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Official Journal of the European Union
22.5.2012
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 21 May 2012
amending Decision 2008/620/EC establishing a specific control and inspection programme related to
the cod stocks in the Kattegat, the North Sea, the Skagerrak, the eastern Channel, the waters west
of Scotland and the Irish Sea
(2012/264/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
the cod stocks, the specific control and inspection
programme should be extended for a period of one year.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(4) Decision
2008/620/EC
should
therefore
be
amended
accordingly.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of
20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system
(5) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
have
been
for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries
established in concert with the Member States concerned.
policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC)
No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC)
(6) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC)
accordance with the opinion of the Committee for
No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC)
Fisheries and Aquaculture,
No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations
(EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No
1966/2006 (
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

1 ), and in particular Article 95 thereof,
Whereas:
Article 1

In Article 2 of Decision 2008/620/EC, the introductory phrase
(1) Commission
Decision
2008/620/EC
( 2 ) established a
is replaced by the following:
specific control and inspection programme applicable
for a period of four years to ensure the harmonised
‘The specific control and inspection programme referred to in
implementation of the measures laid down by Council
Article 1 shall apply for five years and shall cover:’
Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 ( 3 ) for the recovery of cod
stocks in the Kattegat, the North Sea, the Skagerrak, the
Article 2
eastern Channel, the waters west of Scotland and the
Irish Sea.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(2) The
specific
control
and
inspection
programme
is
necessary for the organisation of operational cooperation
between Member States concerned and to allow the
Community Fisheries Control Agency to organise joint
Done at Brussels, 21 May 2012.
deployment plans in accordance with Article 9 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 ( 4 ).
For the Commission
(3) In
order
to
ensure
the
continued
harmonised
implemen
The President
tation of the measures established for the recovery of
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 198, 26.7.2008, p. 66.
( 3 ) OJ L 70, 9.3.2004, p. 8.
( 4 ) OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p. 1.

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