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Official Journal of the European Union
18.5.2011
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 476/2011
of 17 May 2011
amending Council Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 as regards catch limits for the fisheries on sandeel in
EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
should be increased to 320 000 tonnes and the catch
limit for management area 2 decreased to 34 000
tonnes. The STECF also considered it appropriate to
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
establish catch limits of 10 000 tonnes and 420 tonnes
Union,
respectively in management areas 4 and 6
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 of
18 January 2011 fixing for 2011 the fishing opportunities for
(4) The
STECF
considered
that
the
catch
limits
for
certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU
management areas 3 and 7 should be zero. However
waters and, for EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters (
in supplementary advice delivered on 17 March 2011,

1 ), and in
particular Article 5(4) thereof,
the STECF considered that a catch limit of 10 000 tonnes
could be allowed in management area 3 in order to
conduct a monitoring fishery in that area.
Whereas:
(5) Annex
IA
to
Regulation
(EU)
No
57/2011
should
(1) Catch
limits
for
sandeel
in
EU
waters
of
ICES
zones
IIa,
therefore be amended accordingly.
IIIa and IV are laid down in Annex IA of Regulation (EU)
57/2011.
(6) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee for
(2) Pursuant
to
point
4
of
Annex
IID
to
Regulation
(EU)
No
Fisheries and Aquaculture,
57/2011, the Commission is to revise the total allowable
catches (TAC) and quotas for 2011 for sandeel in those
zones based on advice from the International Council for
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the Scientific,
Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries
(STECF).
Article 1
Annex IA to Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 is amended in
(3) ICES
delivered
its
advice
on
21
February
2011
for
each accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
of the seven management areas defined in Annex IID of
Regulation 57/2011. The ICES advice was reviewed by
Article 2
the STECF, which delivered its conclusions to the
Commission on 24 February 2011. In accordance with
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
that advice, the catch limit for management area 1
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, 17 May 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 24, 27.1.2011, p. 1.

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EN
18.5.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
131/13
ANNEX
Annex IA to Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 is amended as follows:
The entry concerning the species sandeel in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV is replaced by the following:
Species: Sandeel
and
associated
by-catches
Zone: EU
waters
of
IIa,
IIIa
and
IV
( 1 )
Ammodytes spp.
(SAN/2A3A4.)
Denmark 331
731
( 2 )
United Kingdom 7
251
( 2 )
Germany 507
( 2 )
Sweden 12
181
( 2 )
Not allocated 2
750
( 3 )
EU 351
670
( 2 ) ( 4 )
Norway 20
000
TAC
Analytical TAC
374
420

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( 1 ) Excluding waters within six miles of UK baselines at Shetland, Fair Isle and Foula.
( 2 ) Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2) of this Regulation.
( 3 ) Unallocated quota in accordance with Article 1(3) of this Regulation
( 4 ) At least 98 % of landed quantities counted against the TAC must be of sandeel. By-catches of dab, mackerel and whiting to be counted
against the remaining 2 % of the TAC.
Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following
sandeel management areas, as defined in Annex IID:
Zone: EU
waters
of
sandeel
management
areas
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
(SAN/*234_1) (SAN/*234_2) (SAN/*234_3) (SAN/*234_4) (SAN/*234_5) (SAN/*234_6) (SAN/*234_7)
Denmark 284
068 28
022 9
434 9
434
0 395
0
United Kingdom 6
209 613 206 206
0
9
0
Germany 435 43 14 14
0
1
0
Sweden 10
431 1
029 346 346
0 15
0
EU 301
143 29
707 10
000 10
000
0 420
0
Norway 16
626 3
774
0
0
0
0
0
Not allocated 2
231 519
0
0
0
0
0
Total 320
000 34
000 10
000 10
000
0 420
0

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