{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-898/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-898/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2007/898",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 898/2007 of 27 July 2007 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 as regards the catch limits for the stock of sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-898",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 is amended as follows:\nThe entry concerning the stock of sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV is replaced by the following:\nIncluding sandeel.\nMay only be fished in EC waters of ICES zone IV.\nThis 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.\n1 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.\nCatches taken in the monitoring fisheries, corresponding to 2 % of the effort and up to a maximum of 2 500 tonnes can be caught as sandeel.’\n‘SpeciesSpratSprattus sprattus\nZoneEC waters of IIa and IVSPR/2AC4-C\nBelgium\n1 917\nPrecautionary TAC\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nDenmark\n151 705\nGermany\n1 917\nFrance\n1 917\nThe Netherlands\n1 917\nSweden\n1 330\nUnited Kingdom\n6 325\nEC\n167 028\nNorway\n18 812\nFaroe Islands\n9 160\nTAC\n195 000",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Including sandeel."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "May only be fished in EC waters of ICES zone IV."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Catches taken in the monitoring fisheries, corresponding to 2 % of the effort and up to a maximum of 2 500 tonnes can be caught as sandeel.’"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/898/annex",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:48.522894+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}