Article 1
Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1038/2008 of 22 October 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 as regards the catch limits for the stock of sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1038/2008 of 22 October 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 as regards the catch limits for the stock of sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX In Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008, the entry concerning the stock of sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV is replaced by the following: ‘Species : Sprat Sprattus sprattus Zone : EC waters of IIa and IV SPR/2AC4-C Belgium 1 729 Denmark 136 826 Germany 1 729 France 1 729 The Netherlands 1 729 Sweden 1 330 ( 1 ) United Kingdom 5 705 EC 150 777 Norway 10 063 ( 2 ) Faeroe Islands 9 160 ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) TAC 170 000 Precautionary TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies. ( 1 ) Including sand eel. ( 2 ) May only be fished in EC waters of ICES zone IV. ( 3 ) This quantity may be fished in ICES zone IV and zone VIa North of 56°30′N. Any by-catch of blue whiting shall be counted against the blue whiting quota established for ICES zones VIa, VIb and VII. ( 4 ) 1 832 tonnes can be caught as herring in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes less than 32 mm. If the quota of 1 832 tonnes of herring is exhausted then all fisheries using nets with mesh sizes less than 32 mm is prohibited. ( 5 ) Catches taken in the monitoring fisheries, corresponding to 2 % of the effort deployed by Member States and up to a maximum of 2 500 tonnes can be caught as sand eel.’
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