{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-446/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/446",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 446/2008 of 22 May 2008 adapting certain bluefin tuna quotas in 2008 pursuant to Article 21(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-446",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 446/2008\nof 22 May 2008\nadapting certain bluefin tuna quotas in 2008 pursuant to Article 21(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy, and in particular Article 21(4) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCouncil Regulation (EC) No 41/2007, fixed the amount of bluefin tuna which could be fished in 2007 in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and the Mediterranean sea by Community fishing vessels.\n(2)\nFrance and Italy overfished their bluefin tuna quotas in 2007.\n(3)\nOn the basis of the exhaustion of the Community share, fishing for bluefin tuna by vessels flying the flag of or registered in Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Malta or Portugal was prohibited by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1073/2007.\n(4)\nRegulation (EC) No 1073/2007 entered into force before Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Malta and Portugal had exhausted their quotas. The quotas which could not be used by those Member States in 2007 amounted to 438,6 tonnes.\n(5)\nCouncil Regulation (EC) No 40/2008, fixes the amount of bluefin tuna which may be fished in 2008 in the areas concerned.\n(6)\nIt is appropriate to make deductions from the 2008 bluefin tuna quotas of France and Italy and to allocate the amounts deducted, as appropriate, to the Member States whose fishing activities were halted before their quotas were exhausted.\n(7)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11), corrected version in OJ L 36, 8.2.2007, p. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 15, 20.1.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1533/2007 (OJ L 337, 21.12.2007, p. 21)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 245, 20.9.2007, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 19, 23.1.2008, p. 1."
    }
  ],
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  "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."
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