1627/94 and (EC)
No 1966/2006 (
‘Article 4

1 ), and in particular Article 51(3) thereof,
Catch trigger level
1. The
catch
level
which
shall
trigger
real-time
closures
Whereas:
of fisheries, as referred to in Article 51 of Regulation (EC)
No 1224/2009, shall be 10 % by weight of juveniles as
compared to the total of the four species referred to in
(1) Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EU)
Article 2, in a haul.
No 724/2010 ( 2 ) provides for a catch trigger level of
15 % by weight of juveniles of cod, haddock, saithe
and whiting or, if the quantity of cod in the sample
2. However,
if
the
quantity
of
cod
in
the
sample
exceeds
exceeds 75 % as compared to the four species in a
75 % as compared to the total of the four species in a haul,
haul, for a catch trigger level of 10 % by weight of
the catch trigger level shall be 7,5 % by weight of juveniles
juveniles of those species.
as compared to the total of the four species in a haul.’;
(2) In
accordance
with
Annex
I
to
Regulation
(EU) (2) in Annex I, point 3 is replaced by the following:
No 724/2010 a sample is to be taken when it is
estimated that at least 300 kg of cod, haddock, saithe
and whiting are present in one haul.
‘3. A sample shall be taken when it is estimated that at least
200 kg of any combination of cod, haddock, saithe or
whiting are present in one haul.
(3) As
stated
at
the
Fisheries
Consultations
for
2011
held
on
4 December 2010 between the Union and Norway, it is
appropriate for the Union to amend the main parameters
(a) The minimum size of the sample shall be 200 kg of
of the real-time closure system in the North Sea and
any combination of cod, haddock, saithe or whiting.
Skagerrak, i.e. the catch trigger level and the minimum
estimated quantity of fish concerned in one haul, in order
to render that system more effective.
(b) The sample must be taken in such a way that it
reflects the catch composition with respect to the
four species.
(4) Regulation
(EU)
No
724/2010
should
therefore
be
amended accordingly.
(c) When appropriate due to the size of the catch the
( 1 ) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
sample shall be taken in the beginning, the middle
( 2 ) OJ L 213, 13.8.2010, p. 1.
and the end of the catch.’

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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 5 August 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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