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28.4.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
116/17
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 368/2012
of 27 April 2012
amending Council Regulation (EU) No 44/2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available in
EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish
stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreement
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(4) ICES
further
recommended
that
catches
of
up
to
5
000
tonnes should be permitted in each of the Management
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Areas 2, 3 and 4 in order to allow the monitoring of the
Union,
stock in those areas, that the catches in Management
Area 6 should not be allowed to increase beyond the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 44/2012 of
420 tonnes that was fixed for 2011 and that there
17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities
should be zero catches allowed in Management Areas 5
available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU
and 7.
waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which
are subject to international negotiations or agreement ( 1 ), and in
particular Article 5(4) thereof,
(5) Annex
IA
to
Regulation
(EU)
No
44/2012
should
therefore be amended accordingly.
Whereas:
(6) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
(1) Catch
limits
for
sandeel
in
EU
waters
of
ICES
zones
IIa,
accordance with the opinion of the Committee for
IIIa and IV are laid down in Annex IA of Regulation (EU)
Fisheries and Aquaculture,
No 44/2012.
(2)
Pursuant to point 4 of Annex IIB to Regulation (EU) No
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
44/2012, the Commission is to revise the total allowable
catches (TAC) and quotas for 2012 for sandeel in those
zones based on scientific advice provided for each of the
Article 1
seven management areas defined in that Annex.
Annex IA to Regulation (EU) No 44/2012 is amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
(3) The
International
Council
for
the
Exploration
of
the
Sea
(ICES) delivered its advice on sandeel on 1 March 2012,
which indicated that catches in Management Area 1
Article 2
should be limited to 23 000 tonnes compared to the
preliminary figure of 200 000 tonnes for that area
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
fixed in Regulation (EU) No 44/2012.
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, 27 April 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 25, 27.1.2012, p. 55.

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Official Journal of the European Union
28.4.2012
ANNEX
In Annex IA to Regulation (EU) No 44/2012 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 17
376
( 2 )
United Kingdom 380
( 2 )
Germany 26
( 2 )
Sweden 638
( 2 )
EU 18
420
( 2 )
Norway 20
000
TAC
Analytical TAC
38
420

______________
( 1 ) Excluding waters within six miles of UK baselines at Shetland, Fair Isle and Foula.
( 2 ) At least 98 % of landings 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 IIB:
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 2
830 4
717 4
717 4
717
0 395
0
United
62 103 103 103
0
9
0
Kingdom
Germany
4
7
7
7
0
1
0
Sweden 104 173 173 173
0 15
0
EU 3
000 5
000 5
000 5
000
0 420
0
Norway 20
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total 23
000 5
000 5
000 5
000
0 420 0’

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