Introductory text

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy^f1, and in particular Article 23(1) thereof,

Whereas:

Following national investigations carried out in 2007, the Commission has been notified by Poland that it exceeded its quota for cod in the eastern Baltic Sea (Subdivisions 25-32, EC Waters) for 2007 by 8 000 t.

According to Article 23(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 the Commission operates deductions from the annual quota when it has established that a Member State has overfished its quota of a stock.

Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/2008 of 14 April 2008 providing for the adaptation of cod fishing quotas to be allocated to Poland in the Baltic Sea (Subdivisions 25-32, EC Waters) from 2008 to 2011^f2 provides for a deduction over a period of four years, consisting of a reduction of 10 %, in the year 2008, of the amount overfished in the year 2007 and reductions of 30 %, in the years 2009, 2010 and 2011, of the amount overfished in 2007.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

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