{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1038/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1038/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/1038",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1038",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "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:\nIncluding sand eel.\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 deployed by Member States and up to a maximum of 2 500 tonnes can be caught as sand eel.’\n‘SpeciesSpratSprattus sprattus\nZoneEC waters of IIa and IVSPR/2AC4-C\nBelgium\n1 729\nDenmark\n136 826\nGermany\n1 729\nFrance\n1 729\nThe Netherlands\n1 729\nSweden\n1 330\nUnited Kingdom\n5 705\nEC\n150 777\nNorway\n10 063\nFaeroe Islands\n9 160\nTAC\n170 000\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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Including sand eel."
    },
    {
      "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 deployed by Member States and up to a maximum of 2 500 tonnes can be caught as sand eel.’"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1038/annex",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:55.642479+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."
}