Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1373/2011
of 21 December 2011
excluding ICES Subdivisions 27 and 28.2 from certain fishing effort limitations for 2012, pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 establishing a multiannual plan for the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union,
Whereas:
Provisions for setting fishing effort limitations for the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea are set out in Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007.
According to Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 the Commission may exclude Subdivisions 27 and 28.2 from the scope of certain fishing effort limitations when the catches of cod were below a certain threshold in the last reporting period.
Taking into account the reports submitted by Member States and the advice from the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, subdivisions 27 and 28.2 should be excluded in 2012 from the scope of those fishing effort limitations.
Regulation (EU) No 1256/2011 will apply from 1 January 2012. In order to ensure coherence with that Regulation, this Regulation should also apply from 1 January 2012.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: