Article 1Subject matter
Article 2Scope
Article 3Definitions
Article 4 Catch trigger level
Article 5Definition of juveniles
Article 6Calculation of the catch level of juveniles
Article 7Closure of fisheries
Article 8Information
Article 9Entry into force
ANNEX I Sampling Methodology
Samples shall be taken and measured in accordance with following...
1.Whenever possible, samples shall be taken and measured in close...2.The total catch in the haul shall be estimated. 3.A sample shall be taken when it is estimated that...4.The quantity of juveniles shall be calculated as a percentage...5.The sampling report shall be duly completed immediately after the...
ANNEX II

Commission Regulation (EU) No 724/2010

of 12 August 2010

laying down detailed rules for the implementation of real-time closures of certain fisheries in the North Sea and Skagerrak

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/20061, and in particular 51(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Articles 51, 52 and 53 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establish rules and procedures regarding the adoption of real-time closures by Member States. According to those provisions, Member States shall temporarily close the fishery in a certain area if a trigger catch level of a particular species, or group of species, has been reached.

(2)

The Agreed Record of the Conclusions between the European Union and Norway of 3 July 2009 lays down the procedures and sampling methodology for the adoption of real-time closures in the North Sea and Skagerrak. Those provisions were transposed into Union law by way of Council Regulation (EC) No 753/20092, amending Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 and fixing for 2009 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks.

(3)

Those provisions thus introduced in Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 applied to cod, haddock, saithe and whiting caught by any fishing gear other than pelagic trawls, purse seines, driftnets and jiggers targeting herring, mackerel and horse mackerel, and pots, scallop dredges and gillnets. In addition, they specified, inter alia, the obligations of the coastal Member States regarding the decisions on real-time closures and the information to be provided to other Member States and/or third countries concerned and the Commission.

(4)

Considering that the concerned provisions ceased to apply as from 1 January 2010, it is necessary to provide for the transposition of the Agreed Record by way of detailed rules implementing Articles 51, 52 and 53 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 in the North Sea and Skagerrak.

(5)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: