{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-941/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-941/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/941",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 941/2006 of 1 June 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 51/2006, as concerns blue whiting and herring",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-941",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 shall be amended as follows:\n1.. in Annex IA, the entry concerning the species Blue whiting in zone I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIabde, XII and XIV (EC and international waters) shall be replaced by the following:\nMay be fished in EC waters in areas II, IVa, VIa north of 56° 30′ N, VIb, VII west of 12° W.\nOf which up to 500 tonnes may consist of argentine (Argentina spp.).\nCatches of blue whiting may include unavoidable catches of argentine (Argentina spp.).\nMay be fished in EC waters in areas VIa north of 56° 30′ N, VIb, VII west of 12° W.\nOf which up to 61 % may be fished in Norwegian Economic Zone or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen.\nOf which up to 2,9 % may be fished in Faeroese waters, zone Vb.’\n‘SpeciesBlue whitingMicromesistius poutassou\nZoneI, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIabde, XII and XIV (EC and international waters)WHB/1 X 14\nDenmark\n52 529\nAnalytical TAC.\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nGermany\n20 424\nSpain\n44 533\nFrance\n36 556\nIreland\n40 677\nThe Netherlands\n64 053\nPortugal\n4 137\nSweden\n12 994\nUnited Kingdom\n68 161\nEC\n344 063\nNorway\n152 442\nFaeroe Islands\n45 000\nTAC\n2 000 000\n2.. in Annex IA, the following entry shall be inserted after the above entry:\nTo be counted against Faeroe Islands’ catch limits established under the Coastal States arrangement.\nThe catch in zone IVa shall be no more than 2 500 tonnes.\nNorth of 56° 30′ N.\nWest of 12° W.’\n‘SpeciesBlue whitingMicromesistius poutassou\nZoneEC waters of II, IVa, VIa, VIb, VIIWHB/24A567\nFaeroe Islands\n10 000\nTAC\n2 000 000\n3.. in Annex IB, the entry concerning the species Herring in zone I and II (EC and international waters) shall be replaced by the following:\nMay be fished in EC waters.’\nSpecial conditions:\nWithin the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:\nII, Vb north of 62° N (Faeroese waters) (HER/2A5B-F)\nBelgium\n2\nDenmark\n2 117\nGermany\n371\nSpain\n7\nFrance\n91\nIreland\n548\nThe Netherlands\n758\nPoland\n107\nPortugal\n7\nFinland\n32\nSweden\n784\nUnited Kingdom\n1 354\n‘SpeciesHerringClupea harengus\nZoneEC waters and international waters of I and IIHER/1/2.\nBelgium\n22\nDenmark\n21 243\nGermany\n3 720\nSpain\n70\nFrance\n917\nIreland\n5 499\nThe Netherlands\n7 602\nPoland\n1 075\nPortugal\n70\nFinland\n329\nSweden\n7 872\nUnited Kingdom\n13 581\nEC\n62 000\nFaeroe Islands\n6 196\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply and Article 5(2) of that Regulation applies.\n4.. in Part A of Annex III the following point shall be added:\n‘8.5.\nBy way of derogation from points 8.3 and 8.4 vessels targeting hake may deploy gill-nets with a mesh size of 120 mm in the areas concerned at any position where the charted depth is less than 600 metres.’\n5.. Parts I and II of Annex IV shall be replaced by the following:\n‘\nPART I\nQuantitative limitations of licences and fishing permits for Community vessels fishing in third country waters\nThis allocation is valid for purse and trawl fisheries.\nTo be selected from the 11 licences for purse seine fishery for mackerel south of 62° 00′ N.\nFollowing the Agreed Record of 1999, the figures for the directed fishing for cod and haddock are included in the figures for “All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faeroese baselines”.\nThese figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.\nThese figures are included in the figures for “Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faeroese baselines”.\nApplies only to vessels flying the flag of Latvia.\nArea of fishing\nFishery\nNumber of licences\nAllocation of licences amongst Member States\nMaximum number of vessels present at any time\nNorwegian waters and fishery zone around Jan Mayen\nHerring, north of 62° 00′ N\n77\nDK: 26, DE: 5, FR: 1, IRL: 7, NL: 9, SW: 10, UK: 17\n57\nDemersal species, north of 62° 00′ N\n80\nFR: 18, PT: 9, DE: 16, ES: 20, UK: 14, IRL: 1\n50\nMackerel, south of 62° 00′ N, purse seine fishery\n11\nDE: 1, DK: 26, FR: 2, NL: 1\nnot relevant\nMackerel, south of 62° 00′ N, trawl fishery\n19\nnot relevant\nMackerel, north of 62° 00′ N, purse seine fishery\n11\nDK: 11\nnot relevant\nIndustrial species, south of 62° 00′ N\n480\nDK: 450, UK: 30\n150\nWaters of the Faeroe Islands\nAll trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faeroese baselines\n26\nBE: 0, DE: 4, FR: 4, UK: 18\n13\nDirected fishing for cod and haddock with a minimum mesh of 135 mm, restricted to the area south of 62° 28′ N and east of 6° 30′ W\n8\n4\nTrawling outside 21 miles from the Faeroese baseline. In the periods 1 March to 31 May and 1 October to 31 December, these vessels may operate in the area between 61° 20′ N and 62° 00′ N and between 12 and 21 miles from the baselines.\n70\nBE: 0, DE: 10, FR: 40, UK: 20\n26\nTrawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum mesh of 100 mm in the area south of 61° 30′ N and west of 9° 00′ W and in the area between 7° 00′ W and 9° 00′ W south of 60° 30′ N and in the area south-west of a line between 60° 30′ N, 7° 00′ W and 60° 00′ N, 6° 00′ W.\n70\nDE: 8, FR: 12, UK: 0\n20\nDirected trawl fishery for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the codend.\n70\n22\nFisheries for blue whiting. The total number of licences may be increased by four vessels to form pairs, should the Faeroese authorities introduce special rules of access to an area called “main fishing area of blue whiting”\n36\nDE: 3, DK: 19, FR: 2, UK: 5, NL: 5\n20\nLine fishing\n10\nUK: 10\n6\nFishing for mackerel\n12\nDK: 12\n12\nHerring fisheries north of 62° N\n21\nDE: 1, DK: 7, FR: 0, UK: 5, IRL: 2, NL: 3, SW: 3\n21\nWaters of the Russian Federation\nAll fisheries\npm\npm\nFisheries for cod\n7\npm\nFisheries for sprat\npm\npm\nPART II\nQuantitative limitations of licences and fishing permits for third country fishing vessels in Community waters\nApplies only to the Latvian zone of EC waters.\nThe licences concerning fishing for shrimp in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall be issued on the basis of a fishing plan submitted by the authorities of the third country concerned, approved by the Commission. The period of validity of each of these licences shall be limited to the fishing period provided for in the fishing plan on the basis of which the licence was issued.\nThe annual number of days at sea is limited to 200.\nTo be fished exclusively with long lines or traps (snappers) or long lines or mesh nets having a minimum mesh of 100 mm, at depths greater than 30 m (sharks). To issue these licences, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the ship owner applying for the licence and a processing undertaking situated in the French Department of Guyana, and that it includes an obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches, or 50 % of all shark catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking's plant.\nThe contract referred to above must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guyanese economy. A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the licence application.\nWhere the endorsement referred to above is refused, the French authorities shall give notification of this refusal and state their reasons for it to the party concerned and to the Commission.\nApplicable from 1 January to 30 April 2006.\nPending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2006.\nThe annual number of days at sea is limited to pm.\nThe annual number of days at sea is limited to 350.\nTo be fished exclusively with longlines.\nOf which at any given time a maximum of 10 for vessels fishing cod with gill-nets.\nFlag State\nFishery\nNumber of licences\nMaximum number of vessels present at any time\nNorway\nHerring, north of 62° 00′ N\n18\n18\nFaeroe Islands\nMackerel, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIIe,f,h, horse mackerel, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIIe,f,h; herring, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N)\n14\n14\nHerring north of 62° 00′ N\n21\n21\nHerring, IIIa\n4\n4\nIndustrial fishing for Norway pout and sprat, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N): sandeel, IV (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting)\n15\n15\nLing and tusk\n20\n10\nBlue whiting, II, IVa, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIb, VII (west of 12° 00′ W)\n20\n20\nBlue ling\n16\n16\nRussian Federation\nHerring, IIId (Swedish waters)\npm\npm\nHerring, IIId (Swedish waters, non-fishing mother ships)\npm\npm\nSprat\n4\npm\nBarbados\nPenaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters)\n5\npm\nSnappers (French Guyana waters)\n5\npm\nGuyana\nPenaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters)\npm\npm\nSurinam\nPenaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters)\n5\npm\nTrinidad and Tobago\nPenaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters)\n8\npm\nJapan\nTuna (French Guyana waters)\npm\nKorea\nTuna (French Guyana waters)\npm\npm\nVenezuela\nSnappers (French Guyana waters)\n41\npm\nSharks (French Guyana waters)\n4\npm\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Of which up to 61 % may be fished in Norwegian Economic Zone or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Of which up to 2,9 % may be fished in Faeroese waters, zone Vb.’"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "May be fished in EC waters in areas II, IVa, VIa north of 56° 30′ N, VIb, VII west of 12° W."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Of which up to 500 tonnes may consist of argentine (Argentina spp.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Catches of blue whiting may include unavoidable catches of argentine (Argentina spp.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "May be fished in EC waters in areas VIa north of 56° 30′ N, VIb, VII west of 12° W."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "The catch in zone IVa shall be no more than 2 500 tonnes."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "North of 56° 30′ N."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "West of 12° W.’"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "To be counted against Faeroe Islands’ catch limits established under the Coastal States arrangement."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "May be fished in EC waters.’"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "This allocation is valid for purse and trawl fisheries."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "To be selected from the 11 licences for purse seine fishery for mackerel south of 62° 00′ N."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "Following the Agreed Record of 1999, the figures for the directed fishing for cod and haddock are included in the figures for “All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faeroese baselines”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f15",
      "text": "These figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f16",
      "text": "These figures are included in the figures for “Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faeroese baselines”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f17",
      "text": "Applies only to vessels flying the flag of Latvia."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f18",
      "text": "Applies only to the Latvian zone of EC waters."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f19",
      "text": "The licences concerning fishing for shrimp in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall be issued on the basis of a fishing plan submitted by the authorities of the third country concerned, approved by the Commission. The period of validity of each of these licences shall be limited to the fishing period provided for in the fishing plan on the basis of which the licence was issued."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f20",
      "text": "The annual number of days at sea is limited to 200."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f21",
      "text": "To be fished exclusively with long lines or traps (snappers) or long lines or mesh nets having a minimum mesh of 100 mm, at depths greater than 30 m (sharks). To issue these licences, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the ship owner applying for the licence and a processing undertaking situated in the French Department of Guyana, and that it includes an obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches, or 50 % of all shark catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking's plant. The contract referred to above must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guyanese economy. A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the licence application. Where the endorsement referred to above is refused, the French authorities shall give notification of this refusal and state their reasons for it to the party concerned and to the Commission."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f22",
      "text": "Applicable from 1 January to 30 April 2006."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f23",
      "text": "Pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2006."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f24",
      "text": "The annual number of days at sea is limited to pm."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f25",
      "text": "The annual number of days at sea is limited to 350."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f26",
      "text": "To be fished exclusively with longlines."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f27",
      "text": "Of which at any given time a maximum of 10 for vessels fishing cod with gill-nets."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/941/annex",
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